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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision That Forward Contracts Not in Prescribed Form Are Illegal and Void. Non-Compliance with Mandatory Bye-Laws Under Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 Renders Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable....

The dispute concerned forward contracts for jute goods between a member and a non-member of a recognised association under the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952. The appellant, a member of the ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Insurer's Appeal in Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Postal Insurance Claim for Lost Gold Coins. Insurer Failed to Prove Market Value on Posting Date Was Less Than Declared Value; Minor Discrepancy Not Sufficient to Deny Compensation Under Section 6 and Rule 81(g)....

The dispute arose from a postal insurance claim over a parcel containing gold coins that was lost in transit. The respondent firm, acting as commission agents, purchased gold coins on June 15, 1955 fo...

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Supreme Court Upholds Restoration of Possession to Original Tenants Under Bombay Tenancy Act. Landlord's Possession Without Written Surrender and Tahsildar Order Held Unlawful Under Sections 20 and 36(2) of Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region) Act, 1958....

By special leave, the Supreme Court considered two appeals arising from a tenancy dispute under the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands (Vidarbha Region) Act, 1958. The original landholder Badridas ...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Criminal Breach of Trust Case, Upholding Conviction but Reducing Sentence. Issue-Estoppel Not Applicable Where Prior Acquittal Concerned Different Period and Accused Was Never Formally Appointed Cashier Under Section 409 IPC and Section 403 CrPC 1898....

The appellant, Gopal Prasad Sinha, was prosecuted for criminal breach of trust under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 27,800 while working as a cashier in ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals in Limitation Act Acknowledgment Case. Letter by Secretary-Cum-Chief Accountant Acknowledging Balance Due Constituted Acknowledgment Under Section 19(1) of Limitation Act, 1908, and Binding on Corporation Due to Implied Authority....

The dispute arose from a joint management arrangement of six companies by two groups, the Singhania and Gupta groups, which ended with an arbitration award dated January 18, 1944. The appellant compan...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant's Pre-emption Suit for Possession After Tenancy Termination Under Punjab Pre-emption Act. Tenant Must Maintain Qualification to Pre-empt Until Decree; Dispossessed Tenant Cannot Claim Pre-emption Under Section 15(1)(a) Fourthly....

The dispute arose from two sales of agricultural land made in December 1966 by Labhu Ram, the owner, in favour of Bhagwan Das and others. Chet Ram was a tenant-at-will of the lands sold. Bhagwan Das a...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Dismissal of Police Constable in Departmental Enquiry for Absence Without Leave and Protest Fast. Admission of material facts in disciplinary proceedings amounts to a plea of guilt, and absence without sanctioned leave coupled with fast as demonstration establishes indiscipline, warranting dismissal....

In the Supreme Court of India, the appeal arose from a departmental dismissal of a police constable. The appellant had served in the police force since 1945, originally in the former State of Bombay, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Private Religious Endowment Status in Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act Dispute. Family Idol and Arrangement by Will Did Not Create Public Trust as No Public Dedication or Right of Worship Was Established....

The dispute arose from a notice issued by the Bihar State Board of Religious Trust under the Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act, 1950, requiring the plaintiffs, who were nephews of the testator Chaudhar...

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Supreme Court Upholds Excise Duty Demand on Medicinal Preparations Containing Alcohol Indirectly via Tincture. Medicinal Preparations Containing Alcohol as a Component of an Ingredient Fall Within Item 1 of the Schedule Read with Section 3(1) of the Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955, and Are Dutiable....

The dispute concerned excise duty liability on certain medicinal preparations manufactured by the appellant, which used substances like tincture and spirit as ingredients. The appellant was a manufact...