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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Against Criminal Complaint for Conspiracy to Illegally Acquire Foreign Exchange. Majority Held that Section 21(1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 Does Not Exclude Applicability of Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code for Continuing Conspiracy....

The Rayala Corporation (P) Ltd. manufactured Halda typewriters in India using materials imported from Sweden. Appellant no.1, Lennart Schussler, a Swedish national and export manager of A.B. Atvidaber...

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Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiff in Service Inam Alienation Dispute — Sale Void but Suit Within Limitation. Prohibition on Alienation of Patel-ki-Watan Inam Land in Kolhapur State Upheld Under Wat Hukums, and Suit Not Barred as Defendant Not Entitled to Possession and No Dispossession Occurred Under Article 142 Limitation Act....

The case involved a dispute over the validity of a sale of patel-ki-watan inam land in the former princely State of Kolhapur and whether the subsequent suit for possession was barred by limitation. Th...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeal Against Revision of Verified Claim under Displaced Persons (Claims) Supplementary Act, 1954. Dispute Concerns Scope of Chief Settlement Commissioner's Revisional Jurisdiction Over Valuation of Claim....

The appellant, Tribhuban Parkash Nayyar, a displaced person from West Pakistan, submitted a claim under the Displaced Persons (Claims) Act, 1950, for property left in Pakistan. The Claims Officer veri...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Order Allowing Amendment of Charge in Criminal Trial; Remand for Opportunity to Meet Amended Charge Not a New Trial. High Court's Power under Sections 423 and 535 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, to Amend Charge and Direct Remand Upheld....

The appellant, a partner of a firm, entered into a Packing Credit Agreement with the Union Bank of India, under which the bank advanced 75% of the value of groundnut extraction to be purchased and exp...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Seniority of Income Tax Officers on Grounds of Pre-Constitution Acts and Laches. Seniority Rules of 1949-52 and Appointments Made Before 1950 Are Beyond the Reach of Articles 14 and 16, and a 15-Year Delay in Filing Under Article 32 Disentitles the Petitioners to Relief....

The case arose from a writ petition under Article 32 by sixteen confirmed Assistant Commissioners of Income-tax, who sought to challenge their seniority relative to other confirmed Assistant Commissio...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision Holding Time Keepers as Workers under Factories Act, 1948. The Court Rules That Factual Finding of Nature of Work Being Incidental to Manufacturing Process Is Binding, and the Wide Definition of 'Worker' Covers Clerical Time Keepers....

This appeal before the Supreme Court of India concerns the classification of certain employees as 'workers' under the Factories Act, 1948. The respondents, who were time keepers and head time keepers ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Fatal Accidents Act Case on Death of Minor Child, Upholding Damages Based on Reasonable Expectation of Pecuniary Benefit. Assessment Under Sections 1A and 2 of Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 Limited to Pecuniary Loss; Bright Prospects of Deceased Child Insufficient Without Concrete Evidence of Future Loss....

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by certificate against a judgment of the Kerala High Court concerning the quantum of damages awarded for the death of an eight-year-old boy in a bus accident. The...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Against High Court Transfer: Government Notification Appointing District Judge Invalid for Lack of Consultation Under Article 233 of Constitution. Invalid Notification Did Not Bind High Court Which Had Power to Transfer Officer....

The petitioner, an Additional District and Sessions Judge in Bihar, challenged the Patna High Court's order transferring him from Arrah to Singhbhum and a Government notification appointing him as off...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against State, Modifies Decree for Interest in Commission Agent's Lien Case. Mere Possession of Goods as Commission Agent Does Not Create a Pledge, and Voluntary Transfer Without Reservation Extinguishes Lien Under Section 221 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872....

The dispute arose out of a commission agency agreement between the appellant, Ramprasad, and Hetampal Singh, a licence holder for grain distribution in the erstwhile Gwalior State. Under the agreement...