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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal and Upholds Conviction Under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 for Selling Adulterated Sweets. Accused's Right to Cross-Examine Public Analyst Recognized but Request Rejected as Vexatious and Without Merit....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by Ram Dayal, a sweetmeat seller, against his conviction under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 for selling laddus adulterated with unpermitted colour. T...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employee's Appeal Against Retrospective Reversion to Substantive Post Holding It Not Punishment. Reversion from Officiating Post Does Not Amount to Penal Consequence if No Forfeiture of Pay or Loss of Seniority; Belated Challenge to Seven-Year-Old Order Rightly Refused....

The case involved an appeal by a government servant against the judgment of the Judicial Commissioner's Court, Tripura, which had dismissed his writ petition challenging a retrospective reversion orde...

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Supreme Court Allows Plaintiff's Appeal; Sub-Lessee Inducted Contrary to Section 73 of Act 66 of 1950 Does Not Acquire Occupancy Rights Under Section 185 of M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959. Court Rules That a Person Declared Trespasser Under Section 78 of Act 66 of 1950 Is Not a Ryotwari Sub-Lessee Protected by Act 29 of 1955 and Cannot Claim Occupancy Tenant Status....

The dispute concerned agricultural land bearing Khasra Nos. 33 and 34 of Maheshwar, District Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The plaintiff, Nathu Prasad, was the recorded pattedar tenant. On 20 May 1955, he...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plaintiff’s Appeal in Hindu Succession Case — Doctrine of Pious Obligation Applied to Tamil Vannian Christians. Endorsee of Promissory Note Entitled to Sue Non-Executant Coparceners Where Endorsement Transfers Debt under Hindu Law...

The dispute arose out of a suit for partition and declaration filed by the appellant (plaintiff), the son of the eighth defendant, against the first respondent (deceased first defendant), a subsequent...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Appeal in Service Suspension Case; Rule that Order Effective from Issue Date under Punjab Civil Services Rule 3.26(d). Suspension Order Communicated Prior to Retirement Valid Regardless of Receipt, Allowing Disciplinary Dismissal....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the State of Punjab against a High Court decision quashing the dismissal of a government servant, Khemi Ram. The respondent had been serving as Inspector Coop...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging President’s Recognition of Ruler Under Article 366(22) of the Constitution. Recognition Held Not to Affect Private Property Rights, and Disputes Arising from Covenant Barred Under Article 363....

The dispute arose from the succession to the gaddi of the Dholpur State after the death of its last Ruler, Maharaj Rana Udaibhan Singh, in 1954. The State had merged into the United State of Rajasthan...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeal, Holding That Auction Sale of Excise Licence Was Not Complete Without Chief Commissioner's Confirmation Under Clause 33 of Conditions of Sale. Bidder Not Liable for Deficiency on Resale as Contract Was Conditional and Could Be Withdrawn Before Confirmation....

The Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Union of India against a judgment of the Punjab High Court that had granted a permanent injunction restraining recovery of deficiency on resale of...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government's Notification Fixing Minimum Wages for Hotels and Eating Houses Under Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Validity of Alternative Procedure Under Section 5(1) Upheld as Not Arbitrary....

The case arose from a challenge by hotel owners to the notification issued by the Government of Mysore under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, fixing minimum wages for employees in residential hotels and e...

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Supreme Court Upholds Execution Against Bhumidhari Rights and Trees Under U.P. Encumbered Estates Act. Bhumidhari Rights Held Not to be Proprietary Rights, and Trees Not Vesting in State are Debtor's Property Liable to Execution....

The dispute arose from execution proceedings under the Uttar Pradesh Encumbered Estates Act, 1934. The predecessors-in-interest of the appellants were landlords possessing extensive immovable properti...