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Supreme Court Allows Appellant's Infringement Suit Against Respondent Over Deceptively Similar Trade Mark. Addition of 'India' to Infringing Mark 'Rustam' Found Ineffective Under Trade Marks Act, 1940, Section 21....

The appellant, Ruston & Hornsby Ltd., a company incorporated in England, engaged in manufacturing and selling diesel internal combustion engines, was the registered proprietor of the trade mark 'RUSTO...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court's Enhancement of Sentence on Reversal of Acquittal. High Court's Power Under Section 423(1)(a) CrPC to Impose Any Sentence Within Magistrate's Competence Upheld....

The case arose from a criminal incident where the appellants were charged under Sections 147, 447, and 325 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code for house trespass into a school compound and causing ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal, Upholds Conviction Under Section 326 IPC for Grievous Hurt Caused by Kanta Blows. Fracture Defined Broadly to Include Any Break, Splintering, or Fissure in Bone, Not Requiring Complete Cut or Displacement....

The appeal arose from the conviction of the appellants, Hori Lal and Bisram, under Section 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) for causing grievous hurt to Jeet Bahadur. The ...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Quashing of Tribunal's Grant of Permits in Motor Vehicles Act Dispute Over Appealability of RTA's Rejection of New Route Applications. Decision on Necessity of New Route Under Section 47(3) Not Appealable Under Section 64(a) as It is a General Order Not Relating to Individual Applications....

The dispute arose under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, concerning the appealability of an order passed by the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) rejecting applications for permits to operate a direct b...

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Supreme Court Upholds Corporation in Dismissal Case, Denying Reinstatement Despite Procedural Lapse. Employee Held Entitled Only to Damages as Contract of Personal Service Cannot Be Specifically Enforced; Breach of Regulation Did Not Violate Mandatory Statutory Obligation....

The case involved a dispute between an employee and his employer, a statutory corporation, regarding the employee's dismissal from service. The employee, a warehouseman, was suspended pending an enqui...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Auction Purchaser, Holding that Doctrine of Lis Pendens Applies to Mortgage Award Proceedings under Section 52 Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Purchase Made During Pendency of Mortgage Award Proceedings Not Protected by Prior Attachment; Release Deed by Mortgagee Society Held Binding but Not Affecting Pending Award....

The dispute arose from a series of transactions concerning two survey numbers in Mouza Buxar. One Ram Narain Ram mortgaged his half share in the plots to the Buxar Trading Co-operative Society in 1931...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Bank's Appeal, Holds Gratuity Payable under Cooperative Bank's Rules Despite Non-Approval of Rule 6. Rule 7, which was approved, independently imposes obligation to pay gratuity on retirement, irrespective of non-approval of Rule 6, under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960....

An employee of the Jalgaon District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. retired on July 19, 1962 after 32 years of service. The bank had framed Gratuity Fund Rules sanctioned by its Board on August 17, 195...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal and Sets Aside High Court's Dismissal of Writ Petition — Holds Article 226 Maintainable Despite Title Disputes When Constitutional Issues Raised. Leasehold Land Resumption Notice Challenged Under Art. 226; High Court Erred in Refusing to Entertain Petition as Important Constitutional Questions Were Involved....

The dispute arose from a lease of land granted by the British Crown for 99 years, which contained a clause permitting resumption by the Government for a public purpose. The appellant had purchased the...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellant in Railway Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1955 Case Due to Lack of Proof that Seized Articles Were Used or Intended for Railway Use. Conviction Under Section 3 Quashed as Prosecution Failed to Establish Goods Were 'Railway Stores' Under Section 2 of the Act....

Background: This criminal appeal arose from proceedings under the Railway Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1955. The appellant, a private individual, was found in possession of machinery parts bearin...