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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Assault Case Under Sections 323 and 324 IPC; Rejects Defence of Issue Estoppel Based on Prior Section 107 Cr.P.C. Proceedings. Earlier Finding of No Proof in Preventive Proceedings Does Not Bar Criminal Trial for Specific Offence Where No Prior Trial or Conviction/Acquittal Existed....

The appeal arose from criminal proceedings in which two respondents were convicted under Sections 323 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for causing injuries to two persons on June 22, 1964. The t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Railway Platform Inspector Convicted for Bribery Under Prevention of Corruption Act. Conviction Upheld Despite Defective Sanction from Incompetent Authority, Quashing of First Proceedings No Bar to Retrial, Irregularity in Recording Evidence Cured Under S. 537 CrPC....

The case concerned a platform inspector employed by the North Eastern Railway who was prosecuted for accepting a bribe of Rs. 15 and a bottle of liquor from a subordinate sweeper to avoid marking him ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Tort Conspiracy Suit; Holds High Court Exceeded Jurisdiction in Revision. Release of One Joint Tort-feasor Not Validly Decided by High Court in Revision from Court-Fee Order....

The dispute arose from a suit for damages filed by the plaintiffs, who were members of an association, against the defendants, also members, alleging that the defendants conspired and prevented the pl...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Land Title Dispute; Holds That Non-Joinder of Deity as Respondent Does Not Abate Appeal. Principles of Res Judicata Between Co-defendants Not Applicable When Decision Not Final, and Lack of Necessary Party Does Not Render Remaining Appeal Incompetent....

The dispute arose from a title suit filed by the plaintiffs, who claimed tenancy rights over 70 bighas of land in village Siripur Majrahia, allegedly acquired through gradual accretion from the river ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Reserved Seat Election Petition – Belated Plea of Parental Conversion Rejected. Clause (3) of Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 Applied – Amendment of Petition After Limitation to Allege Conversion of Candidate’s Parents Held Impermissible....

The case originated from an election dispute concerning a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes in a State Legislative Assembly constituency. The appellant and the first respondent were contestants, with...

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Supreme Court Allows Workmen's Appeal; Holds That Individual Dispute Became Industrial Dispute Due to Union Espousal. Dispute Over Classification as Proofreaders Transformed by Delhi Union of Journalists' Espousal, Meeting Test Under Sections 2(k) And 10 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The dispute originated when two workmen, Gulab Singh and Satya Pal, employed by Indian Express (P) Ltd. as copy holders since 1955 and 1956, alleged that they were consistently assigned the duties of ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Letter of Credit Dispute; Upholds Autonomy of Irrevocable Credits — No Fraud or Modification Established to Justify Interference. Irrevocable Letter of Credit Held Independent of Underlying Sale Contract and Not Subject to Injunction Absent Exceptional Circumstances Under Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits....

The dispute arose from a contract between an Indian firm (appellant) and a Russian firm (respondent) for the supply of construction machinery for the Farakka Barrage Project. The appellant opened a co...

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Supreme Court Quashes Private Complaint in Panchayat Act Case Due to Exclusive Power of Secretary to File Complaints under Rule 16. A private complaint for offence under Section 220 of Mysore Village Panchayats and Local Boards Act, 1959 cannot be filed when the rules vest exclusive power in the Secretary....

The case involved a criminal appeal by special leave against a judgment of the Mysore High Court which upheld the conviction of the appellants, who were the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Keladi vi...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue's Appeal in Part and Reverses High Court's Decision that Electricity is Not 'Goods' Under Sales Tax Acts. Electricity is Movable Property and Covered by Definition of 'Goods', Making Electricity Board a Dealer; Supply of Steam Under Works Contract Not Taxable....

The case concerned the taxability under the C.P. & Berar Sales Tax Act, 1947, and the Madhya Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1959, of transactions undertaken by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, a ...