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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Conviction Under Immoral Traffic Act Despite Procedural Irregularities. Non-Compliance with Search Safeguards Does Not Vitiate Trial Absent Prejudice, Holds Court....

The appellant, Bai Radha, was convicted for offences under Sections 3(1) and 4(1) of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956. The special police officer had conducted a raid on...

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Supreme Court Upholds Returned Candidate in Election Petition Under Section 123(4) of Representation of the People Act, 1951 Due to Political Criticism Not Amounting to Corrupt Practice. False Statements Allegedly Made in Election Pamphlets Did Not Breach Section 123(4) as They Were Neither False Statements of Fact Nor Touched Personal Character....

The appeal arose from the Rajura constituency election to the Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly held in February 1967. The appellant, Guruji Shrihar Baliram Jivatode, was the returned candidate, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Editor and Publisher for Contempt in Article Scandalizing Judge. Publication imputing improper motives to judge in connection with loan to brother's firm held to interfere with administration of justice and constitute contempt, rejecting arguments that contempt remedy is obsolete or that mere bias allegation is not contempt....

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the conviction of Perspective Publications (P) Ltd. and its editor, D.R. Goel, for contempt of court. The case arose from an article published in 'Mainstr...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Management’s Appeal, Confirms Ex-Gratia Bonus for Workmen but Declares Strike Unjustified. Agreement Under Section 34(3) of Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, Formed by Communication of Cabinet Decision; Strike During Conciliation Devoid of Justification....

The appeal arose from an industrial dispute between the Management of Fertilizer Corporation of India, a Central Government undertaking, and its workmen at the Nangal unit. The dispute pertained to th...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Head Clerk Under Prevention of Corruption Act Due to Clarification of Public Servant Definition. Head Clerk Deemed Officer of State Electricity Board as His Clerical Duties Were Immediately Auxiliary to Executive Engineer with Authority Under Section 21(12) of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal of Akhtar Alam, a Head Clerk, who was convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The dispute arose from an incident on July 8, 1961, when t...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Essential Commodities Act Case: Transport of Paddy Within Punjab Not an Attempt to Export. Mere Preparation, Not Attempt, Established as Lorry Intercepted Inside State Before Reaching Border; No Offence Under Section 7 of Essential Commodities Act, 1955....

The case arose under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and the Punjab Paddy (Export Control) Order, 1959, which prohibited the export of paddy from any place within the State of Punjab to any place...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeal Against Contempt Conviction in Arbitration Matter. The High Court had convicted the parties for proceeding with arbitration after notice under Section 35 of the Arbitration Act, 1940....

The dispute arose from a hire-purchase agreement entered into between the appellants (Security & Finance (P) Ltd. and another) and the first respondent. The agreement contained an arbitration clause f...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeal Against Labour Court Order Holding Fresh Application Maintainable. Interpretation of Rule 16 of U.P. Industrial Disputes Rules, 1957 Concludes That Dismissal for Default Is Not Permissible; Labour Court Must Proceed to Decide on Merits....

The dispute originated from a claim by workmen of Agra Electric Supply Co. Ltd. for recovery of the cost of uniforms not supplied during the period 1954–1960. An earlier joint application under Sect...

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Supreme Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petitions in Preventive Detention Case Due to Irrelevant and Vague Grounds. Detention Under Preventive Detention Act Invalidated as Assaults on Solitary Individuals Do Not Constitute Disturbance of Public Order and Vague Grounds Violate Article 22(5) of Constitution....

This was a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution for a writ of habeas corpus filed by thirty persons detained under orders passed by the District Magistrate, Howrah, under Section 3(2) of...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellate Court's Discretion to Set Aside Confiscation of Vehicle Used in Forest Offence Under Andhra Pradesh Forest Act, 1882. Owner's Ignorance Considered Just Ground by Sessions Court Under Section 47, which Confers Same Powers as Section 520 CrPC, Allowing Just Orders Regarding Property Disposal....

The case arose out of the seizure of a motor lorry belonging to the respondent Yedla Perraya by the Forest Range Officer, Gokavaram, on December 25, 1963. The lorry was being used without a license to...