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Supreme Court Upholds Right to Take Out Religious and Non-Religious Processions with Music on Public Highways. Restriction on Music Near Mosques Not Justified Absent Binding Compromise; Right Subject to Traffic Orders, Magistrate Directions, and Public Rights....

The dispute arose from a suit filed by Hindu residents of villages Nuagaon and Alkund against the Muslim residents seeking a declaration of their right to take out religious and non-religious processi...

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Supreme Court Quashes Confiscation of Imported Silver Dollars Under Land Customs Act and Other Laws Holding Seizure and Finding of Offences Unjustified. Verdict Rests on Interpretation of Section 5(3) Land Customs Act, 1924, and Absence of Any Evidence of Smuggling or Illegal Import....

The appellant, a trading company, imported 1,65,000 Chinese silver dollars from Tibet into India via Sikkim State under two Reserve Bank import licences. The dollars were divided into two lots, one ma...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Committal Proceedings for Criminal Breach of Trust, Confirms Commitment Order. Accused Committed Under Section 120B read with Sections 409, 477A IPC; Court Holds Magistrate Need Not Be Satisfied as to Guilt, Only Prima Facie Case Required Under Section 207A CrPC 1898....

The case arose from a complaint filed by the Registrar of Companies alleging a conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust and falsification of accounts in respect of a company's funds. The Chief Pr...

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Supreme Court Acquits Appellants in Forgery Case Based on Issue-Estoppel. Earlier Acquittal Regarding Forcible Taking of Thumb Impressions Precludes Re-litigation of That Issue in Subsequent Forgery Trial....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal by special leave against the Allahabad High Court's dismissal of revision petitions, arising from convictions for forgery under the Indian Penal Code...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Preemption Decree Default Case – Stay of Execution Did Not Extend Time for Deposit. Interpretation of Order XX Rule 14 CPC Concerning Automatic Extension of Time After Stay....

The Supreme Court considered the effect of a stay of execution on a time-bound direction to deposit purchase money in a preemption decree. The decree-holder had obtained a decree for possession of lan...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Accused in Smuggling Case; Customs Officers Held Not to Be Police Officers Under Section 25 Evidence Act. Confessional Statements to Customs Officers Admissible; No Violation of Article 20(3) as Accused Not Formally Accused During Inquiry Stage....

The Assistant Collector of Customs filed a complaint against Romesh Chandra Mehta and four others for conspiracy under section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code read with section 167(81) of the Sea Custo...

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Supreme Court Upholds Union’s Excise Duty Demand on Steel Wires; Manufacturer’s Challenge Dismissed. Interpretation of Item 26AA of Central Excise Act as a Rate of Duty, Not Dependent on Origin of Raw Material, Confirmed....

The case arose from the imposition of excise duty under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944, on steel wires manufactured by the appellant, J.K. Steel Ltd., from imported steel rods. The Finance Act...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Motor Vehicles Act Permit Case Due to Inherent Power of Regional Transport Authority to Substitute Successor. Widow of Deceased Applicant Permitted to Prosecute Pending Application for Stage Carriage Permit, Holding That the Act Does Not Bar Consideration of Changed Circumstances....

The dispute pertained to the grant of a permanent stage carriage permit under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. The appellant’s husband had applied for the permit in respect of his transport vehicles be...

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Supreme Court Allows Landowner's Plea of Selection to Be Considered in Tenancy Purchase Case Under Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act. Financial Commissioner Has Wide Revisional Powers to Examine Jurisdictional Facts, and the Question of Land Being Reserved/Selected Is a Jurisdictional Fact Under Section 18 of the Act....

The dispute arose under the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953, where a tenant sought to purchase land he had been cultivating for over six years. The landowner, a big landlord, opposed the pur...

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Supreme Court Quashes Demand for Enhanced Duty on Liquor Imported Before Rate Revision in Bihar Excise Act Case. Proviso to Rule 147 Held Inapplicable to Non-Bonded Imports, Clarifying Scope of Duty Revision Levy....

The petitioner, Mohan Meakin Breweries Ltd., manufactured Indian made foreign liquor at distilleries in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and had depots in Patna and Ranchi, Bihar. It imported such ...