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Supreme Court Partially Upholds Execution of Decree Based on Arbitration Award, Declares Eviction Decree Void Under Rent Control Act. Tenant's Objection to Award Validity Precluded After Decree, But Decree Contravening Section 13(1) of Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 Held Nullity....

The dispute arose from a landlord-tenant relationship concerning a building in Delhi. The landlord's son resided on the first floor while the tenants occupied the ground floor, where they ran a worksh...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Customs Authorities and Dismisses Accused's Appeal, Holding Prosecution for Smuggling Not Barred by Prior Customs Adjudication Under Article 20(2). Section 173(4) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Does Not Apply to Complaint Cases, and Section 94 Does Not Authorise Court to Direct Supply of Documents to Accused....

The case arose from cross-appeals against a Bombay High Court order in a criminal revision, concerning the maintainability of a criminal prosecution for smuggling after a prior adverse decision by cus...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals by State and Corporation in Bombay Municipal Corporation Act Case; Upholds Provisions Requiring Deposit of Carcasses Without Sale. Provisions Are Reasonable Restrictions Under Articles 19(1)(f) and (g) and Not Acquisitions Requiring Compensation Under Article 31(2) as They Prevent Danger to Public Health Under Article 31(5)(b)(ii)....

The case arose from a constitutional challenge to certain provisions of the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, as amended by Act 14 of 1961, which imposed restrictions on the disposal of carcasse...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Election Petition Case Holding Candidate Disqualified for Holding Office of Profit Under Government. Lawyer on Railway Panel and Professor in Government College Deemed to Hold Office of Profit Under Representation of the People Act, 1951....

This appeal arose from the election of the appellant to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in February 1957. The election was challenged by the respondent by way of an election petition on the gr...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Timber Contract Dispute, Upholding Vesting of Forests and Trees in State Under Abolition Act. Standing Timber Was Not Excluded from Vesting as It Was Not 'Ascertained Goods' Under Section 19 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, and Conditional Acceptance of Offer Prevented Formation of a New Contract....

The dispute arose from a contract dated December 27, 1950, entered into between the appellant, Badri Prasad, and the jagirdar of Mouza Sunderpani, through the latter’s guardian, for the right to cut...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petition by Agent of Non-Resident Challenging Advance Tax Demand under Income-tax Act, 1961. Agent of Non-Resident is a Representative Assessee Liable to Pay Advance Tax under Sections 207-212, and Such Liability Does Not Infringe Article 14 of Constitution....

The Premier Automobiles Ltd. petitioned the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging a demand for advance tax as agent of a non-resident. The Income-tax Officer had, on February ...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Rent Recovery Suit Concerning Forest Rights Lease; Holds Lessees Jointly Liable Under Section 43 of Indian Contract Act, 1872. Special Limitation Period of Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 Governs Suit for Rent of Forest Produce, Barring Claim for Earlier Years, and Statutory Interest Rate of 6 1/4% Overrides Contractual Rate....

The litigation arose from a lease of forest rights executed on October 3, 1944, by the plaintiffs (along with other co-lessors) in favor of defendants 1 and 2 for a period of nine years at an annual r...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Detenu’s Challenge to Preventive Detention Under J&K Act — President’s Orders Extending Immunity Under Art. 35(c) Validly Made Under Art. 370. Presidential orders under Art. 370 extending protection to preventive detention laws from fundamental rights challenge held to be within power and not violative of Art. 13....

The dispute arose from the preventive detention of Sampat Prakash, the General Secretary of the All Jammu & Kashmir Low-Paid Government Servants Federation, who was detained on 18 March 1968 under Sec...

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Supreme Court Quashes Orders of Surplus Land Determination Under Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955. Partition Deed Dated September 6, 1956, Not Affected by Section 32-KK as Amendment Came into Force on October 30, 1956, Not Retroactively....

The case concerned a dispute over the determination of surplus agricultural land under the Pepsu Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955. The appellants, Arjan Singh and his son, were members of a jo...