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Supreme Court Partially Allows Appeal Against Convictions Under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act: Convictions Under Sections 161 and 120B IPC Set Aside, Conviction Under Section 5(1)(d) Prevention of Corruption Act Sustained as Money Demanded Only to Avoid Harassment and Not as Official Favour...

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by Dalpat Singh, a Havaldar, and another, a Subedar in the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, against their conviction by the trial court for demanding and accepting money...

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Supreme Court Allows Decree-Holder to Enforce Higher Interest Compromise Made in Execution Proceedings. Compromise Amounting to Adjustment of Decree, Recorded Under Order 21 Rule 2 CPC, and Found Fair Held Enforceable....

The dispute arose from a decree passed on compromise on March 24, 1953, directing the respondent to pay Rs.22,500 with 6% interest. After the respondent failed to pay, the appellant initiated executio...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Hindu Joint Family Partition Suit, Upholds Irrevocability of Communicated Intention to Separate. Withdrawal of Notice Does Not Restore Joint Status Under Hindu Law, Legal Representatives of Deceased Karta Entitled to Decree....

The dispute arose from a partition suit filed by the karta of a Hindu joint family who, having no male issue and in poor health, sought to protect the interests of his daughters. The karta issued regi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Industrial Dispute As Labour Court Retains Jurisdiction Under Section 33(3) Despite Disposal of Main Reference. Application for Discharge of Protected Workman Must Be Decided on Merits Even After Award of Reference; Section 33(3) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Mandates Adjudication of Pending Applications....

The dispute arose from the respondent State Bank of India's decision to dismiss the appellant P.D. Sharma, a protected workman, during the pendency of an industrial reference before the Industrial Tri...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Election Petition Alleging Corrupt Practice of Bribery by Minister Using Discretionary Funds. Alleged Acts for Public Good Before Election Not Held as Bribery Under Section 123 of Representation of the People Act, 1951....

The case involved an election petition filed by Ghasi Ram challenging the election of Dal Singh to the Haryana State Legislative Assembly in the election held on February 19, 1967. Dal Singh was a Min...

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The appeal concerned the excise classification of a gas mixture generated during sugar manufacturing. The appellants, sugar companies, used a carbonation process where limestone and coke were burned i...

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Supreme Court Upholds Automatic Confirmation of Teachers After Maximum Probation Under Punjab Educational Service Rules. Continuation Beyond Three-Year Probation Period Without Express Order Results in Deemed Confirmation Under Rule 6(3) of Punjab Educational Service (Provincialised Cadre) Class III Rules, 1961....

The case arose from the provincialisation of Local Bodies Schools in Punjab, following which teachers serving in those schools were taken over by the State of Punjab with effect from 1 October 1957. T...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Successor Mahants in Property Endowment Dispute; Holds High Court Erred in Presuming All Properties Were Math Properties Due to Absence of Evidence of Personal Ownership. The Court clarified that blending of personal and Math property requires proof and cannot be inferred merely from lack of express evidence distinguishing the two....

The dispute arose over properties held by successive Mahants of Uttar Giri Math in Benaras. The Mahants had been acquiring properties and making dispositions to their disciples. In 1904, the then Maha...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Seller Against Union of India Over Forward Contract Dispute. Contract Held to be a Non-Transferable Specific Delivery Contract under Section 2(f) of Forward Contract (Regulation) Act, 1952, and Thus Not Illegal....

The dispute arose from a contract entered into in September 1960 between appellant Modi & Co. and the respondent Union of India, acting through the Director-General of Supplies and Disposals, for the ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee Company in Income Tax Matter — Past Losses Preceding Capital Reconstruction Pertinent for Section 23-A Reasonableness. Losses Incurred in Earlier Years Includes All Unadjusted Losses, Not Just Those Carried Forward After Reconstruction, Under Section 23-A of Income Tax Act, 1922....

The dispute arose from an order under Section 23-A of the Income Tax Act, 1922, deeming the respondent company, Jubilee Mills Ltd., to have declared a larger dividend than it actually did. The company...