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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Will Interpretation: Joint Tenancy Rejected, Per Stirpes Succession Affirmed. Will Construed to Give Foster Children Life Estate as Tenants in Common; Descendants Take Per Stirpes Under Hindu Law....

The dispute arose from the will of a childless Hindu lady who had brought up a boy, B, and a girl, K, as her foster children. By her will, after her death, B and K were each to receive a life estate i...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State’s Appeal in Criminal Breach of Trust Case Under Section 409 IPC. Entrustment Not Proved as Transaction Was a Sale, and No Fiduciary Relationship Existed; Delivery of Cement to Sub-Contractor Did Not Create Criminal Liability....

The State of Gujarat appealed against the acquittal of Jaswantlal Nathalal, who was prosecuted under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal breach of trust. The case arose from a constructi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Relevance of Age Statement in Will Under Evidence Act Sections 32(5)&(6) and Admissibility of Secondary Evidence. Legal Principles on Will Execution and Burden of Proof Clarified; Endorsement on Birth Register Held Inadmissible Without Examination of Its Writer....

The case concerned a Hindu male who executed a will three days before his death, bequeathing all his properties absolutely to his mother. In the will, he stated his age as 19 years. The nearest revers...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Power to Transfer District Judges from Administrative Posts to Judicial Duties. Order Under Article 235 of Constitution Held Valid After Ranga Mohammad's Case, Allowing Recall of Judicial Officers to Regular Line....

The dispute arose from the High Court of Orissa's order recalling three judicial officers from administrative posts to regular judicial duties. The Orissa Superior Judicial Service comprised 15 posts,...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Municipal Corporation's Appeal in House Tax Levy Dispute — Levy on Gross Annual Value Without Statutory Deduction Not Saved by Saving Clause. Section 2(c) of Madhya Bharat Municipalities Act, 1954 Saves Prior Rules Only to Extent Consistent with New Act, and Section 73(2) Mandates Assessment on Net Value After 10% Deduction....

This was an appeal by special leave before the Supreme Court of India by the Municipal Corporation, Indore against a decree obtained by Rai Bahadur Seth Hiralal and others, trustees of certain house p...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tenant's Ownership Over Trees on Land Under Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953. Expression 'right, title and interest of the land-owner in the land' Under Section 11 Includes Trees, Dismissing Appeal by Forest Officer....

The litigation originated from proceedings under the Himachal Pradesh Abolition of Big Landed Estates and Land Reforms Act, 1953. A cultivating tenant, Mantoo, applied under Section 11 of the Act for ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal and Holds Incentive Payments Not Automatically Wages Under Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. Inam Scheme Payments Not Considered Remuneration Under Contract of Employment as Employer Reserved Right to Withdraw Scheme....

The dispute arose under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, concerning whether incentive payments known as 'inam' paid to workers under a scheme introduced by the employer, Braithwaite & (India)...

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Supreme Court Upholds Election Tribunal and High Court in Finding Winning Candidate Guilty of Corrupt Practice Under Section 123(4) of Representation of the People Act, 1951. Statement Calling Rival Candidate 'Greatest of All Thieves' Constitutes a False Statement of Fact Relating to Personal Character, Shifting Burden to Candidate to Prove Belief in Its Truth....

The appeal before the Supreme Court of India arose from an election petition challenging the election of the appellant to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Beawar constituency in the 1962 ge...