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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Set-Off Dispute — Life Insurance and General Insurance Businesses Constitute Same Business Under Section 24(2). Common Organisation, Management, and Expenses Stamped the Two Lines of Insurance as One Composite Business, Allowing Carry Forward and Set-Off of Losses Against Profits....

The dispute arose from income tax assessments of Prithvi Insurance Co. Ltd., a public limited company that carried on both life insurance and general insurance businesses. In each of the calendar year...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeal in Income Tax Case Regarding Exemption Under Section 4(3)(vii) of Income-tax Act, 1922. Receipt Held to be Business Income, Not Exempt as Casual or Non-Recurring Receipt, as it Arose from Services Rendered in the Course of Business....

The assessee firm, Ram Kumar Agarwalla and Brothers, carried on business as share brokers and paper merchants. Together with D, a chartered accountant, and R, a solicitor, they engaged in negotiations...

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Supreme Court Upholds Landlord's Selection Under Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 as Reserved Area, Denying Tenant Purchase Right. Court Rules That Valid Reservation Under Section 5(1) Requires Patwari Verification and Section 5-B Selected Area Is Area Reserved Under the Act, Thus Barring Tenant's Claim Under Section 18....

The appeal arose from a writ petition dismissed in limine by the Punjab High Court, challenging the Financial Commissioner's order that denied a tenant's right to purchase agricultural land under the ...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue Appeal in Income Tax Act Section 42 Case; High Court Erred in Disturbing Tribunal's Findings of Fact. Interest on Fixed Deposits from Non-Taxable Territory Deemed to Accrue in India Under Section 42(1) of Income-tax Act, 1922 as Money Was Brought into India with Knowledge of Assessee....

The Supreme Court considered appeals by special leave from a Madras High Court judgment in a tax reference concerning three public limited companies engaged in manufacture and sale of cotton yarn at M...

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Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiffs in Redemption and Adverse Possession Dispute Over Mortgaged Shops. Subsequent Sale with Notice of Prior Agreement Held Voidable, Not Void, and Mortgagee in Possession's Fiduciary Capacity Prevents Adverse Possession Under Section 91 of Indian Trusts Act, 1882 and Section 40 Paragraph 2 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882....

The dispute arose from a mortgage with possession executed by the karta of a Hindu joint family in 1907 over two shops in Jamnagar. After the karta's death, the coparceners entered into an agreement t...

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Supreme Court Upholds Management in Industrial Dispute Over Jurisdiction of Tribunal to Determine Existence of Strikes Under Section 10(1) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Held that the Tribunal cannot go beyond the terms of reference which assumed the existence of strikes and lock-out, and must confine itself to deciding legality and justification....

The case involved industrial disputes between the management of Delhi Cloth Mills and Swatantra Bharat Mills (two units of Delhi Cloth & General Mills Co. Ltd.) and their workmen. Four issues were ref...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee Firm in Income Tax Relief Case Under Section 25(3) of Income Tax Act, 1922. Foreign Business and Rental Income Derived from Business Held Charged Under 1918 Act, Entitling Successor Firm to Exemption on Discontinuance....

The appeal arose from a reference under the Income Tax Act, 1922 concerning the entitlement of an assessee firm to relief under Section 25(3) upon discontinuance of its business. The assessee firm, O....