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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....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeal in Income Tax Rebate Case Due to Non-Satisfaction of Section 15(1) Conditions. Children’s Deferred Endowment Assurance Policy Premium Not Eligible for Rebate as Insurance Not on Assessee’s Own Life Under Income Tax Act, 1922....

The case arose from an income-tax assessment for the year 1960-61, where the assessee, a minor, claimed rebate under Section 15(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1922 for premium paid on a Children’s Deferr...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee Bank in Tax Dispute Over Appreciation of Blocked Foreign Exchange. Appreciation in Value of Pakistani Rupee Remittances Due to Devaluation Held Capital Receipt, Not Revenue Under Section 10 of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The litigation concerned the tax treatment of appreciation in the value of foreign exchange held by a bank abroad, which arose upon devaluation of the Indian rupee. The respondent bank, Canara Bank Lt...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside Divorce Decree in Hindu Marriage Act Case Due to Procedural Error and Condonation. U.P. Amendment to Section 13(1)(viii) Requires Prior Judicial Separation Decree Before Divorce, and Husband's Cohabitation After Knowledge of Wife's Adultery Amounted to Condonation Under Section 23(1)(b) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955....

The dispute arose from a matrimonial petition filed by the respondent husband under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking dissolution of marriage by divorce and alternatively judicial separation from ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Landlord's Appeal in U.P. Rent Act Eviction Dispute Over Material Alterations. Tenant's Unauthorized Construction That Altered Form and Structure of Shops Constituted Material Alterations Under Section 3(1)(c) of U.P. (Temporary) Control of Rent and Eviction Act, 1947, Enabling Landlord to Sue Without District Magistrate's Permission....

The Supreme Court of India allowed a landlord's appeal against the Allahabad High Court's judgment which had dismissed an eviction suit under Section 3(1)(c) of the U.P. (Temporary) Control of Rent an...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Arbitration Award Filing Dispute Under Section 14(2) of Indian Arbitration Act, 1940. Certified Correct Copy Signed by Umpire Constitutes Signed Copy for Filing Under Section 14(2) of Indian Arbitration Act, 1940....

The dispute arose from a contract between Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. and the Union of India for the construction of certain highway bridges. Differences during execution led to arbitration be...