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Supreme Court Upholds Respondent State in Company Law Dispute Over Rectification of Share Register Under Section 38 of Indian Companies Act, 1913. Directors' refusal to register transmission of shares by operation of law was unlawful as articles only permitted refusal of transfers and discretion was exercised in bad faith....

The dispute concerned the refusal of Indian Chemical Products Ltd., a private limited company incorporated on November 29, 1947, to register the State of Orissa as holder of 7,500 shares that had devo...

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Supreme Court Upholds Returned Candidate's Election in Scheduled Caste Constituency. Interpretation of 'Sunri excluding Saha' in Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 Excludes Smaller Caste Group, Not Surname, and Mere Surname Saha Does Not Exclude a Sunri from Scheduled Caste....

The dispute concerned an election to a seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Khargram Murshidabad constituency reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes. The two contestants were Ab...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against District Judge's Transfer of Section 146 CrPC Reference to Another Civil Court. Court Holds Reference to Civil Court Under Section 146(1) CrPC Is Not to Persona Designata and CPC Procedure Applies....

The Supreme Court dealt with a criminal appeal by certificate against an order of the Allahabad High Court in a criminal revision arising from proceedings under Section 145 of the Code of Criminal Pro...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee in Income-tax Appeal Concerning Professional Fees Received After Cessation of Practice. Cash Basis Accounting and Mutual Exclusivity of Heads Under Section 6 of Income-tax Act, 1922 Prevent Taxation of Outstanding Professional Receipts Under Residuary Section 12....

The case arose from income-tax assessment of a former advocate who was elevated to the Bombay High Court Bench. The assessee, an advocate maintaining accounts on cash basis, ceased practice on March 1...

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Supreme Court Quashes Company Law Board Investigation Order Under Section 237(b) of Companies Act, 1956 for Lack of Circumstances Suggesting Fraud. Majority Holds that Section 237(b) Requires Existence of Relevant Circumstances, Not Mere Need for Deeper Probe....

The dispute arose from an order dated May 19, 1965 issued on behalf of the Company Law Board under Section 237(b) of the Companies Act, 1956, appointing four inspectors to investigate the affairs of T...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal and Convicts Respondent Under Section 354 IPC for Outraging Modesty of Infant by Fingering Injury. Majority Holds That Modesty Is Attribute of Female Sex from Birth and Deliberate Injury to Vagina Amounts to Outraging Modesty; Dissent Would Dismiss Appeal Under Reasonable Man Test....

In this criminal appeal before the Supreme Court of India, the State of Punjab challenged the acquittal of Major Singh under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code for outraging the modesty of a seven-a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Worshipper's Suit Challenging Compromise Decree in Temple Property Dispute. Compromise Decree Declared Invalid as Deity Not Represented and Beyond Scope of Section 84(2) of Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1927....

The dispute concerned the Sri Kodandaramaswami temple in Varagali village, Nellore district, and its properties. The temple was built in the mid-nineteenth century by Burla Rangareddi, and after his d...

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Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal of Respondent in Coal Mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes Act Case Due to Non-Ownership of Coal Mine. The Coke Plant Owner Was Not an 'Employer' Under Section 2(e) of the 1948 Act Because the Plant Did Not 'Belong to a Coal Mine' Under Section 2(b) of Mines Act, 1952....

The appeal arose from a criminal prosecution under the Coal Mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes Act, 1948. The State of Bihar, as appellant, challenged the Patna High Court's order acquitting the r...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Murder in Chloroform Asphyxiation Case. Court Applies Objective Test Under Section 300 Clause (3) of Indian Penal Code to Hold Accused Liable for Common Intention Under Section 34....

The Supreme Court of India heard appeals by special leave from the judgment of the Kerala High Court which had confirmed the conviction of the appellants under Sections 302 read with 34, 364, 392, 394...