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Supreme Court Dismisses Company's Appeal and Affirms Receiver's Authority to File Winding-Up Petition. Receiver Holding Power Under Order XL Rule 1(d) CPC Qualifies as Creditor Under Section 439(1)(b) of Companies Act, 1956, and Company's Non-Payment to Additional Collector Constituted Neglect to Pay Debt Under Section 434....

The dispute arose from a debt owed by a sugar mill company to a joint Hindu family for the sale of a sugarcane farm. The company, incorporated in 1933, had purchased the farm in 1956 for Rs.40,00,000,...

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Supreme Court Quashes Recovery of Deficiency in Forest Contract Auction for Non-Compliance with Article 299(1) of Constitution. Government Cannot Invoke Implied Contract to Recover Amount as Arrears of Land Revenue under Section 155(b) of Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959....

The litigation arose from a forest contract auction conducted by the Divisional Forest Officer, Jabalpur Division in July 1959. The appellant, K. P. Chowdhary, submitted the highest bids for two fores...

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Supreme Court Allows State's Appeal; Bribery by Police Officer Not Under Colour of Duty, Limitation Under Bombay Police Act Section 161(1) Inapplicable. Conviction of Police Head Constable for Accepting Bribe Restored as Act Not Connected with Official Duty....

Background: The case arose from a criminal appeal by the State of Maharashtra against the acquittal of a police head constable by the Bombay High Court. The respondent, Narharrao, was attached to Murt...

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Supreme Court Allows Appellant in U.P. Zamindari Abolition Case Concerning Brick Kiln; Holds Brick Kiln Not a Building Under Section 9. High Court Erred in Treating Mere Pit with Bricks as Building; Land Vested in State and Rent Claim for Post-Vesting Period Failed....

This case involved a dispute over arrears of rent for a brick kiln leased under a registered deed. The respondents were owners of a brick kiln situated on plots nos. 596 and 597 in Mauza Sarwat, Parga...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Probation Termination Case Under U.P. Tehsildars Rules. Termination of probation under Rule 14 did not constitute punishment under Article 311 and no automatic confirmation occurred upon expiry of two-year probation period without express order....

The dispute concerned the termination of probation of a Naib Tahsildar who had been promoted to Tahsildar on probation under the U.P. Subordinate Revenue Executive Service (Tehsildars) Rules, 1944. Th...