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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Income Tax Case Regarding Tax Liability on Dividend Income from Shares Belonging to Hindu Undivided Family but Registered in Individual's Name. Court Holds that Tax Liability Attaches to Real Owner of Shares, Not Merely Registered Shareholder, Under Section 16(2) of Income Tax Act, 1922....

This case involved a dispute over the liability to pay income-tax on dividend income from shares registered in the name of an individual but claimed to belong to a Hindu undivided family (HUF). The ap...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeal on Land Acquisition Declarations—Single Section 6 Notification Permitted Per Section 4(1) Notification. Successive Declarations Under Section 6 Are Invalid for Lands Covered by One Section 4(1) Notification; Notification Exhausts Itself After One Declaration....

The Supreme Court of India addressed an appeal by the State of Madhya Pradesh against a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a writ petition filed by Vishnu Prasad Sharma and others challengin...

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Supreme Court Allows Owner's Appeal in Vicarious Liability Case Due to Lack of Employer Authorization. Unauthorized Driver Taking License Test Not Acting Within Course of Employment Absolves Owner from Liability Under Tort Law....

The dispute arose from a personal injury caused by a motor vehicle accident. The respondent, Santanuprasad Jaishankar Bhatt, was injured when a taxi owned by the appellant, Sitaram Motilal Kalal, stru...

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Returned Candidate in Representation of the People Act Dispute Over Incomplete Electoral Roll Copy. Rejection of Nomination Papers Valid as Incomplete Copy of Electoral Roll Part Constituted Substantial Defect Under Section 36(4) of Representation of the People Act, 1950....

The Supreme Court adjudicated an election appeal arising from the 1962 general election to the House of the People from the Sangrur parliamentary constituency. Ranjit Singh, the appellant, was elected...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Directing Prosecution of Accused for Filing False Affidavits as Complaint Was Filed Under Section 476 CrPC Despite Bar in Section 479-A(6). False Affidavits Denying Compromise Before High Court Constituted Offences Under Sections 191/192 IPC, Not Section 199 IPC, and Special Procedure Under Section 479-A CrPC Was Mandatory....

The appeal arose from a criminal miscellaneous case in the Patna High Court relating to false affidavits filed by a husband and wife in connection with a compromise in a pending first appeal. The resp...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Legal Representative of Deceased Bank Employee; Upholds Bank of Patiala Staff Rule on Compulsory Retirement. Regulation Order of 1954 remained valid under Article 357(2) of Constitution of India, and Rule 27 did not infringe Articles 311 or 14....

The appeal arose from a suit instituted by Ram Prasad, an employee of Patiala State Bank, challenging his compulsory retirement order passed on June 11, 1958 by the Board of Directors under Rule 27 of...

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Supreme Court Upholds Insurer's Cancellation of Cover Notes in Fire and Flood Insurance Dispute. Condition 10 of Standard Fire Policy Applied to Interim Cover Notes and Cancellation Was Valid as Loss Had Not Commenced or Become Inevitable....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by a general insurance company against a Calcutta High Court decree that had awarded damages to the insured respondents for loss of houses due to floods and erosion. ...

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Supreme Court Allows Defendant's Appeal in Will Construction Case; Plaintiff Not Entitled to Property as Persona Designata. Will Contained No Direct Words of Disposition in Favour of Plaintiff and Gift Was Conditional on Adoption, Which Failed; Thus Claim Under Will Rejected....

This civil appeal arose from a suit filed by the plaintiff (respondent before the Supreme Court) against the widow of Lakshmayya (appellant), claiming properties mentioned in Schedules A and B of the ...

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Supreme Court Allows Tenant's Appeal Against Full Rent Decree in Partial Possession Dispute. Landlord's Claim for Entire Rent Set Aside; Tenant Liable Only for Proportionate Rent Where One of Three Bedrooms Not Delivered....

The dispute arose from a lease of flat No. 17 at Stephen Court, 18A Park Street, Calcutta. The appellant tenant executed a 21-year lease on 30 April 1956 for a flat consisting of three bedrooms at a m...