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Supreme Court Quashes Assessment Order in Municipal Tax Case Due to Invalid Exercise of Review Powers. Committee Composition Under Sections 386 and 117 of Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act, 1922, Must Be Followed Even After Supersession, and Burden of Proving Mistake Lies on Assessing Authority....

The dispute arose from the enhancement of municipal taxes on a property known as Krishna Bhawan in Patna. The appellant, the owner of the premises, challenged an order by the Assistant Special Officer...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Tenancy Dispute; High Court's Revisional Power Over Revenue Court's Jurisdictional Finding Upheld. The Existence of Landlord-Cultivating Tenant Relationship Was a Preliminary Fact Subject to Revision Under Section 6-B of Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 read with Section 115 CPC....

The case concerned the scope of the High Court's revisional jurisdiction under Section 6-B of the Madras Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955, read with Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure,...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Gujarat High Court Judgment Upholding Fresh Section 6 Notification Under Land Acquisition Act. Invalid Declaration Treated as Ineffective; Government Not Precluded by Section 48 from Issuing Fresh Notification Without Fresh Section 4 Notification or Section 5A Enquiry....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal arising from a writ petition challenging land acquisition notifications under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The dispute involved a land measuring abou...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Iranian National's Citizenship Claim Under Article 5 for Lack of Indian Domicile. Declared Indian Citizenship Cannot Coexist with Foreign Nationality and Residence Alone Insufficient to Prove Domicile....

The dispute arose from a suit filed by an Iranian national who claimed Indian citizenship on the basis of domicile under Article 5 of the Constitution of India. The appellant came to India in 1938 at ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal by Collaterals in Customary Adoption Succession Case. Mere appointment of heir under Punjab customary law did not confer collateral succession rights on adopted son, as adoption lacked formal transplantation into adoptive family....

The dispute concerned succession to the lands of Santa Singh alias Din Mohammad, an Aulakh Jat of Tehsil Ajnala in Amritsar District, Punjab, who was presumed dead after being unheard of for a long ti...

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Supreme Court Upholds Defendants in Partnership Dissolution Dispute by Holding Unregistered Relinquishment Deed Admissible. Court Rules That a Partner's Interest in Partnership Assets Comprising Immovable Property Is Movable Property, Not Requiring Registration Under Section 17(1)(c) of Registration Act, 1908....

The Supreme Court addressed the question whether a partner's interest in partnership assets consisting of both movable and immovable property should be classified as movable or immovable for the purpo...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act Case; Compensation Claim Barred by Section 17(5). Inamdar's Loss of Right to Collect Assessment from Inferior Holders Resulted from Lands Being Made Subject to Land Revenue Under Sections 5(1) and 5(2)(b), Distinguishing Grant of Land Revenue from Grant of Village Exempt from Land Revenue....

The Supreme Court heard three civil appeals against a common judgment of the Bombay High Court dated September 1958, which had dismissed petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution ...