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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in East Punjab General Sales Tax Act Case — Dissolved Firm Cannot Be Assessed. Dissolution of Firm, a Separate Assessable Entity, Extinguishes Tax Liability Absent Express Statutory Provision for Post-Dissolution Assessment Under East Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a judgment of the Punjab High Court in a sales tax reference under Section 22 of the East Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948. The respondent, Messrs. Jul...

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Supreme Court Upholds Management in Industrial Promotion Dispute; Tribunal Cannot Order Multiple Promotions. Industrial Tribunal's Award Setting Aside Promotions and Directing Five Additional Promotions Set Aside as Beyond Jurisdiction and Based on No Evidence of Mala Fides or Victimisation....

The dispute arose from the promotion of two employees, Manerikar and Dhume, from grade A to grade B by the appellant management on April 1, 1959. Manerikar superseded one employee, while Dhume superse...

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Supreme Court Upholds Taxation of Excess Local Fund Cess Received by Lessor as Income. Lessee's Mistaken Payment of Cess Computed on Rent and Royalty, Rather Than Land Revenue, Constituted Income as It Had Quality Similar to Rents and Royalty Under Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, Sections 2(6C) and 3(vii)....

The dispute arose from income tax assessments for the assessment years 1952-53 and 1953-54. The appellant, a former talukdar, granted a mining lease to Shivrajpur Syndicate Ltd. on December 11, 1947 f...

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Supreme Court Upholds Preventive Detention Orders Passed by Central Government Under Defence of India Rules. Cancellation of State Governor's Detention Orders and Substitution by Fresh Central Orders on Same Day Held Legal; Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Not Vitiated by Mala Fide Allegations or Number of Orders Passed....

The Supreme Court of India considered two writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking habeas corpus. The petitioners, members of the Left Communist Party, were detained along with 140 ...

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Supreme Court Allows in Part Management's Appeal in Industrial Dispute Over Termination of Employee's Services. Termination Found Mala Fide but Compensation Reduced to Rs. 4,800 as No Special Circumstances Justified Two Years' Salary Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose out of an industrial dispute concerning the termination of services of Miss Shanti Patnaik by the management of Utkal Machinery Ltd. The respondent, who held ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Management's Right to Lay Off and Retrench Workmen in Tea Estates During Economic Crisis. Lay Off and Retrenchment Justified Under Standing Orders Clause 8(a)(i) and Clause 9 as Sudden Slump in World Market Constituted 'Other Causes Beyond Control'; Tribunal's Quantum of Compensation Not Interfered....

The appeal arose from an industrial dispute between the Cachar Chah Sramik Union, representing workmen, and the management of tea estates in Cachar district, Assam. During 1951-1953, the tea industry ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Business Profits Tax Act Case on Inclusion of Capital Paid in Surplus and Earned Surplus as Reserves. Difference Between Book Value of Assets and Par Value of Shares Issued Constitutes Premium under Schedule II Rule 3, and Both Accounts Qualify as Reserves under Rule 2(1) of Business Profits Tax Act, 1947....

The dispute concerned the computation of taxable capital under the Business Profits Tax Act, 1947 for a non-resident assessee company incorporated in the State of Delaware, United States of America. T...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Trustee Appeal in Income Tax Exemption Case Concerning Mixed Territorial Religious Endowment. Exemption Under Section 4(3)(i) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Denied Where Trust Income Not Specifically Set Apart for Religious or Charitable Purposes Within Taxable Territories....

This appeal by special leave before the Supreme Court of India concerned the interpretation of Section 4(3)(i) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 in relation to a religious endowment trust with mixed ...