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Supreme Court Dismisses Revenue Appeal in Income Tax Case on Insurance Compensation; Holds 'Received' in Fourth Proviso to Section 10(2)(vii) Means Actual Receipt, Not Receivable. Insurance money received after the accounting year for destroyed building and machinery is not taxable in the assessment year 1949-50 despite mercantile accounting....

The dispute arose from an income tax assessment for the assessment year 1949-50 regarding the taxability of insurance compensation received for assets destroyed by fire. The Revenue, as appellant, cha...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows and Partly Dismisses Appeals in Income Tax Assessment of Former Ruler. Personal Privileges under Merger Covenant and International Law Do Not Exempt Income Tax; Interest on Income-Tax Free State Securities Exempt Under Section 8 Proviso 3 of Income-tax Act, 1922....

The case arose from income-tax assessments of the former Nizam of Hyderabad for assessment years 1950-51 and 1951-52. The Income-tax Officer, B Ward, Hyderabad-Deccan, passed assessment orders dated F...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Wealth Tax Deduction for Advance Tax Demand Under Income Tax Act, 1922; Debt Owed Once Notice of Demand Issued. Advance Tax Demand Under Section 18A(1) of Income Tax Act Constitutes a Debt Owed on Valuation Date for Purposes of Section 2(m) of Wealth Tax Act, 1957....

The case arose from wealth tax assessments for the assessment years corresponding to the previous years ending December 31, 1956 and December 31, 1957. The respondent assessee, M/s. Standard Vacuum Oi...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeals, Upholds Dealer's Refund of Sales Tax Paid Under Mistake of Law for Sales Outside State. Section 20 of Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1946 Did Not Bar Suit as No Assessment Order Was Made, and Limitation Under Article 96 Began on Discovery of Mistake....

Background: The appeals arose from two civil suits filed by registered dealers under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1946 seeking refund of advance sales tax paid for the period January 26, 1950 to March 31...

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Supreme Court Upholds Ejectment of Licensee and Directs Future Mesne Profits in Landlord-Tenant Dispute. High Court's Confirmation of Ejectment on Licence Ground Was Permissible as Parties Had Led Evidence on Nature of Possession; Decree for Ejectment Must Include Direction for Future Mesne Profits....

This civil dispute arose from a suit by Chandramaul (plaintiff) against Bhagwati Prasad (defendant) in the Court of the Second Civil Judge, Kanpur, concerning house No. 59/8, Nachghar, Birhana Road, K...

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Supreme Court Upholds Adjudication of Debtor as Insolvent Under Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Due to Act of Insolvency from Court Sale. Sale of Property in Execution of Money Decree Constitutes Act of Insolvency Under Section 6(e), Not Purged by Subsequent Setting Aside of Sale Under Order 21 Rule 89 CPC....

The Supreme Court heard an appeal by special leave against the judgment and order dated March 14, 1963 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in C.R.P. No. 1725 of 1959, which had dismissed a revision again...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Disciplinary Proceedings Case Concerning Reasonable Opportunity and Retrospective Dismissal. Reasonable Opportunity to Defend Upheld Where Common Counsel Represented Accused Civil Servants Without Conflict; Retrospective Dismissal Order Severable and Effective from Date of Order....

The Supreme Court heard a civil appeal by special leave against a judgment of the Madras High Court which affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by a government servant challenging his dismissal from ...