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Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiff in Indian Contract Act, 1872 Dispute Over Place of Contract Formation by Telephone. Contract by Long-Distance Telephone Completed Where Acceptance Heard by Offeror; Offer Made Elsewhere Not Part of Cause of Action Under Sections 3-4 of Indian Contract Act, 1872....

The dispute concerned the place where a contract was formed when negotiations were conducted by long-distance telephone, which determined whether the City Civil Court at Ahmedabad had territorial juri...

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Supreme Court Upholds Shareholder's Right to Rectification of Register in Company Law Dispute Over Invalid Forfeiture. Defective Notice Under Article 29 of Articles of Association Rendered Forfeiture Invalid, Triggering Section 155(1)(a)(ii) of Companies Act, 1956....

The dispute arose from the forfeiture of shares in a limited company carrying on transport business in South Arcot District. Two shareholders, who were brothers, held 13 and 163 shares respectively. T...

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Supreme Court Upholds Alienee's Right in Hindu Joint Family Property Partition Suit; Limitation Not Barred Despite Absence of Possession. Purchaser of Undivided Coparcenary Share Could Maintain Suit for Partition and Possession as Symbolic Possession Interrupted Adverse Possession Under Articles 144 and 120 of Indian Limitation Act, 1908....

The dispute arose from an execution sale of undivided shares in Mitakshara Hindu joint family property. A money decree was passed against N and his four sons, who were members of a Hindu joint family....

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Supreme Court Upholds Joint Hindu Family Presumption and Restores Trial Court Decree in Property Declaration Suit. Revenue Mutation Entries and Subsequent Conduct Held Insufficient to Prove Severance of Joint Hindu Family; Admissions Under Sections 17 and 21 of Evidence Act Admissible Despite Lack of Confrontation....

The case concerned a dispute over agricultural land recorded in Jamabandi papers. The plaintiffs, Bharat Singh and Kirpa Ram, sons of Ram Narain, sought a declaration against their brother's widow, Bh...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Union of India's Appeals in Railway Fire Loss Cases; Railway Held Liable as Bailee Despite Consignee Delay. Statutory Liability Under Section 72 of Indian Railways Act, 1890 Cannot Be Cut Down by Demurrage Rules; Consignor and Consignee Entitled to Market Rate Damages Without Pre-Suit Interest....

The dispute arose from a fire at Morar Road Railway Station on 8 March 1943, which destroyed or damaged cotton bales and cotton yarn that were in the custody of the railway administration. Two suits w...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging Single Judge Hearing in Kerala High Court Act Case. Court Holds No Vested Right to Have Appeal Heard by Division Bench Since Right is Procedural Under Kerala High Court Act, 1958 (Act 5 of 1959) and Travancore-Cochin High Court Act, 1949....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal by special leave against a judgment of a single Judge of the Kerala High Court which dismissed the appellant's suit for recovery of possession of proper...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Bigamy Case Under Section 494 IPC Due to Lack of Proof of Essential Marriage Ceremonies. Customary Praina Marriage Ceremonies Not Proved and Accused's Admission Held Insufficient to Establish Second Marriage....

Background: The case concerned a prosecution for bigamy and abetment thereof under Sections 494 and 109 of the Indian Penal Code. Sadh Ram, the complainant and first husband of Kubja, alleged that Kub...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Remand Order in Calcutta Municipal Valuation Case Due to Lack of Statutory Power for Court Valuation. Remand Order Quashed as Court-Directed Valuation Cannot Impose Statutory Rate Liability Under Sections 127 and 131 of Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923....

The dispute arose from the ascertainment of the annual value of premises No. 12, Mission Row, Calcutta, occupied by the appellant company, Martin Burn Ltd., for the purpose of assessing municipal rate...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Power to Transfer Case from Magistrate to Court of Session Under Section 526(1)(ii) CrPC. Majority Holds That Section 193 CrPC Does Not Bar Such Transfer as Cognizance Refers to Initiation of Proceedings, Not Subsequent Trial....

The appeals before the Supreme Court arose from an order of the Punjab High Court (Circuit Bench) at Delhi dated March 13, 1964, passed in Criminal Revision No. 30-D of 1964 and Criminal Misc. No. 63-...