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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Accused in Madras Prohibition Act Case Due to Non-Compliance with Mandatory Guilty Plea Recording. Conviction Set Aside as Magistrate Failed to Record Plea in Accused's Words Under Section 243 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; Case Remanded for Retrial....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by certificate under Article 134(1)(c) of the Constitution arising from a judgment of the Madras High Court which had affirmed the conviction of the appellan...

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Supreme Court Upholds Sub-Tenant's Direct Tenancy Under West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act Due to Final Declaration Under Section 16(3). Controller's Declaration Under Section 16(3) Before Ejectment Decree Was Final and Not Open to Rescission, Protecting Sub-Tenant's Rights....

The dispute arose from premises No. P-16, Bentinck Street, Calcutta, owned by M/s. A. C. Estates, which had let out a second-floor suite to Gee Tsing Po on a monthly rent of Rs. 66. In June 1954, Po s...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Mortgagors in Redemption Suit Under Indian Trusts Act Due to Trifling Default by Mortgagee. Section 90 Illustration (c) Not Attracted Where Mortgagee's Non-Payment of Trivial Rent Was Not Real Cause of Rent Sale; Equity of Redemption Extinguished....

The litigation arose out of a suit for redemption of two usufructuary mortgages created by the plaintiffs-mortgagors in favour of the defendant-mortgagee. The first mortgage dated July 5, 1927 covered...

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Supreme Court Upholds Mortgagee in Madras Agriculturists Relief Act Case Due to Transfer of Mortgage Rights to Charity for Valuable Consideration. Section 9-A(10)(ii)(b) Exemption Applied as Transfer Discharged Antecedent Family Trust Obligation, Thus Mortgage Debt Not Liable to be Scaled Down....

The dispute arose from a usufructuary mortgage executed on August 18, 1930, by predecessors-in-interest of the appellants in favour of the family of Samu Pattar for Rs. 31,000. The mortgage was redeem...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under Section 408 IPC in Appeal Against Acquittal; Additional Evidence Under Section 428 CrPC Permissible. High Court Justified in Ordering Production of Documents Sought by Accused at Trial to Prevent Failure of Justice....

The appeal arose by special leave from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court which convicted the appellant under Section 408 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 on three counts and sentenced him to aggrega...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Direction to Refer Tenancy Issue to Mamlatdar under Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Suit for Possession on Mortgage Redemption Required Determination of Whether Defendant Was Protected Tenant, a Question Reserved for Mamlatdar Under Section 70(b), Civil Court's Jurisdiction Barred by Section 85....

The dispute arose from a suit instituted on April 19, 1951, by the plaintiff-appellant in the Court of the Second Joint Civil Judge, Junior Division at Bagalkot, seeking possession of suit properties ...