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Supreme Court Upholds Lender in Mortgage Attestation and Benami Suit Matter. Mortgage Deed Attested by Non-Party Lender Is Valid Under Sections 3 and 59 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882; Beneficial Owner Entitled to Sue....

This civil appeal arose from a mortgage dispute where the first respondent lent Rs.15,000 to the appellant and obtained a mortgage deed dated April 30, 1945 in the name of the second respondent as a b...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant's Challenge to Cancellation of Managerial Appointment Over Evacuee Properties. Deputy Custodian's Cancellation Under Section 10(2)(b) of Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, Upheld as Implied Power Under Section 16 of General Clauses Act, 1897, and Letters of Intent Did Not Constitute Concluded Sale....

The dispute concerned the management and proposed sale of two evacuee business concerns in Kozhikode, which vested in the Custodian of Evacuee Property after their proprietors migrated to Pakistan in ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Sub-Tenants in Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act Dispute Due to Bar on Civil Court Jurisdiction. Statutory Claim of Direct Tenancy Under Section 16(2) Required Prior Determination of Lawfulness of Sub-Letting by Rent Controlling Authority Under Section 15(3), Barring Civil Court Under Section 45(1)....

In this civil appeal before the Supreme Court of India, the appellants were sub-tenants claiming direct tenancy under Section 16(2) of the Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961. The first res...

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Supreme Court Rules Confessional FIR to Police Officer Inadmissible Under Section 25 of Indian Evidence Act. Entire Statement of Accused Treated as Confession and Barred Even if It Contains Incriminating Facts Beyond Actual Commission of Crime....

The appeal arose from a conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for the murder of four persons: the appellant's aunt Ratni, her daughter Chamin, her son-in-law Somra, and Somra's son Dil...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tenants' Right to Claim Compensation and Purchase of Leased Land Under Madras City Tenants Protection Act, 1921 Despite Covenant Against Building. Court Rules That Definition of Tenant in Section 2(4) Includes Those Who Built in Breach of Covenant, and Section 12 Invalidates Unregistered Contractual Restrictions....

The Supreme Court decided an appeal by tenants against a Division Bench judgment of the Madras High Court concerning the applicability of the Madras City Tenants' Protection Act, 1921. The dispute aro...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Exercise of Revisional Jurisdiction in Mortgage Redemption Dispute. High Court Erred by Reversing Decree Construction Without Jurisdictional Error Under Section 115 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The appeal arose from proceedings initiated under the Bombay Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1939, between the appellants, who were mortgagees, and the respondents, who were mortgagors seeking adjust...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant in Murder Case on Circumstantial Evidence Despite Divided Opinion on Confession to Police Officer. Majority Holds Confessional Letter Addressed to Police Officer and Left at Crime Scene Admissible Under Section 25 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872, While Minority Views It as Barred; Conviction Sustained on Other Evidence....

The appeal arose from a conviction for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant had been convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kumaon, and sentenced to death. The Allahab...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Employees' Association Appeal in Industrial Dispute Over Wage Scales and Supervisory Staff Classification. Definitions of 'Workman' and Disputes Concerning Non-Workmen Clarified Under Section 2(s) and 2(k) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

Background: The dispute arose between the All India Reserve Bank Employees Association, representing Class II, III, and IV staff of the Reserve Bank of India, and the Reserve Bank of India regarding s...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Sales Tax Refund Suit Barred by Section 20 of Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1946. Assessment Order Wrongly Treating Outside Sales as Inside Sales Cannot Be Challenged in Civil Suit Due to Statutory Bar, Applying Wide Construction of 'Assessment Made Under This Act'....

The dispute arose from sales tax levied on certain transactions which the appellant later claimed were outside sales not taxable under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1946. The appellant, Kamala Mills Ltd.,...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Transport Undertaking's Approved Scheme under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. Specification of Minimum and Maximum Vehicles and Trips in a State Transport Scheme Is Valid Under Section 68C and Does Not Violate Section 68E....

The dispute concerned nationalization of passenger bus routes in Bellary district, Mysore State, under Chapter IV-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. The State Transport Undertaking published a draft s...