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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Criminal Breach of Trust Under Section 409 IPC; Earlier Order of Acquittal by Special Judge Held to Be a Nullity. Special Court's Erroneous Assumption of Want of Jurisdiction Rendered Its Acquittal Ineffective, Allowing Fresh Trial Under Section 403(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898....

The Supreme Court addressed a criminal appeal arising from the conviction of a railway shed clerk under Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal breach of trust relating to eight bags of suji...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Appeal in Minimum Wages Act Case; Stone Quarry Held to be 'Mine'. Employment in Stone Breaking or Stone Crushing in a Quarry Falls Under Entry 8 Part I of Schedule, Making Central Government Appropriate Under Section 2(b)(i) of Minimum Wages Act, 1948....

The Supreme Court of India heard two criminal appeals by certificate against the Bombay High Court's judgment dated 4 February 1963 affirming the acquittal of the respondent by Judicial Magistrate Fir...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tribunal Award in Industrial Dispute Act Case Because 240 Days Actual Work Deemed Continuous Service. Section 25B of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Creates Legal Fiction Treating 240 Days Work in 12 Months as One Year Continuous Service, Making Section 25F Retrenchment Conditions Applicable....

This was an appeal by special leave to the Supreme Court of India against an award of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Dhanbad, in Reference No. 56 of 1961, under the Industrial Disputes Ac...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeals; Preventive Detention Cannot Substitute for Departmental Enquiry in Termination of Dock Workers. Statutory Authority Must Afford Reasonable Opportunity and Test Evidence Before Terminating Services Under Calcutta Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Scheme, 1951....

The Supreme Court of India considered three civil appeals arising from writ petitions filed by three registered dock workers against the Calcutta Dock Labour Board challenging the termination of their...

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Supreme Court Upholds Lessee in Mining Lease Extension Dispute Under Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1955. Rule 30 Mandates Extension for Five Years Upon Lessee's Option and Government's Discretion Construed as Obligation, With Chapter IV Applying to Auction Leases....

The dispute arose from a mining lease granted by the State of Rajasthan to the respondent for extracting sandstone, obtained through auction in 1956, with an initial period from April 1, 1956 to July ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Employer in Industrial Disputes Act Case; Approval of Discharge Refused Due to Invalid Domestic Enquiry. Section 33(2)(b) Application Survives Final Determination of Main Industrial Dispute and Order Remains Incomplete Without Approval....

This appeal by special leave arose from an order of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal at Dhanbad refusing approval under Section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for the discharg...

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Supreme Court Upholds Execution Against Non-Ruler Partners in Firm Suit Despite Nullity of Decree Against Ruler Partner. Consent Under Section 86/87-B CPC Mandatory for Suits Against Rulers; Decree Against Ruler Personally Null and Void, But Execution Against Other Partners Maintainable Under Order 21 Rule 50(2) CPC....

The dispute arose from a summary suit filed by respondent No.1, Ramnarain (Private) Ltd., against the partnership firm Messrs. Jagatsons International Corporation for recovery of Rs.1,96,831.58 based ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Suit as Time-Barred in Land Possession Dispute — Occupancy Tenant's Right Extinguished by Forfeiture and 12-Year Continuous Possession by Landlord. Landlord's Possession Under Ejectment Decrees Was Adverse to Akhara and Right to Sue Was Barred by Limitation....

The appeal arose from a suit for possession of agricultural land in Amritsar, where the appellant, the landowner, had evicted the second respondent, the then Mahant of Akhara Nirbansar, from the land ...