The dispute concerned succession to the Mahantship of a Dera of Sanyasi Sadhus in Mauza Kharak, Tahsil Hansi, District Hissar, Punjab. The last Mahant, Kishan Puri, died on February 15, 1951. Immediat...
The dispute concerned vacant strips of land lying between a metalled public road and two drains on either side, running through Plot No. 3211 owned by the respondent in the town of Manglaur. The appel...
The case involved a challenge by Hamdard Dawakhana (Wakf), Delhi and its Mutawalli to the Fruit Products Order, 1955 and a stop order issued under it. The appellants manufactured a medicated syrup cal...
The dispute concerned a claim for relief under Section 25(4) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 for the assessment year 1948-49 by the assessee, K. H. Chambers, who succeeded to an export business pre...
The dispute centered on the age of a sitting puisne Judge of the Calcutta High Court. The appellant had given a date of birth at the time of his appointment, but records of his public examinations sho...
The dispute arose from an agricultural tenancy governed by the Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953. The appellant tenant had obtained on lease 208 canals of agricultural land from the fourth res...
The Supreme Court adjudicated on the obligation of revenue authorities to adjust agricultural income-tax dues against compensation payable under the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act. The ...
The appeal arose from a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which altered the appellant's conviction from Sections 302 and 307 read with Sections 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 to Se...
The Supreme Court addressed the question whether a partnership firm could be denied registration under Section 26A of the Income Tax Act, 1922 when one of its partners was a benamidar of another partn...
The case arose from a criminal prosecution under Section 6(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, where the respondents were being tri...
