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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Will Dispute Over Alleged Bequest of Entire Estate to Grandson of Predeceased Uncle. Propounder's Evidence Failed to Remove Suspicious Circumstances, Including Alleged Absence of Testator from Hyderabad on Execution Date, Violating Standard of Proof Under Indian Succession Act, 1925....

The dispute concerned the genuineness of a will alleged to have been executed by Ramdhan on May 23, 1947, bequeathing almost his entire property to the appellant, Ramchandra Rambux, and practically ex...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tenants in Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act Eviction Suit Due to Saved Tenancy Rights Under Section 89(2). Extension of 1948 Act to Suit Land Within Two Miles of Surat Municipality by 1952 Amendment Required Termination of Lease Under Section 14, Not General Civil Suit....

The dispute concerned agricultural land situated within two miles of the limits of the Surat Municipal Borough, formerly part of the erstwhile Sachin State. The landowner leased the land to a tenant f...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Benami Transaction Suit Barred by Section 66 CPC. Certified Purchaser's Transferee Protected Against Real Owner's Claim; Adverse Possession Plea Not Properly Raised....

This was an appeal by special leave against a judgment of the Patna High Court which reversed the concurrent judgments of two courts below and ordered dismissal of the appellant's suit. The appellant,...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1962 in Company Acquisition Challenge. Majority Rules Amended Section 40(1)(aa) of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Requires Public Purpose of Industry and Does Not Violate Articles 14, 19(1)(f) or 31(2)....

This writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenged the constitutional validity of the amendments made to Sections 40 and 41 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 by the Land Acquisition (A...

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Returned Candidate in Representation of the People Act, 1951 Case; Appeal on Ground of Language for Conservation of Electorate's Language Does Not Amount to Corrupt Practice Under Section 123(3) and Om Dhwaj Flag Is Not a Religious Symbol....

The dispute arose from the general elections held in February 1962 for the Jhajjar parliamentary constituency to the House of the People. Five candidates contested the election, and the appellant, Jag...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Income-tax False Evidence Case Due to Absence of Complaint by Income-tax Officer. Proceedings Under Section 37 of Income-tax Act, 1922 Deemed Judicial Proceedings and Treated as Court Proceedings for Section 195(1)(b) CrPC, Barring Private Complaint....

The appeal arose from a criminal complaint filed by the appellant, a businessman, against respondent No.2, another businessman, alleging that respondent No.2 had committed an offence under Section 193...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Appeal in Food Adulteration Case; Prescribed Ghee Standards Not Unreasonable Without Scientific Evidence. State-wise Reichert Value Standards for Ghee Under Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, Do Not Violate Article 14 Merely Because a Lower Minimum Exists Elsewhere....

This appeal arose from a prosecution under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, against the respondent, who ran a shop at Haldwani and sold ghee. On March 19, 1960, a Food Inspector purchase...

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Supreme Court Allows Assessee in Sales Tax Exemption Case — Actual Delivery of Goods Outside State Excludes Taxing Power Under Article 286. Delivery of Railway Receipts Within State to Buyer's Agent Does Not Constitute Actual Delivery for Explanation to Article 286(1) of Constitution; Physical Delivery at Destination State for Consumption Controls....

In the background, the appellant, Shree Bajrang Jute Mills Ltd., a registered dealer under the Madras General Sales Tax Act and manufacturer of jute goods at Guntur, supplied jute bags to the Associat...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Election Age and Corrupt Practice Dispute. High Court's Setting Aside of Election Fails Because Entry in Illiterate Chowkidar's Register Was Not Admissible Under Section 35 of Evidence Act and Corrupt Practice Publication Was Not Proved Against Candidate....

The dispute arose from the election to the Aurangabad constituency of the Bihar Legislative Assembly held in 1962. Brij Mohan Singh, the appellant, was declared elected after receiving a majority of v...