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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit as Barred by Order IX Rule 9 CPC in Tea Estate Title Dispute. High Court's Finding that Government Lease Renewal Did Not Extinguish Co-Sharers' Beneficial Interest Affirmed....

The appeal arose from a suit for title and recovery of possession of the Azamabad Tea Estate, comprising about 378 acres in Darjeeling, filed by the plaintiffs-appellants who claimed through various p...

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Supreme Court Upholds Rent Controller's Interim Order Directing Tenant to Deposit Rent Arrears Under Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958. Tenant's Claim of Fee Adjustment Rejected as No Proof of Agreement and Income-Tax Notice Under Section 46(5A) of Income-tax Act, 1922 Did Not Bar Deposit with Rent Controller....

The dispute arose out of a tenancy of premises No. 43, Prithvi Raj Road, New Delhi, held by the appellant advocate from Seth Kirorimal Luhariwala at a monthly rent of Rs.300 commencing July 28, 1957. ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Six Accused Under Section 304 Part II Read with Section 34 IPC in Group Assault Causing Death. Court Holds Section 34 Applies to Criminal Act Done in Furtherance of Common Intention and Can Be Read with Knowledge-Based Offence Under Section 304 Part II of Indian Penal Code, 1860....

The case involved a criminal appeal by six appellants convicted under Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The incident occu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee Firm's Appeal in Income-tax Act, 1922 Succession Relief Case; Majority Holds Original Business Discontinued by Splitting into Two Partnerships. Section 25(4) Relief Requires Business Taxed Under 1918 Act to be Carried on by Same Entity at Commencement of 1939 Amendment, and Splitting Constituted Discontinuance, Not Succession....

These two appeals by special leave arose from assessments of the appellant firm Sait Nagjee Purushotham and Co. for income tax for assessment years 1948-49 and 1949-50. The appellant claimed relief un...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition in Industrial Dispute Concerning Annual Increment Date Under Sastry Award. Court Holds That Workmen Appointed After January 31, 1950 Are Entitled to Annual Increments on Anniversary of Appointment Date Under Paragraph 292 of Sastry Award as Modified by Labour Appellate Tribunal....

Background: This matter arose from a review petition filed by State Bank of India against a Supreme Court judgment dated April 22, 1963 in Civil Appeal No. 707 of 1962. The original dispute concerned ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Employer's Appeal in Bonus Dispute; Tribunal Award of Half Month Bonus Affirmed. Court holds that notional remuneration for a director cannot be claimed as a prior charge unless actually paid and recorded, and rejects ad hoc rehabilitation claim due to insufficient evidence....

The appeal arose from an industrial dispute between Podar Plastics (P) Ltd., a private company manufacturing plastic products, and its workmen regarding bonus for the year 1959. The workmen claimed bo...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Government's Refusal to Refer Industrial Dispute for Adjudication Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Section 25F(c) of the Act Does Not Constitute a Condition Precedent to Valid Retrenchment, and Government May Examine Prima Facie Merits Before Deciding on Reference....

This appeal by special leave arose from a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The first appellant, Bombay Union of Journalists, a registered trade union, espoused the cause o...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Provisions of Bhopal Reclamation and Development of Land (Eradication of Kans) Act, 1954 for Violating Fundamental Rights. Landowners' Challenge to Possession and Cost Recovery Succeeds as Act Lacked Hearing Provision and Compensation Mechanism Under Articles 19(1)(f) and 31(2) of the Constitution....

The case concerned challenges by five landowners in Bhopal to the constitutionality of the Bhopal Reclamation and Development of Land (Eradication of Kans) Act, 1954, and to demands for costs of tract...