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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Hindu Law Women's Rights Act Case Because Property Purchased with Gifted Money Not a Gift in Specie. Daughter's Suit for Exclusive Title Fails for Non-Joinder of Co-heirs Under Section 10(2) of Mysore Hindu Law Women's Rights Act, 1933....

The litigation arose from a suit filed by the appellant, a daughter, claiming recovery of possession of scheduled properties as the sole heir of her deceased mother under Section 12(1)(i) of the Mysor...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Indian Stamp Act Case Regarding Unstamped Letter of Cover. Letter of Cover Held Not Exempt from Duty When Used to Enforce Claim and Thus Admissible on Payment of Duty and Penalty Under Section 35 of Indian Stamp Act, 1899....

The dispute arose from a fire insurance claim. The appellant, a company, filed a suit in the Original Side of the Calcutta High Court seeking recovery of loss suffered due to destruction of insured go...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Committal Proceedings Under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 — Magistrate Had Jurisdiction to Examine Accused on Documentary Evidence. Majority Held That 'Evidence' Under Section 207A(6) CrPC Includes Documents Furnished Under Section 173(4), Not Limited to Oral Evidence, and No Adverse Inference Arises from Refusal to Answer....

The appeal arose from a committal proceeding before the Magistrate First Class, Akola, in which the accused were charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for offences including criminal...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against Madras High Court's Issuance of Writ of Certiorari in Madras Shops and Establishments Act Matter. Employee Not in Position of Management Under Section 4(1)(a) Because High Court Reappreciated Evidence and Substituted Its Own Findings Contrary to Writ Jurisdiction Limits....

The dispute centered on whether the appellant, an employee of the respondent oil company, was employed in a position of management under the Madras Shops and Establishments Act, 1947, and therefore ex...

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Supreme Court Upholds Defendant in Civil Procedure Case Concerning Res Judicata and Ex Parte Decree. The Court held that an order under Order IX Rule 7 CPC is interlocutory and not res judicata, and that after completion of hearing and reservation of judgment, Rule 7 has no application; only Rule 13 governs the setting aside of the ex parte decree....

The dispute arose from three connected suits between the parties. The appellant was a defendant in Suit No. 134 of 1956, in which the plaintiff claimed partnership profits, rent, and eviction. Two oth...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Assam Taxation Act Case; Retrospective Tax on Tea and Jute Under Entry 56, List II Held Reasonable Under Article 304(b). Tea Producer Liable for Tax on Goods Carried Through Short Assam Waterways Despite Booking and Destination in West Bengal....

The Supreme Court of India considered a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutional validity of the Assam Taxation (on Goods Carried by Road or on Inland Waterway...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Army Sepoy in Murder Case; Confirms Death Sentence by General Court Martial. Constitutional challenges to Army Act provisions rejected; court finds no violation of fundamental rights under Articles 14, 20, 22, and upholds military justice procedure....

The petitioner, Ram Sarup, a sepoy in the Indian Army, was attached to the Ordnance Depot, Shakurbasti. On June 13, 1962, he shot dead two sepoys and one Havildar. He was charged under Section 69 of t...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Defendants in Intercaste Marriage Validity Case under Hindu Marriages Validity Act, 1949. Section 3's retrospective validation of intercaste marriages confers legitimacy on children born before the Act, entitling them to coparcenary rights in joint family property....

The case arose from a suit for partition filed by a thirteen-month-old minor, Bhakthavathsalam, claiming a share in the joint Hindu family property as the legitimate son of V.R. Sadagopa Naidu. The pl...