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Supreme Court Upholds State Action in Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act Case on Constitutionality of Section 20. Statutory provision allowing Magistrate to require removal of prostitutes from certain localities on information from any source and after judicial inquiry held valid under Articles 14 and 19(1)(d)(e) of Constitution....

The appeals arose from proceedings initiated under Section 20 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 (the Act) against six respondents alleged to be prostitutes carrying on...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Appellant in United Provinces Municipalities Act Case — Bye-laws Valid and Grain Market Requires Licence. Municipal Board Empowered Under Section 298(2)(F)(d) and 298(1) to Regulate Markets Even for Grains, and Section 241(1) Not a Bar as It Does Not Cover Grain Markets....

The appeal arose from a criminal prosecution under Section 299(1) of the United Provinces Municipalities Act, 1916 read with bye-law clause 3(a) framed by the Municipal Board of Tanda. The appellant, ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Private Complainant in Criminal Limitation Matter — Application for Special Leave Against Acquittal Barred by Time. Section 417(4) CrPC Prescribes Special 60-Day Limitation, Excluding Application of Section 5 Limitation Act Under Section 29(2) of Limitation Act, 1908....

The Supreme Court of India, in exercise of criminal appellate jurisdiction, considered whether Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1908 applied to an application for special leave to appeal from an order...

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Supreme Court Upholds Trial Court's Direction to File Complaint Under Section 476 CrPC in Forgery Case. Complaint Against Witness for Using Forged Document Not Barred by Section 479A CrPC as Offence Under Section 471 IPC Is Outside Its Ambit....

The Supreme Court of India decided a civil appeal by special leave against an order of the Allahabad High Court which had dismissed a revision challenging a direction to file a criminal complaint unde...

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Supreme Court Dismisses State Appeal in Representative Suit Under Section 80 CPC. Lands Not an Estate as Original Grant Did Not Cover Entire Village Under Section 3(2)(d) of Madras Estates Land Act, 1908....

The dispute arose from a notification issued by the Government of Madras on January 11, 1950, applying the Madras Estates Rent Reduction Act, 1947 to lands in Mallinadhapuram. The government did so on...

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Supreme Court Allows Habeas Corpus Petition and Orders Release of Detenu in Preventive Detention Act Case as Detention Order Served While in Jail Custody. Detention Order Under Section 3(1) of Preventive Detention Act, 1950 Held Invalid Because It Postulates Freedom of Action and Cannot Be Validly Served on Person Already in Jail....

The case involved a habeas corpus petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India challenging a preventive detention order passed under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950. The petitioner, Rames...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 Matter — Statutory Tenant Cannot Sublet. Section 15(2) Protection Applies Only to Lawful Sub-Tenants of Contractual Tenants; Appellant Sub-Lessee from Statutory Tenant Acquired No Tenancy Right and Remained Bound by Eviction Decree Against Original Tenant....

The background of the dispute involved a sub-tenant's attempt to claim protection under the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, as amended by the 1959 Ordinance, against evi...

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Supreme Court Transfers Criminal Case from Sub-Divisional Magistrate's Court for Impartial Trial After Magistrate Filed Counter-Affidavit Opposing Accused's Transfer Petition. Court Holds Trying Magistrate's Affidavit on Behalf of Administration Violated Essential Attributes of Fair and Impartial Criminal Trial....

The case arose from criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner and three co-accused before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Delhi. The complainant, Mool Raj Hukam Chand, alleged that the petiti...

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Supreme Court Upholds Municipal Board in Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 Case on Partial Taxation. Geographical Classification for House Tax and Scavenging Tax in Civil Lines Area Held Valid Under Article 14 as Reasonably Related to Differential Amenities....

The Supreme Court considered a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutional validity of Section 128(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916, and the impos...