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Supreme Court Upholds Bank's Pre-Discharge Approval Application Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Approval Under Section 33(2)(b) May Be Sought Before Actual Discharge, and Enquiry Was Fair Without Victimisation....

The dispute concerned the employment of the respondent as an assistant cashier at the appellant bank's Calcutta branch. An industrial dispute arose out of disciplinary proceedings initiated against th...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Revisional Jurisdiction in Partnership Dispute. Preliminary Order on Maintainability Amounted to 'Case Decided' Under Section 115 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The dispute arose from a partnership between Brig. F.J. Dillon and Major S.S. Khanna, who carried on business as Construction Engineers. The partnership was dissolved on February 15, 1956, and the dis...

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Supreme Court Upholds Industrial Tribunal's Bonus Award for Workmen in Aluminium Manufacturing Dispute. Employer's Claims for Rehabilitation Charge and Reserve Used as Working Capital Rejected for Lack of Proper Evidence Under Full Bench Formula....

The dispute arose out of an industrial reference made by the Government of West Bengal to the Fifth Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal, concerning the quantum of profit bonus payable to workmen of Alumi...

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Supreme Court Quashes Sales Tax Assessments on Works Contracts Based on Agreement Between President and Rajpramukh of Part B State. Article 278 Agreement Supersedes State's Power to Levy Tax Despite Pre-Constitution Law Continuing Under Article 372....

The Supreme Court heard four civil appeals against a common judgment of the Kerala High Court which had dismissed four writ petitions filed by a private limited company seeking to quash orders of sale...

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Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Bribery Case Involving Non-Public Servant Under Section 21 IPC. Transport Corporation Employee Accepting Illegal Gratification Not Deemed Public Servant Because Receiving Bribe Is Not Acting or Purporting to Act Under Section 43 of Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950....

This criminal appeal by special leave arose from the acquittal of two respondents in a bribery case under Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The prosecution alleged that Dongarsing, a dischar...

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Supreme Court Upholds Departmental Enquiry Against Suspended ICS Officer Under Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850. The Court Held That 'Misbehaviour' is Not Vague and That the Enquiry Procedure Does Not Violate Articles 14, 16 and 20(3) of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Punjab High Court which had dismissed a writ petition under Article 226 filed by R. P. Kapur, a suspended Indian...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Termination Under Standing Order in Industrial Dispute Over Absence Without Leave. Court Rules That Section 73(1) of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 Does Not Bar Termination When Employee's Absence Period Precedes Receipt of Sickness Benefit....

The Buckingham and Carnatic Co. Ltd., a textile mill employing 14,000 workmen in Madras, appealed against a Division Bench judgment of the Madras High Court which had restored a Labour Court award dir...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Accused Convicted Under Section 304A IPC for Causing Death by Electrocuted Trap. Fixing a Naked Live Wire Across Passage to Latrine Without Warning Constituted Rash and Negligent Act and Was Not Protected by Private Defence or Trespasser Duty Exemption....

The Supreme Court of India heard an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Patna High Court, which had dismissed the appellant's appeal against his conviction under Section 304A of the In...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Textile Company in Octroi Exemption Case. Exemption Agreement with Former Ruler Not Law but Contract; Municipal Committee Could Levy Octroi After Merger Under Central Provinces & Berar Municipalities Act....

The case concerned the liability of Bengal Nagpur Cotton Mills Ltd., a textile company at Rajnandgaon, to pay octroi duty to the Municipal Committee after the merger of the former princely State of Na...