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Supreme Court Upholds Employee Claims in Industrial Dispute Under Section 33C(2) of Industrial Disputes Act. Labour Court's computation of Sunday off benefits was valid as the award direction covered the worker categories and no limitation applied to such applications....

The Supreme Court of India dealt with sixteen appeals arising out of petitions filed by employees of the appellant, Bombay Gas Co. Ltd., under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The ...

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of State on Limitation and Investigation Issues in Police Torture Case Under Madras District Police Act, 1859. Section 53 Did Not Bar Prosecution Because Alleged Beating of Suspect Was Not Done Under Any Provision of Law, and Madras Police Standing Order No.145 Was Merely Administrative and Directory....

The case arose from the death of Arige Ramanna in police custody in January 1957 during investigation of a house-breaking and theft case. On 21 July 1952, Mittala Kamal Sab lodged a complaint about ho...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Decision on Ryoti Land and Civil Court Jurisdiction Under Madras Estates Land Act. Waste Lands Brought Under Cultivation Held Cultivable and Ryoti Land; Civil Court Lacked Jurisdiction Over Suit Against Ryot....

The appellant, Sri Athmanathaswami Devasthanam, a temple landholder of three villages in Tanjore District, represented by its hereditary trustee, sued the respondent K. Gopalaswami Aiyangar for recove...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Redemption Suit Under Travancore Ezhava Act Due to Exemption and Lack of Title. Section 32's 'contrary intention' construed as contrary to equal partition, and exemption under Section 33 defeated succession claim of transferee from alleged heirs, while certificate under Article 133 found competent based on real property value....

The dispute arose from a suit for redemption of an otti and recovery of possession of immovable property, governed by the Travancore Ezhava Act, 1100. The appellant, Kunju Kesavan, claimed title to th...

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Supreme Court Upholds Industrial Tribunal Award in Domestic Enquiry Case Due to Violation of Natural Justice by Eyewitness Enquiry Officers. Domestic Enquiries Must Be Conducted by Impartial Officers and Follow Fair Procedure Under Section 10(1)(d) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appeal arose out of an industrial dispute between the Associated Cement Companies Ltd. and its workmen regarding the dismissal of five workmen employed at Bhupendra Cement Works, Surajpur. The wor...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Motor Vehicles Permit Case Due to Failure to Give Reasons for Preferring One Operator Over Another. State Transport Appellate Tribunal's Order Set Aside Because It Did Not Determine Comparative Merits and Public Interest Under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939....

The litigation arose from the grant of stage carriage permits for town service routes in Erode. The Regional Transport Authority, Coimbatore invited applications for six permits, including two on new ...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Police Sanction Case; No Sanction Required for Sub-Inspector Under Section 197 CrPC. Court Held That Inspector-General Can Dismiss Sub-Inspector Under Mysore Police Act and That Section 132 CrPC Sanction Depends on Police Officer Establishing Conditions of Unlawful Assembly Dispersal, Not on Counter Case Evidence....

The Supreme Court addressed a criminal appeal by special leave against an order of the Mysore High Court which had rejected a reference by the Sessions Judge, Shimoga Division, recommending the quashi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Abatement of Pending Ejectment Suit in Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act Case Citing Retrospective Effect of Amendment. Pending Appeal Is Continuation of Suit, and Suit Abates Under Section 7(1)(a) of West Bengal Amendment Act, 1950, Not Section 7(2), Despite Prior Trial Court Decree....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a suit instituted in 1945 by an auction purchaser of a revenue estate (Touzi No. 6 of the 24 Parganas Collectorate) who sought ejectment of the defendant...