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Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Department in Hyderabad Jagir Abolition Case — Interim Maintenance Allowances Taxable as Income. Interim maintenance allowances under Section 14 of the Hyderabad (Abolition of Jagirs) Regulation, 1358F were held to be revenue receipts distinct from the commutation sum under the Hyderabad Jagirs (Commutation) Regulation, 1359F, and therefore taxable under the Income-tax Act, 1922....

The litigation arose from the abolition of jagirs in the former State of Hyderabad and the tax treatment of interim maintenance allowances paid to the former Jagirdar. The appellant, the proprietor of...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Land Revenue Exemption Abolition Case; Grant of Villages Not Lease or Farm but Held Under Agreement. Exemption Abolished Under Section 3(1) of Salsette Estates (Land Revenue Exemption Abolition) Act, 1951 as Appellant Was Estate-Holder, Not Saved by Section 3(3)....

The dispute concerned the applicability of the Salsette Estates (Land Revenue Exemption Abolition) Act, 1951 to seven villages in the island of Salsette, Bombay. The appellant, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy (P)...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tribunal Award on Suspension Wages and Natural Justice in Industrial Dispute. Clause 7 of Settlement Did Not Bar Post-Agreement Suspension Wages and Domestic Inquiry Violated Natural Justice Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appeals arose from an industrial dispute between a cotton mill management and its workmen regarding suspension wages and dismissal. The First Industrial Tribunal, West Bengal, had passed an award ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appeal of Educational Institution in Industrial Disputes Act Case; Educational Institution Not an Industry Under Section 2(j). The Court Held That Work of Imparting Education Is Not an Industry Because Teachers, Whose Labour and Co-operation Are Essential, Are Not Workmen Under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and the Subordinate Staff's Minor Role Cannot Lend Industrial Colour to the Institution's Principal Activity....

These two civil appeals by special leave arose from two separate applications filed by Ram Nath and Asgar Masih, bus drivers employed by the University of Delhi and Miranda House, a women's college af...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Will Construction in Indian Succession Act Case — Life Interest Not Absolute Interest. Under Sections 82 and 84 of Indian Succession Act, 1865, a bequest to a daughter to 'enjoy' property and after her lifetime to her male children to 'enjoy permanently and with absolute right' created only a life estate in the daughter and an absolute remainder in the male children....

This appeal arose out of a suit for partition and separate possession concerning property covered by clause 3(c) of the will of Mrs. Mary Magdelene Coelho, an Indian Christian lady of Roman Catholic f...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Cutchi Memons in Public Religious Trust Case; Holds Jumma Masjid Belongs to Entire Sunni Muslim Community, Not Exclusively to Cutchi Memons. Earlier Scheme Framed Under Section 92 CPC Was Based on Erroneous Assumption and Must Be Revised to Include All Sunni Muslims of Bangalore....

Background: The dispute concerned the administration of Jumma Masjid, a public religious trust in Bangalore, and the question whether its beneficiaries were exclusively Cutchi Memons or the entire Sun...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellants in Civil Second Appeal for Overstepping CPC Section 100. High Court's Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact on Insufficiency of Evidence Violates Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The dispute concerned title to and possession of 40 acres of land in Rakatla village, originally owned by Boya Krishnappa and measuring 166 acres in Survey No. 440-B. The appellants claimed that their...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant's Claim in Forward Contracts Prohibition Case — Ready Delivery Contracts Not Forward Contracts Due to Non-Transferability Inferred from Association Rules. Saurashtra Groundnut and Groundnut Products (Forward Contracts Prohibition) Order, 1949 Excludes Contracts for Specific Quality, Delivery, and Price Where Non-Transferability Shown by Surrounding Circumstances, Not Necessarily Express Recital....

The dispute arose from a civil suit filed by the appellant Hemraj Keshavji against the respondent Shah Haridas Jethabhai for recovery of Rs. 72,693/11/- on account of personal account dues, the price ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appellants in Municipal Rate Challenge; Rule Levying Rate on Capital Value of Open Land Held Ultra Vires. The word 'rate' in Section 73 of Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 required levy on annual value, not capital value, making Rule 350-A invalid....

The dispute arose from a suit filed by the appellants, owners of vacant lands within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad, challenging the imposition of a rate on those lands. The resp...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Assessment in High Denomination Note Encashment Case Due to Assessee's Failure to Prove Source. Assessee's Explanation of Floating Capital and Business Needs Rejected as Unconvincing; Initial Burden Under Section 34 of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Lies on Assessee to Show Amount Not Income....

The dispute arose from reassessment proceedings under the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 concerning the taxability of Rs.51,000 realized by the original assessee, a colliery owner and contractor, through...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Land Revenue Exemption Abolition Case; Grant of Villages Not Lease or Farm but Held Under Agreement. Exemption Abolished Under Section 3(1) of Salsette Estates (Land Revenue Exemption Abolition) Act, 1951 as Appellant Was Estate-Holder, Not Saved by Section 3(3)....

Supreme Court Upholds Tribunal Award on Suspension Wages and Natural Justice in Industrial Dispute. Clause 7 of Settlement Did Not Bar Post-Agreement Suspension Wages and Domestic Inquiry Violated Natural Justice Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

Supreme Court Upholds Appellants in Civil Second Appeal for Overstepping CPC Section 100. High Court's Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact on Insufficiency of Evidence Violates Section 100 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

Supreme Court Allows Appellants in Municipal Rate Challenge; Rule Levying Rate on Capital Value of Open Land Held Ultra Vires. The word 'rate' in Section 73 of Bombay Municipal Boroughs Act, 1925 required levy on annual value, not capital value, making Rule 350-A invalid....

Bombay High Court Allows Appeals by Acquiring Body in Land Acquisition Compensation Cases,...

Bombay High Court Dismisses NHAI Appeals in Land Acquisition Compensation Dispute — Upho...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Concurrent Findings in Suit for Spec...

Bombay High Court Dismisses MBBS Student's Writ Petition Seeking Fourth Attempt in Anatomy...

High Court of Bombay Hears Writ Petitions Challenging Tenancy Orders Under Bombay Tenancy ...

Supreme Court Upholds Scrutiny Committee Invalidation of Scheduled Tribe Caste Claim but P...

Supreme Court Allows Homebuyers' Appeal and Waives Time Extension Charges Imposed by Devel...

Supreme Court Dismisses Insurer's and Claimant's Appeals in Motor Accident Death Compensat...

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Kidnapping and Murder Case Due to Lack of Substantive Evi...

Supreme Court Dismisses Special Leave Petition Against Interim Order in Electricity Act Di...