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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Execution Proceedings on Limitation Grounds. Section 15(1) Limitation Act Inapplicable Absent Stay; Letter to Trustees Did Not Amount to Acknowledgment Under Section 19....

The Supreme Court adjudicated four civil appeals arising from execution proceedings in money suits. The original decree holder, Ramanathan Chettiar, obtained a decree in O.S. No. 46 of 1943 against Ve...

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Supreme Court Upholds Judgment-Debtor's Right to Apply for Scaling Down Under Madras Agriculturists Relief Act. Amendment Act 23 of 1948 Creates New Right for Debtors Whose Decrees Remain Unsatisfied, Overriding Earlier Dismissals....

The dispute arose from a mortgage suit O.S. No.30 of 1934 filed in the court of the District Judge, East Tanjore, by the original plaintiffs (appellants) against defendant No.1 (respondent) and others...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Terminal Tax Refund Suit; Statutory Appeal Remedy Bars Civil Court Jurisdiction Under Punjab Municipal Act, 1911. Levy Under Wrong Schedule Entry Constitutes Error in Rate, Not Jurisdictional Defect, and Must Be Challenged Through Sections 84 and 86 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911....

The dispute arose from the levy of terminal tax by the Municipal Committee, Ludhiana, on Sambhar salt imported by the appellant, a registered partnership firm, within the octroi limits of Ludhiana Mun...

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Supreme Court Upholds Displaced Person in Share Conversion Dispute Against Bank's Capital Reduction Scheme. Section 19(4) of the Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 Authorises Tribunal to Examine Whether Bank Had Good Cause for Refusing Conversion of Partly Paid-up Shares into Fully Paid-up Shares....

The Oriental Bank of Commerce Ltd., incorporated in February 1943 under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, had its registered office at Delhi and branches in Lahore and other towns that became part of Pa...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Hindu Law Partition and Blending Case; Upholds Continuation of Minor's Partition Suit by Legal Representative. Court Rules That Separate Property Cannot Be Treated as Joint Family Property Absent Clear Intention to Abandon Separate Rights under Hindu Law (Uncodified)....

The dispute arose within a Hindu coparcenary after the death of Butchi Tirupati in 1947, who left his widow Lakshmama and minor son Pulla Reddy. Butchi Tirupati was one of six sons of Bala Konda, and ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Life Insurance Corporation's Interpretation of Controlled Business Under Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. Capital Redemption and Annuity Certain Businesses Held Included in Controlled Business of Composite Insurer Under Section 2(3) Explanation....

The dispute arose out of the nationalisation of life insurance business in India under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. The appellant, National Insurance Co. Ltd., was a composite insurer car...

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Supreme Court Revokes Special Leave Granted to Appellant in Rent Control and Eviction Matter for Making Inaccurate and Misleading Statements in Special Leave Petition. Misrepresentation of Defaults Under Section 13(1)(a) of Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950 Led to Dismissal of Appeal With Costs....

The dispute arose from a landlord-tenant relationship governed by a rent note executed on December 8, 1953, for premises used by the tenant to run an oil mill. The landlord sued for ejectment on May 2...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Opponent's Appeal Against Registration of Identical Trade Mark. Honest Concurrent User and Absence of Likelihood of Confusion Justify Concurrent Registration Under Sections 8(a) and 10(2) of Trade Marks Act, 1940....

The dispute concerned the registration of the trade mark 'Durex' for contraceptive devices and related products. The respondent, Durex Products Inc. of New York, applied on May 28, 1946, to register t...