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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue in Income Tax Assessment of Wakf Under Section 41(1) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. First Proviso Applied as Beneficiaries' Shares Were Indeterminate, Requiring Tax at Maximum Rate....

The appeal arose from Kerala High Court's decision in a reference under Section 66 of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. The dispute concerned the correct tax status of a wakf for assessment year 1955-5...

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Supreme Court Upholds Custom House Agents Licensing Rules Except Unfettered Discretion and Revenue Fee. Rules Restricting Number of Licences, Requiring Financial Reliability, and Imposing Fiduciary Controls Are Reasonable Restrictions Under Article 19(6) of Constitution, and Section 39(1) of Sea Customs Act, 1878 Covers Deemed Owner for Short Collection of Duty....

The petitioners were licensed Dalals at New Customs House, Bombay, holding permanent or temporary licences issued under Section 202 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 prior to its amendment by Act 21 of 195...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Appeal Concerning Earned Income Relief on Minor Sons' Partnership Profits. Interpretation of Section 2(6AA) of Income-tax Act, 1922 Favours Father Who Was Active Partner and Had Minors' Shares Included in Total Income Under Section 16(3)(a)(ii)....

The Supreme Court adjudicated a tax dispute concerning the availability of earned income relief under the Income-tax Act, 1922, when the share of profits of minor sons, admitted to the benefits of a p...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Tenant's Appeal in Bombay Rent Act Dispute Because Agricultural Land Lease Not 'Premises' Under Section 5(8). Material Date for Determining 'Premises' Status is Date of Letting, Not Date of Application, So Subsequent Conversion of Land Use Did Not Bring Plot Within Rent Control Act....

The dispute concerned the applicability of the Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging Houses Rates Control Act, 1947 to agricultural land subsequently converted to non-agricultural use. The appellant, Mst. S...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Corporation's Appeal in Municipal Valuation Dispute. Standard Rent Under Rent Control Act Caps Annual Value Under Section 127(a) of Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923....

The dispute concerned the determination of annual value for municipal assessment of premises No. 296, Bowbazzar Street, Calcutta, owned by the respondents. The Corporation of Calcutta, the appellant, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Lessee's Suit in Quarry Permit Dispute; No Presumption of Mineral Ownership Without Record-of-Rights. Section 42(2) Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 Not Attracted When Record-of-Rights Not Produced, and Collector's Refusal Based on Controlled Area Found Valid....

The dispute concerned the right to quarry stones from certain agricultural land in Naraina Village, Delhi, which was regulated by the Delhi Minor Mineral Rules, 1938, framed under Section 155(1) of th...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Exporter's Writ Petition Challenging Reduced Import Licence Under Export Promotion Scheme. Licensing Authority's Discretionary Power Under Import Control Order, 1955 Upheld as Reasonable Restriction on Trade Under Article 19(1)(g) of Constitution....

The dispute arose from the Export Promotion Scheme introduced by the Government of India under the Import Trade Control Policy for the licensing period October 1958 to March 1959. The petitioner, a fi...

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Supreme Court Upholds State in Prize Competitions Tax Dispute Under Mysore Lotteries and Prize Competitions Control and Tax Act, 1951. Mysore Amendment Act 26 of 1957 Validly Imposed Tax on Prize Competitions Conducted During Stay of Central Act, Not Repugnant to Prize Competitions Act, 1955....

The Supreme Court adjudicated a constitutional challenge to the Mysore Lotteries and Prize Competitions Control and Tax (Amendment) Act, 1957 (Act 26 of 1957), which retrospectively imposed tax on pri...