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Supreme Court Upholds Magistrate's Order Quashing Charge-Sheet in Immoral Traffic Case Due to Lack of Jurisdiction by Regular Police Officer. Regular Police Officer's Investigation into Offence Under Section 8 of Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 Held Invalid as Only Special Police Officer Appointed Under the Act Could Investigate....

The Supreme Court of India examined the validity of an investigation conducted by a regular police officer in a prosecution under Section 8 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tax Department in Hire-Purchase Sales Tax Dispute by Holding Transactions Taxable Under Explanation 1 to Section 2(g) of Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941 as Extended to Delhi. The Court Found that the Hire-Purchase Agreement Contained an Element of Sale and Rejected Constitutional Challenges to the Extended Definition of Sale....

The petitioners, a private limited company and its managing director, challenged the levy of sales tax on transactions they characterized as hire-purchase agreements under the Bengal Finance (Sales Ta...

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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Bombay Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1939, Imposing Regulatory Restrictions on Agricultural Trade. Court Holds Fee Under Section 11 Is Regulatory Levy Not Sales Tax and Invalidates Certain Rules Exceeding Statutory Powers....

The case arose from a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutionality of the Bombay Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1939 (Bom. 22 of 1939) and the Rules framed thereu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Landlord's Appeal in Delhi Rent Control Case, Holding Mixed-Use Premises Not Ejectable for Residential Need. Tenancy Used for Both Residence and Medical Profession with Landlord's Consent Falls Outside Sections 13(1)(e) and 13(1)(h) of Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952....

The Supreme Court adjudicated a landlord-tenant dispute under the Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952. The appellant landlord owned a double-storeyed house at 28, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, and le...

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Supreme Court Upholds Respondent in Supply and Prices of Goods Act Case; Agreement to Sell Excess Non-Ferrous Metal Held Void. Contract for 300 Tons of Zinc Violated Notification Under Section 4(1)(c) and Section 5(1)(c), as Purchaser Declaration Was Not Obtained, Rendering Agreement Unenforceable....

The dispute arose from a civil suit filed by M/s. Binani Commercial Co., Ltd., a Bombay-based metal merchant, against Ramanlal Maganlal Mehta, a trader, for breach of a contract for the sale of 300 to...

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Supreme Court Upholds Abatement of Appeal Against Surviving Respondent in Joint Land Acquisition Award. Joint and Indivisible Decree in Favor of Co-Respondents Cannot Be Proceeded Against One Respondent After Abatement Against Deceased Respondent Under Order 22 Rule 4 CPC....

The Supreme Court addressed the effect of abatement of an appeal against one respondent on the appeal against a co-respondent in a land acquisition compensation dispute. The Punjab Government acquired...

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Supreme Court Upholds Order Filing Arbitration Award as Objections Were Time-Barred and No Refusal to Set Aside Award Was Made. Notice of Filing Award Under Section 14(2) of Arbitration Act, 1940 Need Not Be in Writing; Oral Intimation to Pleaders Constitutes Valid Service Under Article 158 of Limitation Act, 1908....

This civil appeal, brought on certificate under Article 133(1)(c) of the Constitution, arose from a partition suit among members of a joint family. Defendant No. 12, the appellant, was a minor represe...