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Supreme Court Upholds Forest Protection Legislation and Dismisses Challenge to Notification Under Bihar Private Forests Act. Omission of Landlord's Name in Section 14 Notification and Pre-Constitution Extinguishment of Forest Rights Did Not Violate Constitutional Guarantees....

The dispute arose over forest rights in village Jun, district Palamau, Bihar. The appellant, Guru Datta Sharma, obtained rights from certain persons known as the Manjhis, who held a mokarari lease fro...

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Supreme Court Upholds Government in Indian Limitation Act Case Due to Rational Classification Between State and Private Individuals. Article 149 of the Indian Limitation Act, 1908, Allowing 60 Years for Government Suits, Held Constitutionally Valid Under Article 14 of the Constitution of India....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal arising from a decree against a former Government Treasurer and his surety for recovery of an embezzled amount. The original suit was filed by the Union...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 19 of Slum Areas Act in Relation to Rent Control Decrees. The Court Holds That Restrictions on Executing Eviction Decrees in Slum Areas Are Reasonable and That Competent Authority Has Sufficient Statutory Guidance Under Articles 14 and 19(1)(f) of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court heard three writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the constitutional validity of Section 19, particularly sub-section (3), of the Slum Areas (Improvement an...

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Supreme Court Allows Proprietors in Evacuee Property Dispute Regarding Non-Proprietor's Dwelling House. Non-proprietor's right under village wajib-ul-arz was not an occupancy tenancy, so Section 18(1) of Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 did not apply and house reverted to proprietors upon migration to Pakistan, not vesting in Custodian....

The dispute concerned a village dwelling house in village Baland, Tehsil and District Rohtak, occupied by Fakira, a Muslim mendicant and non-proprietor, who migrated to Pakistan after partition. The a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Tenant in Bombay Rent Control Act Case: Section 12(1) Retrospectively Bars Landlord's Possession Suit. Landlord's Suit for Possession Barred Where Tenant Pays or Shows Willingness to Pay Standard Rent Under Section 12(1) of Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947, Even in Pending Suits....

Background: The case involved a landlord-tenant dispute over possession of premises after the expiry of a lease. The tenant (appellant) had occupied the premises under a 15-year rent note executed on ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Excise Tariff in Tobacco Classification. Classification Between Whole Leaf and Broken Leaf Tobacco Based on Physical Form and Capability of Use for Biri Manufacturing Held Reasonable Under Article 14 of Constitution and Entry 4(1) Items 5 and 6 of Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944....

The case arose from a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India challenging the validity of an excise tariff imposed by clause (6) of entry 4(1) in the First Schedule to the Ce...

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Supreme Court Upholds Protected Tenant Status in Bombay Tenancy Act Case. Rights Accrued Under Repealed 1939 Act Survive Repeal Under Section 89(2)(b) of Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948....

This appeal concerned the question whether tenants who had acquired the status of protected tenants under the Bombay Tenancy Act, 1939, as amended by the Bombay Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1946, retained...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Works Contract Sales Tax Matter; Quashes Assessment Proceedings Against German Company. Entire and Indivisible Contract for Construction of Coke Oven Battery Not Taxable as Sale of Materials Under Bihar Sales Tax Act, 1947 Section 2(g), and Writ Petition Against Ultra Vires Proceedings Maintainable Under Article 226....

Background: The appellants, a German company and its Indian assignee, entered into a contract dated December 19, 1953 with Sinclair Fertilisers and Chemicals (Private) Ltd. to set up a complete coke o...