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Supreme Court Upholds Plaintiffs in Customary Adoption Inheritance Dispute. Customary Appointment of Heir Does Not Sever Natural Family Inheritance Rights Under Section 5 of Punjab Laws Act, 1872....

This civil appeal arose from a dispute over inheritance of agricultural land in village Umri Ana, tehsil Zira, District Ferozepore, Punjab. The last male holder, Harnam Singh, died leaving two daughte...

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Supreme Court Upholds Retrospective Operation of Bihar Tax on Passengers and Goods. The Court Held that the State Legislature Had Legislative Competence to Impose Tax Retrospectively and the Restriction Was Reasonable Under Articles 19(5), 19(6), and 304(b) of the Constitution....

The case concerned a challenge to the retrospective operation of the Bihar Taxation on Passengers and Goods (Carried by Public Service Motor Vehicles) Act, 1961. On March 30, 1950, the Bihar Legislatu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against High Court Order Allowing Execution of Maintenance Decree Against Remaining Charged Properties. Executory Charge-Decree for Maintenance Held Executable Repeatedly, and Charge Remains Alive on All Originally Charged Properties Despite Decree-Holder's Purchase of Some Items Subject to Her Charge....

The dispute arose from execution proceedings concerning a decree for maintenance passed on August 9, 1949, by the Subordinate Judge of Visakhapatnam. The decree ordered the appellant husband to pay th...

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Supreme Court Upholds Admissibility of Chemical Examiner Report and Sets Aside Retrial in Bombay Prohibition Act Case. Blood Specimen Collected Before Investigation Was Admissible Under Section 510 CrPC, but Appellate Court Should Have Taken Additional Evidence Instead of Ordering Retrial Under Section 428 CrPC....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by special leave against a Bombay High Court order dismissing a revision and upholding a Sessions Court order setting aside a conviction and directing a retrial....

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Supreme Court Upholds Landowners in Land Acquisition Limitation Dispute Under Section 18 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Reference Application Deemed Within Time Despite Being Filed More Than Six Months After Award Because Knowledge of Essential Contents of Award Arose Only Upon Receipt of Compensation, Not on Earlier Interim Payment Application....

This civil appeal by special leave concerned the limitation period for an application for reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The respondents, two evacuee women, owned 55 big...

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Supreme Court Remands Appeals on Order 41 Rule 33 CPC for Relief Against Co-Respondent Despite No Cross-Objection. State Not Liable for Contracts Signed by Deputy Commissioner Without Compliance with Section 175(3) of Government of India Act 1935....

The appellant, a building contractor, filed three suits in 1948 claiming full payment with interest for construction work done for Bai Gangabai Memorial Hospital, Gondia, Kunwar Tilaksingh Civil Hospi...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in Forgery Case Under Section 467 IPC. Evidence of Acquitted Registration Offence Held Admissible to Support Forgery Conviction and Jury Verdict Cannot Be Rejected Merely Because Trial Judge Disagreed....

The case arose from a criminal trial before the Additional Sessions Judge, Murshidabad, in West Bengal, where the first appellant, Sekander Sheikh, was charged with forging a valuable security punisha...