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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
The dispute concerned a dharmasala, an adjoining temple and some appurtenant shops standing on a piece of land near the railway station at Barnala, district Sangrur, in the State of Punjab. The petiti...
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...
The appeal arose from the conviction of Purushottam Das Dalmia by the Calcutta High Court for offences under Section 120B read with Section 471 and Section 471 read with Section 466 of the Indian Pena...
