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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Shopkeeper for Selling Butter Below Prescribed Standard. Butter Prepared from Curd Falls Within Definition of 'Butter' Under Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, and Non-Conformity with Prescribed Standard Amounts to Adulteration Under Section 2(i)(l) of Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954....

The Supreme Court of India dealt with a criminal appeal by special leave against the Bombay High Court's reversal of acquittal and conviction of the appellant, a dealer in butter, under the Prevention...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Partnership Act Case on Implied Duration and Managing Agency Termination. Partnership Not at Will Due to Rotation and Heirs Clause, but Mills' Termination of Agency Deemed Legal Absent Fraud or Collusion Under Indian Partnership Act, 1932....

The appeal arose from a dispute between two partners, Karumuthu Thiagarajan Chettiar (appellant) and E. M. Muthappa Chettiar (respondent), who had entered into a written partnership agreement in Novem...

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Supreme Court Upholds Legatees in Will Dispute Over Right to Select Land out of Larger Area. Section 89 of Indian Succession Act, 1925, Did Not Render Gift Void for Uncertainty Because Benevolent Construction Allowed Daughters to Elect Their Shares....

The dispute concerned the testamentary bequest of agricultural land in vattam No. 149, village Nagampadi. One Viswanatha Iyer, who died in 1927, had two minor daughters and no male issue but treated h...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Religious Endowment Scheme Modification Under Section 92 CPC. Scheme Providing for Modification Can Be Amended by Application Without Separate Suit Under Section 92 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

The dispute concerned the management of an ancient public temple of Balaji at Deolgaon Raja in Buldana District. The temple was an endowment for the public founded by the ancestors of the Raja, and th...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant in Assam Land and Revenue Regulation Case Concerning Alienability of Brahmottar Lands. Brahmottar Lands Held Heritable and Transferable Under Sections 3(g), 8(1)(a), and 9 of Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886; Burden of Proving Restriction on Alienation Lay on Plaintiff....

The dispute concerned the alienability of certain lands described as Brahmottar lands in revenue records, associated with the Madhab Temple at Hajo in Assam. The appellant, Jibon Chandra Sarma Doloi, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Construction of Will Denying Appellant's Claim Under Clause 12. Will Construction Holds That No Vested or Contingent Interest Arises Unless Widow Predeceased Testator and No Adoption Occurred Before Testator's Death....

The litigation concerned the construction of a will executed by Diraviyam Pillai on April 28, 1937. The testator, a childless Hindu, was a member of a joint and undivided Hindu family with his cousin ...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal in Jammu & Kashmir Service Demotion Case Due to Lack of Fundamental Right Violation. High Court's Exercise of Writ Power Under Article 32(2A) Held Unavailable Where No Fundamental Right Under Part III Was Violated; Breach of Service Rules Does Not Amount to Equal Protection Denial Under Article 14....

The case involved a civil servant employed by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir who was suspended and later demoted. The respondent, a Civil Engineer, had held various positions under the appellant ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Mortgagee in Claiming Share in Sir Land and Other Lands as Accession to Mortgage under Section 70 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Court Holds That Simple Mortgage of Entire Share Included Sir Land Despite Not Being Specifically Mentioned, and Later-Acquired Possession by Mortgagee Constitutes Accession....

The appeal arose from a certificate granted by the Nagpur High Court against its decree in a civil suit for declaration. The dispute concerned a simple mortgage executed by Ramchandar Jat on July 27, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income-tax Officer's Power to Impose Penalty After Repeal of Hyderabad Income-tax Act. Penalty Is Additional Tax and Assessment Includes Penalty Proceedings; Appeal to Appellate Assistant Commissioner Competent Even if Order Erroneous....

Background: The dispute concerned the levy of penalty under the Hyderabad Income-tax Act after that Act was repealed by the Finance Act, 1950, following the merger of Hyderabad State into the Indian U...