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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Government in Arbitration Clause Survival Dispute After Settlement Superseded Original Contracts. Award Under Arbitration Act, 1940 Set Aside as Nullity Because Arbitration Clause Ceased with Original Contract....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a dispute between the Union of India and a contractor firm regarding the survival of arbitration clauses after the original contracts had been settled. T...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue in Income Tax Accrual Dispute Under Income-tax Act for Part B States Concessional Rate; Goods Sent by VPP and Rail to Part A/C States Constituted Receipt of Income There. Payment Received by Banker Against Delivery of Railway Receipts and Post Office as Seller's Agent Determined Taxable Territory, Reversing High Court's Finding....

The appeal arose from a reference under Section 66(1) of the Income-tax Act concerning the place of receipt of income, profits and gains of a firm manufacturing perfumery and hair oils at Ratlam in Ma...

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Supreme Court Upholds Preventive Detention Under Preventive Detention Act, 1950 in Habeas Corpus Appeal. Detenu's Challenge to Vague Grounds and Allegation of Political Victimisation Rejected as Grounds Were Not Ambiguous or Irrelevant to Maintenance of Public Order....

The dispute arose from the preventive detention of Ram Prasad Das, Secretary of the West Bengal Committee of the Bharatiya Jana Sangha, under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950. Naresh Chandra Ganguli...

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Scheduled Tribe Candidate to General Seat in Double-Member Constituency Under Representation of the People Act, 1951. Section 54(4) Permits Successful Reserved Seat Candidate with Highest Votes Among Remaining Candidates to Win General Seat and Does Not Violate Articles 14 or 330 of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India adjudicated an election dispute arising from the Parvatipuram Parliamentary Constituency in Andhra Pradesh, a double-member constituency with one reserved seat for scheduled...

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Supreme Court Upholds Hotel's Exemption from Rent Control Act in Dispute Over Standard Rent for Hair-Dressing Salon. Rooms in Imperial Hotel's Cloak Rooms Held to Be 'Rooms in a Hotel' Under Section 2(b) of Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Rent Control Act, 1947, Thus Excluding Premises from Act's Application....

The dispute arose from an application for standardisation of rent filed by R. N. Kapoor, who occupied two spaces in the Ladies' and Gents' cloak rooms of the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi, to carry on his...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Municipal Effluent Regulation Case Due to Erroneous Restriction of Enquiry by Special Officer. Special Officer Under Section 153A(3) of Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901, Must Independently Enquire Into Existence of Nuisance When Notice and Requisition Are Wholly Disputed, Not Treat It as Subjective Satisfaction of Municipality....

The dispute arose between a chemical manufacturing company and a municipality regarding the discharge of industrial effluent. The municipality alleged that the company's chemical works discharged effl...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue's Appeal in Income Tax Act Case Regarding Managing Director's Remuneration Earned from HUF Funds. Managing Director Remuneration Received by Karta of Hindu Undivided Family Assessable as Family Income, Not Personal Income, When Earned Using Joint Family Assets Under Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The appeal before the Supreme Court arose from a reference under Section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, made by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal to the Calcutta High Court. The dispute con...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeal in Agricultural Income-tax Reassessment Case, Holding Income from Zarpeshgi Lease Taxable. Reassessment Under Section 26 of Bihar Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1938 Valid Despite Prior Exemption, as Escaped Assessment Includes Income Deliberately Omitted from Tax....

The appeal arose from a reference under Section 25(1) of the Bihar Agricultural Income-tax Act, 1938. The assessee, Maharajadhiraj Sir Kameshwar Singh of Darbhanga, returned agricultural income and cl...

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Supreme Court Upholds Workmen's Challenge to Forced Retirement at 55 for Pre-Standing Order Employees in Industrial Dispute. Standing Order Fixing Retirement Age at 55 Was Held Inapplicable to Employees Recruited Before Certification, and Their Superannuation Age Was Fixed at 60 Without Extension Option Under Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946....

The dispute arose between Guest, Keen, Williams Private Ltd., an engineering company with a factory at Howrah employing about 5000 workmen, and its workmen represented by Guest, Keen, Williams Staff A...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Indian Citizen for Entering India Without Passport Under Indian Passport Act. Requirement to possess passport under Section 3 of Indian Passport Act and Rules 3 and 4 applies to Indian citizens and is reasonable restriction on Article 19(1)(d),(e), following prior Constitution Bench decision....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal against the conviction of an Indian citizen under Rule 6(a) of the Indian Passport Rules, 1950, for entering India without a valid passport. The appe...