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Supreme Court Upholds Deity's Claim in Trust Deed Suit; Sets Aside High Court's Reversal of Concurrent Findings. Burden of Proof on Plaintiff to Establish Deed Sham and Executing Court Order Erroneous Under Order 21 Rules 60 and 63 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908....

This appeal by special leave arose from a suit instituted by the respondents under Order 21 Rule 63 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, seeking a declaration that a deed of trust dated December 15, ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Case, Holding Voluntary Return Below Taxable Limit is a Valid Return. Assessment Completed Beyond Four Years of Assessment Year Under Section 34(1) Notice Was Invalid as No Income Had Escaped Assessment....

The case involved an assessee, Ranchhoddas Karsondas, who submitted a voluntary return of income for the assessment year 1945-46 on January 5, 1950, disclosing an income of Rs. 1,935, which was below ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Labour Court Award on Interim Increment and Bonus for Workmen in Industrial Dispute. Interim Consent Award for 4% Increment Cannot Be Challenged; Piece-Rate Workers Not Entitled to Annual Increments; Unpaid Rent Used as Working Capital Carries Interest for Bonus Computation....

The dispute arose between the management of Praga Industries (P) Ltd., a private limited company manufacturing nut and plastic buttons in Coimbatore, and its workmen. The company operated as a lessee ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Customary Puja Bonus Despite Ex Gratia Declarations. Puja Bonus Recognized as Customary Payment When Unbroken Series, Long Period, Uniform Rate, and Paid in Loss Years, Even if Employer Previously Labeled it Ex Gratia....

The dispute arose between Graham Trading Co. (India) Ltd., the employer, and its workmen regarding the payment of puja bonus for the year 1953. The company had been paying puja bonus to its workmen co...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Bonus Calculation Dispute Involving Subsidiary Company. Service Fee Payment Under Technical Aid Agreement Held to Be Legitimate Expenditure, and Deduction of Bonus as Prior Charge Before Depreciation and Tax Ruled Improper Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The dispute arose out of a claim for bonus by the workmen of Crompton Parkinson (Works) Private Ltd., Bombay, which was initially a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British company Crompton Parkinson Lt...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer in Industrial Disputes Act Case on Go-Slow Misconduct and Dismissal Permission. Section 33 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Empowers Tribunal Only to Grant or Refuse Dismissal Permission, Not Substitute Lesser Punishment; Finding of No Evidence Against Sixteen Workmen Perverse....

The dispute arose between the appellant management, M/s Sasa Musa Sugar Works (P) Ltd., a sugar factory in District Saran, Bihar, and its workmen represented by forty-eight individuals including Shobr...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court in Indian Evidence Act Case on Pedigree and Opinion Evidence. Pedigree Statement in Joint Petition and Conduct Evidence of Witnesses Held Admissible under Sections 32(5) and 50 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872....

The dispute arose from a suit for declaration of title and recovery of possession of certain properties filed by three plaintiffs, Nimai Charan Misra, Lakshminarayan Misra, and Baikuntha Pati, claimin...

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Supreme Court Upholds Zamindar in Agricultural Tenancy Ejectment Suit Under U.P. Tenancy Act, 1939. Criminal Court's Provisional Possession Order under Section 145 CrPC Does Not Confer Lawful Title or Defeat Revenue Court Jurisdiction for Ejectment of Persons in Unlawful Occupation....

The appeals arose out of six suits for ejectment instituted by the respondent zamindar against the appellants under Section 180 of the U.P. Tenancy Act, 1939 in the Revenue Court. The respondent claim...

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Supreme Court Upholds Setting Aside of Election for Undue Influence Due to Religious Command. Religious Head's Mandate to Vote for Candidate Interfered with Free Exercise of Electoral Right Under Section 123(2) Proviso (a)(ii) of Representation of the People Act, 1951....

Background: The appeal arose from an election petition challenging the election of the appellant to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Sirsa double-member constituency. The first respondent, an ...