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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estate Abolition Act. Legislative Competence of Yuvaraj Karan Singh Affirmed; Maharaja's Absolute Sovereignty and Delegation Powers Recognized Under Article 370 Framework....

The litigation arose from a representative civil suit filed by Prem Nath Kaul against the State of Jammu & Kashmir, challenging the constitutional validity of the Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estate A...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeals in Income Tax and Excess Profits Tax Jurisdiction Dispute. Transfer of Assessment Case Under Section 5(2) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Held Valid, and Objection to Place of Assessment Not Appealable Under Section 64(5)(a)....

The case concerned the validity of an income-tax assessment and an excess profits tax assessment made by an Income-tax Officer in Calcutta after the assessee's case was transferred from Rangpur. The o...

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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estate Abolition Act, XVII of 2007. Legislative Competence of Yuvaraj Karan Singh Recognized; Act Not Ultra Vires as Maharaja Was Absolute Monarch and Article 370 Did Not Diminish Plenary Powers....

This case concerned a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estate Abolition Act, XVII of 2007, enacted by Yuvaraj Karan Singh on October 17, 1950. The Act aimed...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue in Income Tax Jurisdiction and Transfer of Assessment Case Under Section 5(2) of Income-tax Act, 1922. Court Holds That CBDT's Order Assigning Case to Calcutta Commissioner Was Valid and ITO Calcutta Had Jurisdiction; Place of Assessment Objection Not Maintainable in Appeal....

These two appeals by special leave challenged two orders of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (Calcutta Bench) dated 28 November 1952, which upheld assessments made by the Income-tax Officer, District...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee's Right to Set Off Business Losses Incurred Outside Travancore Against Profits in Travancore Under Travancore Income-tax Act, 1121. The First Proviso to Section 32(1) of Travancore Income-tax Act Bars Only Cross-head Set-off of Indian State Losses Against British India Profits, Not Same-head Business Loss Computation Under Section 13....

The Supreme Court decided two appeals by special leave arising from income-tax assessments under the Travancore Income-tax Act, 1121. The common question of law was whether business losses incurred in...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Raman & Raman Ltd. in Stage Carriage Permit Matter, Quashing Appellate Authority's Order. Section 43A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Holds Only Administrative Power; Directions Issued Are Not Law and Cannot Affect Prior Permits....

The appellant, M/s. Raman & Raman Ltd., was one of several applicants for a stage carriage permit. The Regional Transport Authority granted the permit to the appellant after a hearing. The fourth resp...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appellant Licensee in Arbitration Dispute Over Electricity Charges. Arbitration Clause in Electricity Licence Does Not Bind Consumer Under Section 57 of Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948....

The Supreme Court of India addressed the question whether an arbitration clause incorporated in an electricity supply licence could compel a consumer to arbitrate a dispute with the licensee. The appe...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Direction for Fresh Investigation by Deputy Superintendent in Prevention of Corruption Act Case. Section 5A Permission to Sub-Inspector was Invalid as Magistrate Did Not Record Reasons or Satisfy Himself on Material; Investigation Commenced Before Permission Amounted to Illegality....

The case involved an appeal by special leave filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directing fresh investigation by Deputy Superintendent of Police. Th...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Employer Appeal in Industrial Dispute Over Bonus, Wage Scales, and Overtime Pay; Modifies Effective Date of Wage Revision. Indian Workmen Cannot Claim Bonus Based on Global Profits; Industrial Tribunal, Delhi Had Jurisdiction Over Delhi Office Employees Under Sections 2 and 18 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The proceedings arose from an industrial dispute between a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, with its registered office in London and its Indian branch headquartered in Calcutta, and the emp...