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Supreme Court Upholds State Legislature's Privilege to Prohibit Publication of Expunged Proceedings Over Fundamental Right to Free Speech. Article 194(3) of the Constitution, standing in the same supreme position as Part III, prevails over Article 19(1)(a) in matters of publication of legislative proceedings through harmonious construction....

The Supreme Court considered a writ petition under Article 32 filed by the editor of an English daily newspaper, Searchlight of Patna, challenging a show cause notice from the Committee of Privileges ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Government Servant Against Removal Order Under Article 311(2) of Constitution of India, 1950. Show Cause Notice Proposing All Three Major Penalties in the Alternative Held Valid as It Afforded Better Opportunity to Show Cause....

The appeal by special leave arose from a judgment of the Punjab High Court (Circuit Bench) at Delhi which had upheld the removal of a permanent government servant. The appellant, who joined permanent ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Coir Industry Rules Prescribing Quantitative Test for Exporter Registration. Quantitative test for registration of established exporters under the Coir Industry Act, 1953, held not ultra vires the Act and not violative of Articles 19 and 14 of the Constitution....

The case arose from a petition filed by P. V. Sivarajan, an unsuccessful applicant for registration as an exporter and licensee for exporting coir products, who challenged the vires of Rules 18, 19, 2...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitioner in Milk Supply Contract Dispute Under Article 32 for Want of Fundamental Rights Violation. Cancellation of Government Milk Supply Contract and Award to Cooperative Society Did Not Violate Articles 14, 16(1), 19(1)(g), or 31 Because Contract for Supply of Goods Is Not Employment and Government May Choose Contractors Freely....

The dispute arose from cancellation of a government milk supply contract. The petitioner, C. K. Achuthan, had supplied milk to the Government Hospital at Cannanore since 1946, following his brother wh...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Constitutionality of All-India Services Act, 1951 and Upholds Disciplinary Enquiry Against Police Officer. Presidential Adaptation Under Article 392 Deleting Condition Precedent from Article 312 Was Valid and State Government Could Initiate Proceedings Under Rule 5 of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1955....

The Supreme Court of India considered an appeal by special leave against the judgment of the Punjab High Court which had dismissed a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the All-In...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plaintiffs' Appeal in Rewa State Companies Act Matter Due to Unregistered Association Bar. Suit for Accounts by Members of an Illegal Association of Over Twenty Persons Fails Under Section 4(2) of Rewa State Companies Act, 1935....

The appeal arose from a suit filed by thirteen of twenty-five members of an unregistered cloth association at Budhar in Rewa State against the former president and other members. During cloth control,...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Land Tenure Reform Enactment Restricting Land Holdings and Granting Tenants Purchase Rights. The Court Dismissed Petitions by Landowners, Holding State Legislature Competent Under Entry 18 List II and Act Protected by Article 31A of the Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India, in a Constitution Bench judgment delivered on December 8, 1958, considered a batch of petitions under Article 32 challenging the constitutional validity of the Punjab Secur...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Revisional Jurisdiction in Rent Control Dispute. High Court's Reversal of Trial Court's Enhancement of Rent Upheld, as Date of Construction is a Jurisdictional Fact Under Section 115 CPC and Section 3-A of U.P. Temporary Control of Rent and Eviction Act, 1947....

The dispute arose under the Uttar Pradesh Temporary Control of Rent and Eviction Act, 1947, concerning enhancement of rent for accommodation occupied by a tenant since 1938 on an agreed monthly rent o...

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Supreme Court Quashes Prosecution of Appellant in Trade Licence Case Due to Lack of District Board's Jurisdiction Over Town Areas. District Board's Power to Regulate Offensive Trades Under U.P. District Boards Act, 1922 Held Inapplicable to Town Areas Given Concurrent Authority Under U.P. Town Areas Act, 1914....

The case involved a prosecution initiated by the District Board of Muzaffarnagar against the appellant, Asa Ram, for running machines with the aid of power in the Jalalabad Town Area without a licence...