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Supreme Court Allows Land Acquisition Officer's Appeal in Part, Modifying Land Valuation to Rs. 11 Per Square Yard. High Court's Valuation Method of Averaging Selected Sale Deeds and Considering Extraneous Factors Held Erroneous Under Sections 11 and 23 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894....

The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Bangalore, appealed to the Supreme Court against a judgment of the Mysore High Court which had substantially enhanced compensation payable to the respondent lando...

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Supreme Court Quashes State Government's Approval of Road Transport Nationalisation Scheme for Violation of Natural Justice. Chapter IV-A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 Held Not Colourable Legislation and No Infringement of Article 31, but Approval Order Vitiated by Hearing-Decision Disconnect Under Section 68D....

The Supreme Court addressed a writ petition under Article 32 filed by private bus operators in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, challenging the nationalisation of road transport services under Chapte...

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Supreme Court Upholds Income-tax Department in Penalty Proceedings under Income-tax Act, 1922. Legal fiction in Section 18A(9)(b) deems failure to send advance tax estimate as failure to furnish return, allowing penalty under Section 28 without separate notice under Section 22....

The Supreme Court of India heard a civil appeal arising from a reference under Section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, concerning the validity of a penalty imposed on an assessee who failed ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Industrial Tribunal Proceedings Against Successor Lessee Under Section 33A of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. A Reference to the Management of a Sugar Factory in Liquidation Was Held Not to Require Leave Under Section 171 of the Indian Companies Act, 1913, and the Successor Lessee Was Not the Identical Employer Bound by Sections 33 and 33A....

The dispute arose from the liquidation of Gaya Sugar Mills Ltd, which owned a sugar factory at Guraru, District Gaya. The company was ordered to be wound up on November 4, 1951, and a liquidator was a...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitioners in Customs Smuggling Case Despite Prior Confiscation and Penalty by Customs Authorities. Proceedings before Collector under Section 167(8) of Sea Customs Act, 1878 held administrative, not prosecution, and did not bar subsequent criminal trial under Article 20(2) of Constitution....

The Supreme Court of India considered two connected matters: a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution by Thomas Dana, a Cuban national, and a criminal appeal by special leave by Leo Roy Frey, a...

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Supreme Court Upholds Election Petitioner in Corrupt Practice Case Under Representation of the People Act, 1951. Candidate's Election Void for Appointing Member of Armed Forces as Polling Agent Without Knowledge of Government Service, as Mens Rea Not Required Under Section 123(7)....

In the 1957 General Elections to the Mahasu double member constituency in Himachal Pradesh, ten candidates filed nominations, with one seat reserved for scheduled caste. Dr. Y. S. Parmar, Hira Singh P...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Dismissal of Workmen in Illegal Strike and Wrongful Confinement Case. Management's Enquiry and Dismissal Upheld as Bona Fide and in Accordance with Natural Justice; Notice by Affixing on Notice Board Sufficient Under Standing Orders; Second Enquiry Not Barred by Res Judicata Under Section 33 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appeal arose from an industrial dispute between McKenzie & Co. Ltd. (employer) and its workmen. The dispute originated during the pendency of a reference before the Industrial Tribunal when, on 6 ...