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Supreme Court Allows Husband's Appeal in Divorce Case, Setting Aside High Court's Dismissal of Adultery Claim. Circumstantial Evidence of Wife and Co-Respondent Staying Together Under Assumed Name in Hotel Proved Adultery Under Section 14 of Divorce Act, 1869....

The case originated as a matrimonial suit filed by the husband under the Divorce Act, 1869, seeking dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery. The wife was the first respondent, and two co...

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Supreme Court Allows Donees to Lead Oral Evidence Contradicting Deed of Gift in Insolvency Proceedings Under Section 55 of Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909. Section 92 of Evidence Act Held Inapplicable as Official Assignee Is Not a Representative in Interest of the Insolvent....

This appeal arose from proceedings initiated by the Official Assignee of Bombay under Section 55 of the Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909, to declare void a deed of gift executed by the insolvent....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeals and Upholds State in Bihar Sales Tax Act Levy on Interstate Sales. Taxing sale based on production and presence of goods in State under Section 2(g) proviso read with Section 4(1) held within legislative competence of Provincial Legislature....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by special leave from a judgment of the Patna High Court arising out of sales tax assessments under the Bihar Sales Tax Act, 1947. The appellant, a company incor...

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Supreme Court Upholds Union of India in Service Termination Case Concerning Quasi-Permanent Status of Public Relations Officer. Termination of Temporary Service Held Not to Attract Article 311(2) Where Servant Lacked Right to Post and Order Carrying Status Was Under Misapprehension....

The appellant, K. S. Srinivasan, was employed with All India Radio, initially appointed as Liaison Officer on May 1, 1946, with the designation later changed to Public Relations Officer. He was declar...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plaintiff's Appeal in Limitation Dispute Over Deposit Receipt and Acknowledgment of Debt. Fixed Deposit Receipt Became Due on Stated Date, and Balance Sheet Copy Was Admissible Under Section 3(b) of Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939, but Presumption Was Discretionary....

Background: The appeal arose from a suit filed by the appellant-plaintiff, a creditor of the respondent-company, New Akot Cotton Ginning & Pressing Co. Ltd., a limited company incorporated under the I...

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Supreme Court Acquits Bidi Factory Manager Under Factories Act, 1948 Due to Lack of Employer Control Over Workers. Sattedars and Their Coolies Held Not to Be 'Workers' Under Section 2(1) as Factory Management Lacked Control and Supervision Over Manner of Work....

The appellants were the manager of a bidi factory operating under contracts with Sattedars, independent contractors who agreed to supply bidis manufactured in their own factories or through third part...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court Dismissal of State Appeal Against Acquittal Due to Non-Compliance with Certified Copy Requirement Under Section 419 CrPC. Filing of Plain Copy of Judgment Alongside Appeal Petition Did Not Satisfy Mandatory Requirement of Certified Copy, Rendering Appeal Time-Barred When Certified Copy Filed After Limitation Expired....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the Allahabad High Court's dismissal of its appeal against acquittal as time-barred. The respondents had been acquitted by ...

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Supreme Court Allows Transferee to Continue Appeal Under Section 146 CPC Despite Dismissal Under Order 22 Rule 10. Assignee of Mortgaged Property Held Entitled to Be Added as Appellant in Pending Appeal Against Execution Order Based on Transfer Deed Free from Encumbrances....

The dispute arose from a mortgage executed on May 19, 1934 by the second respondent, Sudhir Kumar Mitter, in favour of the first respondent, Sm. Nirmala Sundari Dassi, over two houses in Calcutta. The...