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Supreme Court Quashes Executive Council's Order Directing Reinstatement of Principal. The University's Executive Council Lacked Jurisdiction to Interfere with Dismissal of a College Principal Because the Act and Statutes Distinguish Principal from Teacher Under Gauhati University Act, 1947....

This appeal by special leave arose from a judgment of the Assam High Court dismissing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution filed by the Governing Body of Guru Charan College, Silchar,...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals by Contractors in Sales Tax Case, Invalidating Tax on Supply of Materials in Building Contracts. Provincial Legislature Lacked Power Under Entry 48 of Government of India Act, 1935 to Tax Building Materials as Sale; Exemption Notification Withdrawal Upheld....

The appeals arose from writ petitions filed before the Nagpur High Court challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Central Provinces and Berar Sales Tax Act, 1947, which sou...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Sales Tax Dispute Over Building Contracts. Court Holds Building Contracts Are Entire and Indivisible and Not Sale of Goods, Thus State Legislature Lacks Power to Tax Supply of Materials Under Entry 48 of Government of India Act, 1935....

The dispute arose from a sales tax assessment on Gannon Dunkerley & Co. (Madras) Ltd., a company engaged in construction of buildings, roads, and other works. The sales tax authorities sought to inclu...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Auction Purchaser's Appeal in Berar Land Revenue Code Case; Revenue Sale Held Without Leave of Court and Notice to Receiver Is Illegal. Suit by Receiver to Set Aside Sale Is Not Barred by Sections 157 and 192 of Berar Land Revenue Code, 1928....

The dispute arose from a revenue sale conducted under the Berar Land Revenue Code, 1928, of a plot in Yeotmal, Central Provinces and Berar, which was in the possession and management of a Receiver app...

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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Cotton Contracts Despite Minor Omissions in Contract Notes; Substantial Compliance with By-laws Sufficient under Bombay Cotton Contracts Act, 1932. Omission to fill blanks relating to measurements and settlement rate difference does not render contracts void if trade practice supports substantial compliance....

The dispute arose from cotton transactions between the appellants and the respondent, both members of the East India Cotton Association Ltd. The appellants had to pay the respondents a sum of money fo...

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Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Dismissal of Suit for Lack of Jurisdiction Under Bombay Rent Act. Claim for declaration of tenancy and sub-tenancy rights arose under Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947; Section 28 barred City Civil Court and Section 29A did not apply to titles arising under the Act....

The dispute concerned a suit filed in the Bombay City Civil Court by three plaintiffs against their landlord, seeking declarations that the first plaintiff was a protected tenant under the Bombay Rent...

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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952 and Partially Quashes Notification Clause 10. The Act Enacted Under Entry 94 List I and Entry 45 List III of Seventh Schedule is Intra Vires; Notification Power to Recommend Redress or Punishment Struck Down as Beyond Act's Scope....

The Government of India appointed a Commission of Inquiry under Section 3 of the Commissions of Enquiry Act, 1952, by notification dated 11 December 1956, to investigate into the affairs of certain co...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Specific Performance Dispute Over Retrospective Operation of Madhya Bharat High Court of Judicature Act, 1949. Section 25 Read with Section 2(b) Confers Right of Special Appeal Against Divisional Bench Decree Passed Before Act Commencement in Proceedings Pending on Inclusion Date....

The appeal arose from a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell a share in a business. The appellant filed the suit in the Indore High Court on November 6, 1947, against the respondents ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal by Jute Mill Company Against Railway Rates Tribunal Decision on Freight Rates. Section 28 of Indian Railways Act, 1890 Held Not Attracted Absent Competition and Undue Preference; Freight Reasonableness Assessed on Working Costs, Not Geographic Location or Commodity Prices....

In this civil appeal by special leave, the Supreme Court considered whether the Railway Rates Tribunal correctly dismissed a complaint by a jute mill company against railway administrations for allege...