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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...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal and Restores Conviction in Bribery Case — Raiding Party Testimony Not Per Se Unreliable, Independent Corroboration Not Invariable. Conviction Under Section 161 IPC Upheld Despite Absence of Neutral Eyewitnesses as Circumstantial Evidence and Officer Testimony Deemed Sufficient....

The State of Bihar filed a criminal appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Basawan Singh, a police sub-inspector, who had been convicted by a Special Judge under Section 161 of the India...

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Supreme Court Upholds Defendant in Contract Extension Dispute: Agreement Vague and Uncertain, Suit Time-Barred. Extension of Time for Performance Under Section 63 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 Requires Clear Agreement; Unilateral Extension Not Binding....

The case arose from a commercial dispute over non-delivery of cotton goods between a partnership firm and a textile mill. The appellants, partners of M/s. Navinchandra & Co., had placed two orders wit...

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Supreme Court Quashes Decision of Authority Under Payment of Wages Act in Industrial Dispute Over Bonus Classification. Bonus Awarded by Industrial Court Not 'Wages' Under Section 2(vi) as It Is Not Remuneration Payable Under Contract of Employment....

The Supreme Court of India considered whether a bonus awarded by the Industrial Court, Bombay, to the operatives of Tata Mills Ltd. constituted 'wages' within the meaning of Section 2(vi) of the Payme...

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Supreme Court Upholds Employer's Challenge to Statutory Authority's Jurisdiction Under Section 17 of Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955. Specified Authority Lacks Power to Adjudicate Disputed Claims as Section 17 Merely Provides Recovery Procedure for Amounts Already Determined by Competent Court or Authority....

The dispute arose when a working journalist, who had been supplying news to a daily newspaper owned by a private limited company on a fixed monthly honorarium, left India contrary to instructions and ...