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Supreme Court Allows Assessee in Income Tax Reference Matter, Sets Aside High Court Order Refusing to Direct Tribunal to State Case. Whether Business Amounted to Dealing in Shares and Properties or Investment Was Held to Be Mixed Question of Law and Fact Under Section 66(1) and 66(2) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The dispute arose from income tax assessments for the years 1943-44 to 1948-49, excluding 1947-48, concerning an investment company incorporated in 1924. The company was originally incorporated as an ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Appellant in Income Tax Act Case Regarding Exemption for Charitable Trust Income from Managing Agency Business. Managing Agency Business Held to be Property and Income Therefrom Exempt Under Section 4(3)(i) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, Despite Revenue's Objections....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by J.K. Trust, Bombay, against the Commissioner of Income-tax/Excess Profits Tax, Bombay, concerning the taxability of income derived from a managing agency busi...

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Supreme Court Allows Revenue Appeal on Applicability of Indian Income-tax Act to Part B States. Court Holds Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Not Applicable to Assessment Years 1948-49 and 1949-50 Under Section 13 Finance Act, 1950 and Section 2(14A); Appeals Under Patiala Income-tax Act Not Competent....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by certificate from the Pepsu High Court concerning the applicability of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, to the erstwhile Pepsu area for assessment years 1948-4...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Dispute Over Inclusion of Minor Sons' Partnership Income in Mother's Total Income. Word 'Individual' in Section 16(3)(a)(ii) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Construed to Mean Only Male, Excluding Female Assessees....

These two appeals before the Supreme Court raised a common question of law concerning the interpretation of the word 'individual' in Section 16(3) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, as amended by Act...

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Supreme Court Upholds Collector of Customs in Sea Customs Confiscation Case Involving Import Without Licence. Section 3(2) of Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 Deemed Goods Prohibited Under Sea Customs Act, 1878 and Did Not Offend Article 14; Confiscation Under Section 167(8) Valid Without Option to Pay Fine....

The Supreme Court of India heard a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging an order of confiscation and penalty imposed by the Collector of Customs, Calcutta, on goods imported by th...

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Supreme Court Considers Appeal by Commissioner of Income-tax Relating to Capital Gains Tax on Resignation of Managing Agency. Key Legal Issue Whether Relinquishment Constitutes Transfer Under Section 12B of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The respondent company, Provident Investment Co. Ltd., was the managing agent of two other companies and held certain shares in them. In September 1946, one D offered to purchase some shares along wit...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals by Railway Servants Against Conviction for Criminal Conspiracy and Misappropriation Under Prevention of Corruption Act. Railway Servants Held to Be Public Servants Under Section 2 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, as Section 137(4) of Indian Railways Act, 1890, Bar Only Applied to Offences Under Indian Penal Code....

The Supreme Court heard two criminal appeals by special leave filed by S. Gangoli and P.R. Chaudhri, both railway servants, against their conviction under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sec...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Hindu Charitable Endowment Dispute Holding Compromise Decree Created Charge, Not Trust. Court Rules That Mere Use of 'Trustee' in Compromise Decree Did Not Extinguish Private Title, as Dedication to Charity Was Not Complete Under Hindu Law....

Background — The appeal concerned the legal character of properties originally dedicated by one Purushottam under a registered deed of trust dated 17 March 1919. Purushottam, having earned and purch...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitioners in Presidential Election Dispute Due to Premature Invocation of Article 71. Court Holds Jurisdiction Under Article 71(1) Arises Only After Candidate Declared Elected and Election Petition Filed Under Section 14 of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election Act, 1952....

The dispute arose out of doubts regarding the propriety of holding the Presidential election before the completion of general elections throughout India. Two petitioners filed separate petitions befor...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Petitions Challenging Extension of Government Management Under Industries Act, Upholding Interpretation of Section 18A Conditions. Extension of Industrial Undertaking Management Upheld as Statutory Conditions Relate to Owner's Management Period and Continue During Government Control....

The Supreme Court decided a group of petitions challenging an order that extended the Central Government's management of certain sugar mills. The original order, dated November 5, 1955, was issued und...