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Supreme Court Upholds Employer in Industrial Dispute Discharge Permission. Bona Fide Discharge Simpliciter Under Standing Orders Was Not Appealable as No Substantial Question of Law Arose Under Section 7 of Industrial Disputes (Appellate Tribunal) Act, 1950....

The appeal arose from an industrial dispute between the appellant company, Patna Electric Supply Co., Ltd., and its workmen. The respondents, Bali Rai and another, were employees of the appellant and ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Workmen's Bonus Award by Limiting Depreciation Deduction in Surplus Calculation. Depreciation Admissible Under Income-tax Act Cannot Be Fully Claimed as Prior Charge; Abnormal Additions Like Initial and Additional Depreciation Not Fair to Workmen....

The case arose from an industrial dispute between Sree Meenakshi Mills Ltd. and their workmen concerning payment of bonus for the year 1950–51. The workmen demanded bonus alleging that the employer ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Reversion of Government Servant from Officiating Post as Not Reduction in Rank Under Article 311(2). Reversion of an Officiating Class II Railway Servant to Substantive Class III Post Did Not Attract Article 311 Protection as No Right to Officiating Post and No Evil Consequences....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Punjab High Court (Circuit Bench) at Delhi in Letters Patent Appeal No. 28 of 1955, which had reversed a Single Judge's order in a writ petition under Article 2...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Against Custodian's Notice Under Evacuee Property Act, Holding That Notice Initiates Proceedings and Court Cannot Review Adequacy of Material. The Custodian's discretion under Section 7 of the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, to issue notice is not subject to judicial scrutiny regarding sufficiency of information....

The case arose under the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950, enacted to manage properties left by persons who migrated to Pakistan after the partition. The appellant, Inayat Ullah, and his b...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Appellant in Calcutta Municipal Act Encroachment Case. Compound wall encroachment on municipal road-side land was properly subject to conviction under Sections 488(1)(c) and 300 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, despite the notice being headed under Section 299....

The Supreme Court of India heard a criminal appeal by certificate under Article 134(1)(c) of the Constitution against the judgment of the Calcutta High Court which had convicted the appellant under Se...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Under Prevention of Corruption Act for Specific Act of Bribery Despite Absence of Sanction for Habitual Bribery Charge. Sanction Granted Under Section 6 for Offence Under Section 5(1)(d) Does Not Invalidate Trial Where Sanction for Section 5(1)(a) Was Lacking....

Background: The case involved an appeal against a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, raising the issue of whether a trial for two distinct offences requiring prior sanction is wh...

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Supreme Court Allows Commissioner in Income-tax Appeal, Holds Appellate Assistant Commissioner Can Reject Assessee's Method of Accounting. Proviso to Section 13 Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 Does Not Restrict Appellate Assistant Commissioner's Power Under Section 31(3) to Apply Rule 33 and Recompute Income....

The appeal arose from a judgment of the Bombay High Court in Income-tax Reference No. 27 of 1952, which had answered in the negative questions regarding the powers of the Appellate Assistant Commissio...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revision of Wage Structure and Abolition of Concessions in Industrial Dispute. Employer Allowed to Abolish Bounty Concessions as Wage Structure Revision Principles Clarified....

This case arose from an industrial dispute between Messrs. Crown Aluminium Works and its workmen concerning the revision of wage structure and the abolition of certain concessions. The Industrial Trib...