Supreme Court of India Shree Hanuman Cotton Mills & Ors vs Tata Air-Craft Ltd on 28 October, 1969 Equivalent citations: 1970 AIR 1986, 1970 SCR (3) 127 Bench: Vaidyialingam, C.A. PETITIONER: SHREE HANUMAN COTTON MILLS […]
Tag: 1983
138 Acquittal won’t bar civil suit for recovery says Supreme Court
Comment : In this case the Court held two basic points :- i) Civil and Criminal Proceedings can go on, on an acquittal u/s 138 would not automatically oust a civil suit for recovery. ii) Doctrine […]
Supreme Court on obscenity (Raj Kapoor v. State) Justice Krishna Iyer.
QUESTION : Cinematograph Act 1952 Section 5A-Whether the issuance of the certificate issued by the specialised Board of Film Censors bars the criminal Court’s jurisdiction to try for offences under Sections 292/293 I.P.C ? […]
Supreme Court on obscenity (Bandit Queen Judgment)
A Remarkable judgment outlining the law of obscenity as it stands in India, in a nutshell, while holding Bandit Queen to have been rightly passed by the Censors, held it not to obscene as it […]
Role of Judge in a Criminal Trial
A judgment of seminal important on the role of a judge in a criminal trial, the breadth of the 165/311 inquisitorial aspects of court’s jurisdiction are dealt with. Supreme Court Ram Chander vs State […]
Law of Easments in India
Comment : In this case the Court was faced with a question relating to acquistion of Easement. For starters an easement is basically a right to do, or not to do, or to get done […]
Reference to Arbitration by an unregistered firm allowed for the purposes of dissolution.
Comment : The Court was faced with the issue “Whether an unregistered firm can opt for arbitration for dissolution of the firm” The Court held YES – since there was no embargo on dissolution of an […]