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Supreme Court judgments, 1956

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A. M. Allison v. B. L. Sen(and Connected Appeal)21 December 1956 · The case involves a dispute regarding the payment of minimum wages to tea laborers in Assam. The core issue was whether the management of the tea estates was obligated…
P. Lakshmi Reddy v. L. Lakshmi Reddy5 December 1956 · The case revolves around a dispute over property rights following the death of V, an infant, in 1927. The petitioner, P. Lakshmi Reddy, contended that he had acquired…
A. S. Krishna v. State of, Madras.(with Connected Appeals)28 November 1956 · The case of A.S. Krishna vs. State of Madras revolves around the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Madras Prohibition Act, 1937. The appellants…
Banaras Ice Factory Limited v. Its Workmen28 November 1956 · The case involves Banaras Ice Factory Limited (the petitioner) and its workmen (the respondents) regarding the legality of terminating the workmen's services during the…
Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla v. A.D. Divikar (with Connected Appeal)27 November 1956 · The case of Hariprasad Shivshankar Shukla vs. A.D. Divikar revolves around the interpretation of the term "retrenchment" as defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.…
Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd. v. State of Saurashtra.23 November 1956 · The case of Dharangadhara Chemical Works Ltd. vs. State of Saurashtra revolves around the classification of agarias (salt manufacturers) as either workmen under the…
Dwarka Dass Bhatia v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir1 November 1956 · The case involves Dwarka Dass Bhatia, the petitioner, who was detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Preventive Detention Act, 2011, on allegations of illicit smuggling of…
Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills v. Tukaram Piraji Masale.31 October 1956 · The case involves an industrial dispute between Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills (the petitioner) and Tukaram Piraji Masale (the respondent), concerning the legality of…
Bipin Chander Jaisinghbhai Shah v. Prabhawati.19 October 1956 · The case involves a divorce petition filed by Bipin Chander Jaisinghbai Shah (the petitioner) against his wife, Prabhawati (the respondent), on the grounds of desertion…
Burn & Co., Calcutta v. Their Employees(and Connected Appeal)11 October 1956 · The case of Burn & Co., Calcutta vs. Their Employees revolves around the validity of an Industrial Tribunal's award and the conditions under which it can be reopened.…
Deoki Nandan v. Murlidhar.4 October 1956 · The case of Deoki Nandan vs. Murlidhar revolves around the classification of a temple as either a public or private religious endowment under Hindu law. The Supreme…
Mrs. Shirinbai Maneckshaw & Others v. Nargacebai J. Motishaw & Others.9 May 1956 · The case involves a dispute over the validity of a will executed by a Parsi testator, which bequeathed his entire estate to Mrs. Shirinbai Maneckshaw. The core issue was…
Shri Ram Narain v. The Simla Banking & Industrial Co.limited.9 May 1956 · The case involves Shri Ram Narain (the petitioner) against The Simla Banking & Industrial Co. Limited (the respondent). The core issue revolves around the execution of a…
Hari Khemu Gawali v. The Deputy Commissioner of Police,bombay and Another.8 May 1956 · The case of Hari Khemu Gawali vs. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bombay revolves around the constitutional validity of Section 57 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951,…
Bhagubhai Dullabhabhai Bhandari v. The District Magistrate, Thana& Others(with Connected Peti8 May 1956 · The case of Bhagubhai Dullabhbhai Bhandari vs. The District Magistrate, Thana & Others revolves around the constitutional validity of Section 56 of the Bombay Police…
M/S:modi Food Products Co. Limited v. Shri Faqir Chand Sharma & Others.8 May 1956 · The case involves M/s Modi Food Products Co. Limited (the petitioner) against Shri Faqir Chand Sharma & Others (the respondents), concerning a dispute over the legality…
Nagubai Ammal & Others v. B. Shama Rao & Others.26 April 1956 · The case of Nagubai Ammal & Others vs. B. Shama Rao & Others revolves around a dispute over the title of certain building sites. The core issue was whether the…
Kartar Singh & Others v. The State of Punjab.26 April 1956 · The case involves Kartar Singh and others (the petitioners) who were convicted under Section 9 of the Punjab Security of the State Act, 1953, for raising defamatory…
Lawrence Joachim Joseph D v. The State of Bombay.24 April 1956 · The case involves Lawrence Joachim Joseph D'Souza, who was detained under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950, on allegations of espionage for the Portuguese authorities.…
Moseb Kaka Chowdhry Alias Moseb Chowdhry and Another v. The State of West Bengal.18 April 1956 · The case involves an appeal by Moseb Kaka Chowdhry and another against the State of West Bengal concerning their conviction for murder under Section 302/34 of the Indian…
Basdev v. The State of Pepsu17 April 1956 · The case involves Basdev, who was charged with the murder of a young boy named Maghar Singh. The core issue was whether Basdev, under the influence of alcohol, had the…
Raja Bhairebendra Narayan Bhup v. The State of Assam(with Connected Appeal)11 April 1956 · The case of Raja Bhairebendra Narayan Bhup vs. The State of Assam revolves around the constitutional validity of the Assam State Acquisition of Zamindaries Act of 1951,…
Karanpura Development Co., Ltd. v. Raja Kamakshya Narain Singh.10 April 1956 · The case involves Karanpura Development Co., Ltd. (Petitioner) against Raja Kamakshya Narain Singh (Respondent) concerning the validity of a prospecting license…
Sukha and Others v. The State of Rajasthan.5 April 1956 · The case involves Sukha and others (the petitioners) appealing against a judgment from the High Court of Jodhpur concerning a riot in Dhankoli village that resulted in…
Bidi Supply Co. v. The Union of India and Others.20 March 1956 · The case involves Bidi Supply Co. (Petitioner) challenging the constitutionality of the transfer of its income tax assessment proceedings from Calcutta to Ranchi by the…
Raman & Raman Ltd. v. The State of Madras and Another.15 March 1956 · The case of Raman & Raman Ltd. vs. The State of Madras and Another revolves around the issuance of stage-carriage permits for two routes by the Regional Transport…
Wasim Khan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh.12 March 1956 · The case involves Wasim Khan, the appellant, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a shopkeeper and received an additional seven years of rigorous imprisonment…
Dulichand Lakshminarayan v. The Commissioner of Income-Tax,nagpur.17 February 1956 · The case of Dulichand Lakshminarayan vs. The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Nagpur revolves around the registration of an unregistered firm under Section 26-A of the Indian…
Firm of Bhagat Ram Mohanlal v. The Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax, Madhya Prades15 February 1956 · The case involves the Firm of Bhagat Ram Mohanlal (the petitioner) challenging the decision of the Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax, Madhya Pradesh (the respondent)…
Kuldip Singh v. The State of Punjab and Another.15 February 1956 · The case of Kuldip Singh vs. The State of Punjab revolves around the issue of jurisdiction concerning the authority to make a complaint under Section 476-A of the Code…
Mukti Lal Agarwala v. Trustees of the Provident Fund Ofthe Tin Plate Co. of Ind14 February 1956 · The case involves Mukti Lal Agarwala (Petitioner) against the Trustees of the Provident Fund of the Tin Plate Co. of India (Respondent). The core issue was whether the…
Messrs Pratapmal Luxmichand v. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Madhyapradesh.8 February 1956 · The case involves Messrs Pratapmal Laxmichand (the petitioner) appealing against the refusal of the Income-tax Officer to register their partnership firm due to the…
Jai Narain Ram Lundia v. Kedar Nath Khetan and Others.31 January 1956 · The case of Jai Narain Ram Lundia vs. Kedar Nath Khetan and Others revolves around the execution of a decree for specific performance concerning a contract to sell…
Harihar Prasad Singh and Another v. Must. of Munshi Nath Prasadand Others.16 January 1956 · The case involves a dispute over agricultural lands between the appellants, Harihar Prasad Singh and another, and the respondents, Must. of Munshi Nath Prasad and…