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T.K. Raghavan Vs. Union of India (Uoi)

Court : Kerala

Subject : Civil

Acts : Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Order 33, Rule 5; Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6

Reported in : AIR1988Ker218

wanted to sue for damages. The Union of India opposed the application relying on Section 6 of Indian Post Office Act, 1898 which exempts the Government of India from liability by reason of loss or misdelivery. The Section is in … the Act where for loss of Value Payable Postal articles and insured articles, Governments liable to compensate (Sections 33 and 34). The Public Service Commission, Government or like bodies which presumably charge a fee for application might

Debananda Dora Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Orissa

Subject : Limitation

Acts : Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6 and 33; Limitation Act, 1908 - Schedule - Articles 30, 31, 65 and 120; Indian Railways Act - Sections 72

Reported in : AIR1965Ori118

accepting letters and packets for transmission by post.10. It is true that by the express provisions contained in Section 33 of the Post Offices Act the post office is bound to pay compensation not exceeding the amount for … of carrying mails, insured articles etc. perform governmental functions subject of course to the provisions of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898.8. The English law on the subject has been stated in Halsbury, III Edition, Volume 30, page 148

The Union of India (Uoi) and anr. Vs. Parmeshwar Dayal and Co. and ors ...

Court : Allahabad

Subject : Civil

Acts : Indian Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 33; Indian Post Office Rules - Rule 81

Reported in : AIR1974All285

shall bear their own costs throughout. Civil - insured package - Section 33 and Rule 81 of Indian Post Office Act, 1898 - insured cover delivered with sealed packing - addressee accepted package - return receipt given - post office

Govinda Chowdhury Vs. Commissioner of Income-tax, Bihar and OrissA.

Court : Orissa

Subject : Direct Taxation

Reported in : [1960]40ITR93(Orissa)

on the specious plea that the sender having the very limited right to reclaim the cheque under the Post Office Act, 1898, the post was his agent, when in fact there was no such reclamation; of course, if there be … year 1951-52. The facts relevant for our purpose are short and simple. In both the cases notice under section 33(4) was received by the assessee on June 17, 1955, and the notice was dated May 30, 1955, informing

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Sohanlal Sampatlal

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Civil

Acts : Indian Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6, 30 and 33;

Reported in : AIR1971SC432; [1971]41CompCas136(SC); (1970)3SCC165; [1971]2SCR706

The appellant denied its liability for the claim on the ground that under Section 6 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898, hereinafter called the 'Act', read with Rule 81(g) of the rules framed thereunder, its liability could arise only … liability may in express terms be undertaken by the Government. Section 30 provides for insurance of postal articles. Section 33 is in the following terms :Subject to such conditions, and restrictions as the Central Government may, by rule,

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Firm Ram Gopal Hukum Chand and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Subject : Civil

Acts : Constitution of India - Article 141; Contract Act, 1872 - Sections 182; Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6 and 34; Evidence Act - Sections 114

Reported in : AIR1960All672

Both revisions are dismissed with costs. Civil - duty of Post Office - Sections 6 and 34 of Post Office Act, 1898 - V. P. Article not delivered - post office is to bear the value of parcel - no … seems to suggest that, apart from the circumstances specified in the Section, Government may be liable. Again, under Section 33 Government has been made liable to pay compensation for the loss of or the damage to a postal

Hari Pandurang and anr. Vs. Secretary of State for India in Council an ...

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Trusts and Societies

Reported in : (1904)ILR27Bom276

at his last known residence, address or place of business and registered under Part III of the Indian Post Office Act, 1866.45. Nothing has been said before us as to the public notice prescribed by the Act: nor has … certain improvements were projected in the City of Bombay, and an Act called the City of Bombay Improvement Act, 1898, was passed giving to a Board thereby constituted certain powers with a view to carry these improvements into … to be acquired.2. You should also produce on the above date, under Section 10 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a statement in writing signed

Govinda Choudhary Vs. Commissioner of Income-tax

Court : Orissa

Subject : Direct Taxation

Acts : Income Tax Act, 1922 - Sections 66(1); Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules, 1946 - Rules 7, 8 and 36

Reported in : AIR1960Ori187

on the specious plea that the sender having the very limited right to reclaim the cheque under the Post Office Act, 1898, the post office was his agent, when in fact there was no such reclamation; of course, if there … year 1951-52. The facts, relevant for our purpose, are short and simple. In both the cases notice under Section 33(4) was received by the assessee on 17-6-1955 and the notice was dated 30-5-1955 informing him of the result

Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay South, Bombay Vs. Ogale Glass Works ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Direct Taxation

Reported in : [1954]25ITR529(SC); 1954(II)MhLj67

English law, delivery to the addressee. But that, Sri Kolah maintains, is not the position under the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. We have been taken through the different sections of that Act and the rules made thereunder and Sri … Maugham in Rhokana Corporation v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, are also apposite :-'A part from the express terms of Section 33, sub-section (1), a similar conclusion might be founded on the well known common law rules as to the

Union of India (Uoi) by Postmaster-general Vs. Amjad Miyan

Court : Chennai

Subject : Insurance

Reported in : (1972)2MLJ363

despatched to Rampur. The trial Court has completely missed the context in which Section 33 of the Indian Post Office Act was relied upon on the side of the defendant. On a careful consideration of the real problem in … and, in India, the postal service is governed by the provisions of the Indian Post Office Act of 1898 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and the rules framed thereunder.5. In England, the right of the subject