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Chunbidya and Others Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Criminal

Advocate for Appellant : C. Sidney Smith, for Petitioners; W. Wallach, for the Crown. Solicitors for Petitioners, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Solicitor India Office.

Lord Atkin: This is an application for special leave to appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. The question arose in this way. The petitioners were tried before the Divisional Sessions...

Thakur Bhagwan Singh and Others Vs. Bishambar Nath (Minor) and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1940PC114

Advocate for Appellant : C. Sidney Smith, for Appellants; L.P.E. Pugh and T.B. Wilson Ramsay, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas Grant and Dold; Solicitors for Respondents, T.L. Wilson and Co.

LORD JUSTICE GODDARD: This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Allahabad dismissing an appeal by the present appellants and allowing an appeal by the first three respondents from a judgment of...

Tyagaraja Mudaliyar and Another Vs. Vedathanni

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : L. DeGruyther and P.V. Subba Row, for Appellants; A.M. Dunne and C. Sidney Smith, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Harold Shephard; Solicitors for Respondent, Hy.S.L. Polak and Co.

Sir John Wallis: The plaintiff Vedathanni, widow of the late Ramalinga Mudaliyar, who died without issue on 23rd December 1912, instituted this suit, on 25th July 1925, in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Negapatam,...

Mohammad Ismail and Others Vs. Hanuman Parshad and Another

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : C. Sidney Smith, for Appellants, J. M Parikh, for Respondent No. 1. Solicitors for Appellants, Hy.S. L. Polak and Co. Solicitors for Respondent No.1, T.L. Wilson and Co.

Sir George Lowndes: For the purpose of this judgment the facts may be stated quite shortly. In the main they are not in dispute. One Mahomad Sadiq, the father of the appellants, was (prior to the...

M.P.M. Murugappa Chetti and Another Vs. Official Assignee, Madras

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Herbert Cunliffe, C. Sidney Smith and Mrs. M.J. Clarke, for Appellants; Ronald F. Roxburgh and Berrett, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas, Grant and Dold; Solicitors for Respondent, Burton, Yeats and Hart.

SIR GEORGE LOWNDES: These consolidated appeals arise out of a petition presented by Murugappa Chetti and his brother Ramaswami Chetti (since deceased and now represented by his widow Minakshi Achi) in certain insolvency proceedings in the...

Krishnayya Rao and Another Vs. Venkata Kumara Mahipathi Surya Rao

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : A.M. Dunne and P.V. Subba Row, for Appellants; W.H. Upjohn, L. DeGruyther, C. Sidney Smith and Sambasiva Rao, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Hy. S.L. Palak and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Douglas Grant and Dold.

Sir George Lowndes: This appeal was before the Board in June 1933, when a preliminary point was considered as to the admissibility of certain evidence which had been rejected by the Indian Courts. As the result...

Nazir Ahmad Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1936PC253(1)

Advocate for Appellant : C. Sidney Smith, for Appellant; W. Wallach, for the Crown. Solicitors for Appellant, H.S.L. Polak and Co.; Solicitor for Respondent, The Solicitor, India Office.

LORD BLANESBURGH: Their Lordships desire to re-affirm in this case the very exceptional circumstances in which alone they will humbly advise His Majesty to grant leave to appeal in a criminal case. They would not have...

Monohar Mukerji Vs. Bhupendra Nath Mukerji and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1936PC325

Advocate for Appellant : A.M. Dunne and Denning, for Appellant; L. DeGruyther and C. Sidney Smith, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Vallence and Vallence; Solicitors for Respondents, Harold Shephard.

LORD THANKERTON: This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, dated 26th April 1928, which set aside a decree of the Subordinate Judge of...

(Sri) Nandamani Ananga Bhima Deo Vs. Sri Suseela Mala Patta Mahadevi

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : A.M. Dunne, K.V.L. Narasimham, and S.P. Khambatto, for Appellants ; L. DeGruyther, C. Sidney Smith, V.V. Jagiah, and C. Sambasiva Rao, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co. ; Solicitors for Respondent, Douglas Grant and Dold.

SIR DINSHAH MULLA: This is an appeal from the decree of the High Court of Judicature at Madras dated 30th March 1928, which reversed a decree of the Court of the Additional Subordinate Judge of Berhampore...

Ras Behari Lal and Others Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Right to Information

Advocate for Appellant : D.N. Pritt and C. Sidney Smith, for Appellants; A.M. Dunne and W. Wattach, for Opposite Party. Solicitors for Appellants, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, The Solicitor India Office.

LORD ATKIN: This is appeal by special leave. The appellants were tried by the Sessions Judge of Patna, sitting with a jury of seven. They were found guilty by a majority verdict of six to one...