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Ramanugrah Singh Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Criminal

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell, A.G.P. Pullan and Khalil Ahmed, for Appellant; B.J.M. MacKenna for the Crown. Solicitors for Appellant, Douglas Grant and Dold, Solicitors for the Crown, Solicitor, India Office.

Sir John Beaumont: This is an appeal by special leave from an order of the High Court of Judicature at Patna made on 21st February 1945, convicting the appellant upon a charge of murder under S....

Galos Hirad and Another Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Education

Reported in : AIR1944PC93

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and S.P. Khambatta, for Appellants; Attorney-General (D.B. Somervell) and Kenelm Preedy, for the King. Solicitors for Appellants, Hy. S.L. Polak and; Co.; Solicitors for the King, Burchells.

Viscount Maugham: In this case the appellants were charged in the Protectorate Court of the Somaliland Protectorate that on or about the first week in June 1941, at Harawati Balleh near Bohadle in the District of...

Chittambaram Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1947PC85

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and A. Pennell, for Appellant ; Sir David Maxwell Fyfe and D.A. Grant, for the Crown. Solicitors for Appellant, Lambert and White; Solicitors for the Crown, Solicitor, India Office.

Lord Wright: At the conclusion of the arguments in this appeal, their Lordships expressed their opinion that the appeal should be dismissed and stated that they would give their reasons later. This they now proceed to...

Mt. Dan Kuer Vs. Mt. Sarla Devi

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Arbitration

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and H.J. Umrigar, for Appellant; C.S. Rewcastle and R. Parikh for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellant, Douglas Grant and Dold. Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, T.L. Wilson and Co.

M. R. Jayakar: This is an appeal from a judgment and decree of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad dated 12-3-1942, which reversed a judgment and decree of the Court of the Additional Subordinate Judge...

ZahiruddIn Vs. Emperor

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Service Tax

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and A.G.P. Pullan, for Appellant; B. Mackenna, for the Crown. Solicitors for Appellant, Douglas Grant and Dold; Solicitors for the Crown; Solicitor, India Office.

Lord Normand: This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court in Bengal, which allowed an appeal against a Police Magistrate's order acquitting the appellant of a charge of accepting a bribe brought under...

Charles Francis MartIn De Bueger Vs. J. Ballantyne and Co. Ltd.

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and G. Lloyd, for Appellant; Alexander Ross and Paul Tyrie, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Lloyd £ Lloyd; Solicitors for Respondents, Wray, Smith and Halford.

Lord Wright: This appeal raises a short but interesting question of the construction of an agreement about which the decisions in the Courts of New Zealand have exhibited differences of opinion. The agreement was made in...

Chhaterpati Pratap Bahadur Sahi and Others Vs. Lachmidhar Prasad Singh ...

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Family

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Thomas Strangman, U. Sen Gupta and J.M.R. Jayakar, for Appellants; J.M. Pringle, T.B.W. Ramsay, J.D. Casswell, R.K. Handoo, Khaleel Ahmed and P. Praikh, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co.; Solicitors for Respondents, A.

Mr. M.R. Jayakar: These are two consolidated appeals from a judgment and two decrees of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, dated 9-5-1939, confirming a judgment and two decrees of the Subordinate Judge of Gaya,...

Tumahole Bereng and Others Vs. the King

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1949PC172

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and J.T. Monlony, for Appellants; Melford Stevenson and Co. and frank Gahan, for Respondent. Solicitors for Appellants, Jaques and Co.; Solicitors for Respondent, Burchells and Co.

Lord MacDermott: This was an appeal from a judgment of the High Court of Basutoland of 25th October 1947, whereby the seven appellants were convicted of the murder of one Katse Phatela on 25th December 1945,...

Ghulam Sarwar Khan and Others Vs. Abdul Wahab Khan and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : AIR1949PC330

Advocate for Appellant : J.D. Casswell and A.G.P. Pullan, for Appellants; J.M. Pringle, P.V.Subba Row and M.A. Rahman, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellants, Douglas Grant and Co; Solicitors for Respondents, Hy. S.L. Polak and Co.

Lord Simonds: In this appeal which is brought from a judgment and decree of the Judicial Commissioner, North West Frontier Province, dated 28th July 1943, a large number of questions have been debated upon which their...

Gouri Dutt Ganesh Lall Firm Vs. Madho Prasad and Others

Court : Privy Council

Subject : Land Acquisition

Advocate for Appellant : Sir Thomas Strangman and U. Sen Gupta, for Appellant; J.D. Casswell and J.M. Pringle, for Respondents. Solicitors for Appellant, Douglas Grant and Dold; Solicitors for Respondents, Hy.S.L. Polak and Co.

LORD PORTER: The appellants in this case, who were plaintiffs in the suit, sought to recover a sum of Rs. 65,756.3.0 from two sets of defendants. They originally sued (1) Bhola Nath and his son Brij...