Mumbai Court February 1952 Judgments
Browse smarter
Open an 18-section brief on any judgment
Structured AI Brief in seconds on any result - plus Semantic Search when you need meaning, not just keywords.
- AI Brief & Ask
- Semantic AI Search
- Devil's Bench
Credentials emailed - log in to pick up where you left off.
Governor General of India in Council Vs. the Jubilee Mills Ltd.
Court: Mumbai
Decided on: Feb-05-1952
Reported in: AIR1953Bom46; (1952)54BOMLR652; ILR1953Bom242
FACTS The Jubilee Mills Limited (plaintiff) was a limited company who purchased cotton through the commission agency of Motabhai Gulabdas, a firm of commission agent in Surat. Out of the cotton thus purchased a quantity of 84 bales was to be consigned by mil from Kosamba railway station. Ono Chhatubhai Chaturbhai acted as the representative of Motabhai Gulabdas, and on 2nd April 1045, he approached the station master at Kosamba for the consignment of these bales. The station master at Kosamba asked Chhotubhai Chaturbhai to bring the bales within the station yard, and accordingly Chhotubhai Chaturbhai got the 84 bales weighed in the ginning factory of Motiram Raghavji and brought them within the station yard at about 10 a. m. on 3rd April 1945, and deposited them on the down platform at the instance of the station muster. Chhotubhai Chaturbhai also made an entry in the indent book asking for wagon or wagons to be allotted to him for the purpose of the consignment of these bales and he a...
Ramlaxmi Ranchhodlal Vs. the Bank of Baroda Ltd.
Court: Mumbai
Decided on: Feb-01-1952
Reported in: AIR1953Bom50; (1952)54BOMLR667; ILR1953Bom339
FACTS One Chunilal Jamnadas and his five sons, Vadilal, Jesangbhai, Dahyabhai, Ranchhodlal and Achratlal, were members of a joint and undivided Hindu family. The family had descended from one Govardhandas. Govardhandas had two sons Maniklal and Laldas. Laldas died with-out leaving any issue surviving. Maniklal had two sons Jamnadas and Bolakhi. Bolakhi also died without leaving any issue surviving. The joint family owned considerable moveable and immoveable properties of, the aggregate value of over Rs. 6,00,000. The title deeds in respect of some of these immoveable properties were in the name of Laldas Govardhandas as also in the name of Bo akhi Maniklal. Chunilal Jamnadas was at all relevant times the father and the manager of the joint Hindu family consisting of himself and his five sons. An ancestral business in money-lending and jewellery was carried on in the name of Maniklal Govardhandas. The family had also float-ed a limited company in the name of the Hindustan Oil Mills Comp...
Pallonji N. Metha Vs. State and anr.
Court: Mumbai
Decided on: Feb-01-1952
Reported in: AIR1952Bom421; (1952)54BOMLR428; ILR1953Bom36
ORDER[1] This is an application in revision against the order of conviction and sentence passed by the learned Presidency Magistrate, first Additional Court, Victoria Terminus, Bombay.[2] In this case, I have had the advantage of a very able judgment by the learned Presidency Magistrate, and also of the very able arguments at the bar, both by Mr. Kripalani and by Mr. Khandalawalla.[3] The facts in this case are not in dispute, and they are as follows. The accused travelled between Dadar and Byculla on 5-7-1951. He had a season ticket, and when his ticket was checked, he showed this ticket. This season ticket was not signed by him, and his age was not mentioned on it. He was thereupon asked to pay the travelling charges from Dadar to Victoria Terminus. These charges amounted to Re. 1-12-0. The accused refused to pay the charges. Thereupon a case was filed by the railway company before the Presidency Magistrate to recover the fine, and the learned Presidency Magistrate convicted the accu...
- ‹ Prev
- 1
- Next ›