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May 04 1950 (SC)

Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay Vs. Ahmedbhai Umarbhai and Co., Bom ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : [1950]18ITR472(SC)

..... of the tribunal and held that the assessees contention was correct. the commissioner of income-tax has come in appeal from that decision. in the excess profits tax act, section 2(5) defines 'business' as follows :-'business includes any trade, commerce or manufacture or any adventure in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture.....provided further ..... the latter reframed for the purpose of bringing out clearly the real controversy between the parties, turns upon the applicability of the third proviso to section 5 of the excess profits tax act (act xv of 1940) to the facts of the present case. the facts are not in controversy and may be shortly stated as follows :-the ..... manufacturer his goods are sold or can they be said to accrue or arise at the place of manufacture ?the word 'business' has been defined by the act in section 2(5) as follows :-'business includes any trade, commerce or manufacture or any adventure in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture or any profession or vocation .....

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May 05 1950 (SC)

Dr. Babu Ram Saksena Vs. the State

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC155; 1950CriLJ1153; [1950]1SCR573

..... respect from the treaty between the tonk state and the british government and consequently, the terms of the treaty would override the statute as indicated in section 18 of the extradition act 20. the learned attorney-general, who appeared for the government of india, put forward a two-fold argument in reply to the contention of sir ..... treaty is entitled to prevail. 17. to appreciate the merits of this contention, it may be convenient to refer at this stage to a few sections of the indian extradition act of 1903 as well as to the material provisions of the extradition treaty between the tonk state and the british government which have a bearing upon ..... all the objections and dismissed that application for the release of the appellant. 4. on behalf of the appellant mr. alladi krishnaswami aiyar contended that section 7 of the act under which the warrant purports to have been issued had no application to the case and that the entire proceedings before the magistrate were illegal and without .....

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May 08 1950 (FN)

Powell Vs. United States Cartridge Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... present purposes, with that, in the powell case. the petitioners, 1,278 in number, were handlers, carriers, and processors of explosives, who claimed additional compensation under the fair labor standards act for approximately 35 minutes before, and 30 minutes after, their scheduled work in the plant. the respondent answered and moved for summary ..... was for transportation outside of the state and for use by the united states in the prosecution of war, but not for sale or exchange. section 3(b) of the act contains the following definition of "commerce": "(b) 'commerce' means trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several states or from ..... is intended to accomplish is to protect ultimate consumers, other than producers, manufacturers, or processors of the goods in question from the 'hot goods' provision of section 15(a)(1). this seems clear from the language of the statute. . . . but congress clearly did not intend to permit an employer to avoid the .....

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May 09 1950 (SC)

Commissioner of Agricultural Income-tax, Bengal Vs. Sri Keshab Chandra ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC265; [1950]18ITR569(SC); [1950]1SCR435

..... that a signature by an agent would be permissible it could easily have defined the word 'sign' so as to include the signature by an agent. section 25(2) of the act requires that if the agricultural income-tax officer is not satisfied without requiring the presence of the person who made the return or the production of evidence ..... in their judgment dated the 16th september, 1948 answered the question in the affirmative. the commissioner thereupon applied to the high court for a certificate under section 64(2) of the act which having been granted the appeal has now come up before for final disposal. in this appeal we are only called upon to judge whether the answer ..... books and other necessary papers. it was also stated in the order sheet that if the assessee failed to comply with the order, assessment would be made under section 25(5) of the act. 7. on the 7th may, 1945, the assessee did not appear personally. his son jugal chandra mandal appeared with pleader babu hangsa gopal nandi. the son .....

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May 19 1950 (SC)

A.K. Gopalan Vs. the State of Madras

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC27; 1950CriLJ1383; (1950)IIMLJ42(SC); [1950]1SCR88

..... 'and' has been used. 250. in the fourth and last point raised by mr. nambiar the principal question for consideration is the validity of section 14 of the preventive detention act. sub-section (1) of section 14 prohibits any court from allowing any statement to be made or any evidence to be given before it of the substance of any communication made ..... of 1950 as above indicated are void and the decision of the detenu's case has to be made by keeping out of sight these two provisions in the act. if sections 12 and 14 are deleted from the impugned legislation, then the result is that the detention of the petitioner is not legal. the statute has not provided ..... of view of the law of preventive detention for reasons connected with supplies and services essential to the life of the community. this subject has been put under section 9 in act iv of 1950. suppose a tense situation arises and there is a danger of the railway system being sabotaged and it becomes necessary to pass detention orders .....

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May 19 1950 (SC)

Ashutosh Lahiry Vs. the State of Delhi and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1953SC451; (1950)IIMLJ555(SC)

..... a detention order dated 31-3-1950 was served on the petitioner.on the 3rd april the following grounds of detention were served on the petitioner under section 7 of the act:'you came to delhi on march 27, 1950 and held a press conference in which you gave a highly exaggerated and communal version of happenings in bengal ..... a writ of ashutosh lahiry who complains of illegal detention in the delhi jail in pursuance of an order of the district magistrate of delhi made under section 3 (2) of the preventive detention act.6. mr. chatterjee, appearing for the petitioner, has raised a two-fold ground in support of the petition. his contention, in the first place, ..... 1950, and on the same day an order was served upon the petitioner directing his detention under the preventive detention act.10. in the grounds of detention, which were served upon the petitioner under section 7, preventive detention act, it is stated as follows:'you came to delhi on march 27, 1950 and held a press conference in which .....

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May 26 1950 (SC)

The Bharat Bank Ltd., Delhi Vs. Employees of the Bharat Bank Ltd., Del ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC188; (1950)NULLLLJ921SC; (1950)ILLJ921SC; [1950]1SCR459

..... affects the question of their appealability. 39. rex. v. minister of health [1939] 2 k.b. 98 also supports this view. there by the housing act, 1925, by section 40 a local authority which had prepared an improvement scheme was required to present a petition to the minister praying that an order should be made confirming such scheme ..... which does not exercise some of the most important judicial functions of the state. 36. considerable stress was laid by mr. alladi on the provisions of sections 15 and 19 of the act. section 15 enacts as follows :- '(1) where an industrial dispute has been referred to a tribunal for adjudication, it shall hold its proceedings expeditiously and shall, ..... state their case. in rule 19 provision has been made for proceedings ex parte. rule 21 provides that in addition to the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 11 of the act, a tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the code of civil procedure when trying a suit, in .....

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May 26 1950 (SC)

Brij Bhushan and anr. Vs. the State of Delhi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC129; 1950CriLJ1525; 1951(0)KLT1(SC); (1950)IIMLJ431(SC); [1950]1SCR605

..... of the states and all local or other authorities within the territory of india or under the control of the government of india.' 23. i find that section 20 of the impugned act provides that the provincial government may by notification declare that the whole or any part of the province as may be specified in the notification is a ..... court or any matter which offends against decency or morality or which undermines the security of, or tends to overthrow, the state.' 8. it is contended that section 7(1)(c) of the act under which the impugned order has been made, can-not be saved by clause (2) of article 19 of the constitution, because it does not relate ..... interpreted in rex v. governor of worm-wood scrubs prison [1920] 2 k.b. 305. the headnote of this case runs as follows :- 'by section 1 of the defence of the realm (consolidation) act, 1914, power was given to his majesty in council 'during the continuance of the present war to issue regulations....for securing the public safety and the .....

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May 26 1950 (SC)

Romesh Thappar Vs. the State of Madras

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC124; 1950CriLJ1514; (1950)IIMLJ390(SC); [1950]1SCR594

..... clear that the order of the government of madras would be a violation of the petitioner's fundamental right under article 19(1)(a), unless section 9(1-a) of the impugned act under which it was made is saved by the reservations mentioned in clause (2) of article 19 which (omitting immaterial words regarding laws relating to ..... the petitioner to freedom of speech and expression conferred on him by article 19(1)(a) of the constitution and he challenges the validity of section 9(1-a) of the impugned act as being void under article 13(1) of the constitution by reason of its being inconsistent with his fundamental right aforesaid. 3. the advocate- ..... was published in the fort st. george gazette and the notification ran as follows :- 'in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(1-a) of the madras maintenance of public order, act, 1949 (madras act xxiii of 1949). his excellency the governor of madras, being satisfied that for the purpose of securing the public safety and the maintenance .....

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Jun 05 1950 (FN)

United States Vs. Gerlach Live Stock Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... initiated and perfected or which are in the state of being perfected under state laws. the bureau of reclamation has been required to do so by section 8 of the reclamation act of 1902 ever since the inception of the reclamation program administered by the bureau of reclamation. the bureau of reclamation has never proposed modification of ..... and on the contrary, the bureau of reclamation and the secretary of the interior have consistently, through the 42 years since the 1902 act, been zealous in maintaining compliance with section 8 of the 1902 act. they are proud of the historic fact that the reclamation program includes as one of its basic tenets that the irrigation development in ..... by the fifth amendment, are ones which the united states has agreed to pay for under 7 and 8 of the reclamation act. sections 7 and 8 contain no provision for the payment of interest. the act refers to state law to determine whether a water right exists, not to ascertain the measure of damages for the taking. [ .....

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