Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : AIR1965AP457
Venkatesam, J.(1) This appeal is directed against the judgment of the learned Subordinate Judge, Anantapur, in O. S. No. 8 of 1958. The facts necessary for the determination of the questions arising in this case are as follows : - The plaintiff J. Kuppanna Chetty, Ambati Ramayya Chetty and Company of Kadiri, is a firm carrying on business as groundnut and mundy merchants. They took on lease a groundnut decorticating factory at Kadiri, known by the name of Vittal Seshappa Chetty Sons, Groundnut Factory. The factory was under the management of one of the partners, Kuppanna Chetty. Vittan Subbayya Chetty, son of Seshayya Chetty was in arrears of Income-tax relating to the year 1951-52 and 1952-53 to the extent of Rs. 20,921-10-0 and Rs. 9,035-4-0, respectively. The Income-tax Officer issued a certificate under S. 46 (2) of the Income-tax Act, 1922, to the Collector of Bellary for realisation of the said arrears. The Tahsildar, Kadiri, was directed by the Collector to attach the said facto...
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Reported in : AIR1963AP314; 1963CriLJ121
Krishna Rao J. 1. Twenty eight accused persons were tried by the Sessions Judge, Hyderabad and Secunderabad, on a charge under Section 400, I. P. C. The charge was that in June, 1953, they belonged to a gang of persons associated for the purpose of habitually committing dacoity and committed dacoities, from July, 1953 to October, 1954, in the districts of Medak, Hyderabad, Mahboobnagar, Karimnagar and Raichur. The learned Sessions Judge acquitted accused 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 22, 25, 26 and 28 and convicted the remaining 18 accused either under Section 400, or under Section 395 I. P. C. He convicted accused 1, 2, 6, 14, 19, 21, 23, 24, and 27 under Section 400 Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to imprisonment for life. Accused 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 18 were convicted under Section 395 I. P. C. and awarded rigorous imprisonment for seven years and fines of Rs. 50/- each. The 18 convicted accused have each preferred a separate appeal.2. The case for the prosecution is briefly ...
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Reported in : 2003(5)ALD654; 2003(6)ALT1
Devinder Gupta, C.J. 1. These writ appeals are being disposed of by a common order since they are directed against the order of the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 8558 of 2001 dated 16.7.2002 setting aside the order dated 5.3.2001 passed by the Joint Collector, R.R. District, Hyderabad purported to be in exercise of his revisional powers under Section 9 of Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971. By this order, the Joint Collector quashed the order of the Mandal Revenue Officer, Keesara Mandal, Rangareddy District dated 18.12.1991 in respect of lands bearing S.Nos. 159 (1-33), 162 (14-12), 163 (1-29), 164(6-36), 165(11-34) and 166(4-30) in File No. ROR/1795/91 and S.Nos. 161(14-18), 167(10-18) and 168 (14-34) in file No. ROR/1807/91 situated at Kapra Village. The Mandal Revenue Officer was directed to restore the entries in the revenue records in respect of the said lands and to take further necessary action for updating the entries as per the law in ...
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Reported in : AIR1992AP19; 1991(3)ALT173
ORDERM.N. Rao, J.1. As all the writ petitions are interconnected, they are disposed of by this common judgment.2. By these writ petitions the constitutionality of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act 10 of 1971 and Rule 22(C) issued in G.O.Ms. No. 220, Food and Agriculture, dated 20th March, 1991 and Rule 22(A)(3)(a) issued in G.O.Ms. No. 224, Food and Agriculture, dated 20th March, 1991, are challenged.3. In the year 1987 elections were held to the Managing Committees of the Co-operative Societies in the State. The term of office of the managing committees at that time was five years. By an Ordinance issued on 30th June, 1990, the term of the managing committees was reduced to three years, as a consequence of which, almost all the managing committees ceased to exist. In order to fill the void, the Government issued various orders appointing Officers as persons-in-charge. Challenging the same, a batch of writ petitions, W.Ps. Nos. 8783 of 1990 and batch, was filed ...
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Reported in : AIR1976AP39
Kondaiah, J. 1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal by the appellant Insurance Company is directed against the award passed by the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (District Judge, West Godavari, Eluru) in Original Petition No. 110 of 1968 directing the appellant as well as the owner and the driver of the motor vehicle to pay a sum of Rs.22,000/- to the petitioner-claimants towards compensation for the death of one Visweswara Rao.2. The material facts leading to this appeal may briefly be stated. At about 2.30 P.M. on 25-8-1968 on A. Visweswara Rao accompanied by his wife Vijayalakshmi, and his brother Rajagopala Rao, was travelling in the Jatka of Somireddy from Maruteru to Penugondas. When they just came near Maruternu a lorry bearing No. A.P.K. 7269 belonging to one K. Subbarao and driven by Md. Afuzza dashed against the Jatka as a result of which the said Visweswara Rao received a serious head injury and died at about 7.30 p.m. on the same day in the Government Hospital, Tanuku. The afo...
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Reported in : 1991(3)ALT16
Neeladri Rao, J.1. As similar points are involved, all these writ petitions are heard together. The petitioner in W.P.No. 11868/89 was elected as the President of Mandal Praja Parishad (for short M.P.P.), Sangareddy, while the other petitioners were elected as Sarpanches of various Gram Panchayats. Election Petitions were filed challenging the elections of these petitioners. While the petitioner in W.P.No. 11868/89 is a workman in B.H.E.L., the petitioners in the other writ petitions are workmen in Singareni Collieries. The election of the petitioner in W.P.No. 11868/89 was challenged inter alia on the ground that he was disqualified, being an employee of B.H.E.L., a public sector undertaking, for being elected as the President of M.P.P. The Election Tribunal set aside the election of the above petitioner by accepting the contention of the election petitioner that his nomination was wrongly accepted as he was disqualified from contesting to the post of president of M.P.P. The election ...
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Reported in : AIR2006AP182; 2006(2)ALT1
ORDERL. Narasimha Reddy, J.1. The Petitioner filed O.S.No.20 of 2000 in the Court of the learned Senior Civil judge, at Bodhan, against the respondent, for the relief of partition and separate possession of the suit schedule properties. She pleaded that she is the daughter of the respondent. In his written-statement, the respondent disputed the very relationship, apart from denying the other allegations, made by the petitioner. The trial Court framed an independent issue, touching upon the relationship. The petitioner filed I.A.No.233 of 2005 for reframing of the said issue. The application was resisted by the respondent. Through order dt.5-10-2005, the learned Senior Civil Judge dismissed the application. Hence, this revision2. Sri Balraj Bodhankar, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the issue, which was framed by the trial Court, is in such a form, that it would require the petitioner herein to prove the negative. He contends that since the denial, which gave rise to the...
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