Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1966SC1746; 1966CriLJ1353; 1978(2)ELT323(SC); [1966]3SCR698
Wanchoo, J. 1. This is an appeal on a certificate granted by the Mysore High Court. Theappellant was prosecuted under section 167 (81) of the Sea Customs Act (No. 8of 1878) read with Section 9 of the Land Customs Act (No. 19 of 1924). Theappellant lives in a village which is close to Goa. The incident out of whichthe present appeal has arisen took place on November 27, 1960 when Goa was nota part of India but was Portuguese territory. The Deputy Superintendent ofCustoms, Goa, Frontier Division, Belgaum received information that contrabandgoods would be found in the house of the appellant. Consequently he raided thehouse in the company of three panchas. The appellant was not present in thehouse when the raid took place, but his mother and sister-in-law were there.After necessary formalities the house was searched and a big steel trunk, acane-box and another steel trunk were taken down from the loft in the kitchen.On opening, a belt, with four pouches stitched to it, was found in the big...
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Reported in : AIR1966SC1836
K. Subba Rao, J.1. This appeal mainly raises the question of the factum and validity of a family arrangement alleged to have been effected between the members of a joint Hindu family. The following genealogy will be useful to appreciate the contentions of the parties: MATURI PEDA VENKAIAH (d. 1928) ___________________________________|___________________________________ | | | Venkatramaiah (d. 16-1-52) Narasimha (R-I) Saramma _______________________________________ | | | Rama Rao (D-2) Serveswara Venkateswara Rao (D 3) Rao (D-4) ___________________________________ | | by 1st wife by 2nd wife Nagamma Venkatanarasamma (D-5) ____|_____________ || | |Satvavati Pullaiah | (d. 9-8-36) | ________________________________|______________________________________ | | | | | Venkateswara Pullaiah Nagaratnam Swarajalakshmi Venkamma Rao d 12-12-33 (P ltf.)Peda Venkaiah, Venkateswara Rao, Pulliah the son of Venkatramaiah by his first wife, and Venkatramaiah died in 1928, 1933, 1936 and 1952 respectivel...
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