Historical Cases


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S.M PRANKUKMARI DASI AND ANOTHER V. ABINASH CHANDRA MOOKERJEE

Year - 1872

It appears to me that this is not a case in which I ought to order that the damages and costs, or the costs...

KUSTOOR MULL AND ANOTHER V. JOOKEERAM AND OTHERS

Year - 1873

There is a distinction between that case and the present. You have not served any of the defendants at their place of business...

BANK OF BENGAL V. NEWTON AND ANOTHER

Year - 1873

Macpherson, J., ordered the prohibitory order to be set aside, and the property attached thereunder to be released...

HOWARD BROTHERS, IN RE

Year - 1873

I consider that the word “reside” in s. 5 of the Insolvent Act, when applicable to the insolvency of traders...

ASFAR SHEIKH ACCUSED, V. THE KING-EMPEROR

Year - 1910

We are of opinion that there must be a retrial in this case we do not desire to say anything as regards the facts or the merits of the case...

E. D. SASSOON AND CO. V. RAMDUTT RAMKISSEN DAS

Year - 1922

This is an appeal from a decree of the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, in its Civil Appellate Jurisdiction...

THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY OF INDIA LIMITED V. ALBERT BONNAN AND BONNAN AND COMPANY

Year - 1924

Before the year 1901, the Company known as W. D. and H. O. Wills, Limited, had begun to manufacture a particular cigarettes...

BARENDRA PRASAD RAY V. ITO, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

Year - 1981

The Supreme Court in Barendra Prasad Ray v. Ito (7 April 1981) held that a firm of solicitors in Calcutta had a “business connection” with a non‑resident barrister and could be treated as his agents for the purpose of tax deduction at source under the Income‑tax Act. ...

USHA RATHORE & ORS. V. (GA NO. 2593 OF 2019)

Year - 2019

The Calcutta High Court in Usha Rathore & Ors. v. (GA No. 2593 of 2019) restored an appeal on 02 December 2019 and recorded that Rs. 5.50 lakh had been deposited in 1963 with M/s. Orr, Dignam & Co. as solicitors in connection with long‑running title litigation over the Tiretta Bazar property....