Justice Vivian Bose Archives

NRJ Series| Proposal with several parts must be accepted/rejected in its entirety; acceptance of one part will at best be counter-offer and not a contract [(1954) 2 SCC 728]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment on what constitutes as a contract, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | When SC remitted case of recovery of possession to Trial Court for rehearing as per general law, since customary law was only applicable to ryots of village [(1954) 2 SCC 699]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment on suit for recovery of possession, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series| Circumstances corroborating retracted confession must implicate accused; not necessary that it should be independently sufficient for corroboration [(1954) 2 SCC 231]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on corroboration of retracted confession, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | When SC commuted death sentence to transportation for life after finding High Court’s confirmation to be based on subjective feelings and not positive evidence [(1954) 2 SCC 227]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on commutation of sentence, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series| Spontaneous utterances by deceased, immediately after shooting, falls squarely within Section 6 illustrations (a) of Evidence Act; If believed, can be acted without corroboration [(1954) 2 SCC 214]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on Section 6 of Evidence Act, 1872, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | Corroboration for dying declaration cannot be provided by a person who himself cannot be relied on without corroboration [(1954) 2 SCC 208]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on corroboration for dying declaration, dating back to the year 1954.

Supreme Court's interference in concurrent findings of fact

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | SC normally does not interfere with concurrent findings of fact; phrases like “conscience of Court being satisfied” cannot convert question of fact into law [(1954) 1 SCC 688]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment on, Supreme Court’s interference in concurrent findings of fact, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | Mere proof of outstandings at one time not sufficient to establish if it is due to ancestral estate, or to person re-investing/dealing in ancestral estate income [(1954) 1 SCC 598]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on ancestral property, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | When SC dismissed plea of Math’s head to restrain State from enforcing provisions of Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 of it being unconstitutional [(1954) 1 SCC 483]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | Previous decisions operate as judicial precedents while interpreting exact same documents; not necessary to examine operation of res judicata [(1954) 1 SCC 347]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on judicial precedents and res judicata, dating back to the year 1954.

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

NRJ Series| Evidence of related eyewitness can be accepted without corroboration [(1953) 2 SCC 604]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on related eyewitness, dating back to the year 1953.