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Tanajirao Martinrao Kadambande Vs. H.J. Chinoy

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1969)71BOMLR732

holding an Inquest into the death of the deceased Roma Kadambande in accordance with the provisions of the Coroners Act, 1871 (Act No. IV of 1871) and at the said Inquest the police or the State of Maharashtra (respondent … so recorded to the jury and the jury was required to consider and deliver its verdict and that Section 23 required the Coroner to draw up an inquisition according to the findings of the jury. According to Mr.

Bhagwant Singh Vs. Commissioner of Police, Delhi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973 - Sections 173(2), 174 and 175 ; Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 302, 306 and 309; Dowry Prohibition Act - Sections 4

Reported in : AIR1983SC826; 1983CriLJ1081; 1983(2)Crimes480(SC); 1983(1)SCALE611; (1983)3SCC344; [1983]3SCR109

cases.20. Another suggestion which has found favour with us is the need to extend the application of the Coroners' Act, 1871 to other cities besides those where it operates already. The application of the Coroners' Act will make possible … little consolation that, according to the entry C.D. No. 7 dated September 23, 1980 the Deputy Commissioner of Police wrote a reminder ta the Director, … had attempted to commit suicide. He registered the case as F.I.R. No. 507 dated August 9, 1980 under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code and commenced investigation. At 8. 15 P.M. on the same day Gurinder

Emperor Vs. Kazi Dawood Kazi

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1926)28BOMLR79

death of the person into which the Coroner is holding an inquiry. Under Section 17 of the Coroner's Act, 1871, as amended up to date, any person disobeying the summons of the Coroner to appear before him shall … made clear by Mr. Justice Candy in Empress v. Durant I.L.R. (1898) 23 Bom. 213 . In that case Durant, a European subject, was charged … the statement on oath of the accused Kazi Dawood Kazi made before the witness, Mr. B.N. Athavle, as Coroner, at the inquest held by him on the body of Rahimatbi, wife of the accused.2. Mr. Velinker for

In Re: Ramaswami Reddiar and anr.

Court : Chennai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 164, 176, 176(1), 364 and 533(1); Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 21

Reported in : AIR1953Mad138; (1952)2MLJ814

Act IV of 1871, applicable only to Calcutta and Bombay, recorded a confession under Section 19 of the Coroners Act without observing the formalities laid down in Section 164 Crl. P. C. and some High Court circulars. In … birds of prey. Ex. P. 10 reached the Perambalur police station 15 miles away at 4 p.m. on 23-5-51. Another report Ex. P. 13 by the village Magistrate of Paravoi P. W. 14, who inspected the scene

Briscoe Vs. Lahue

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

the proposed exception are not clear. Similar considerations would presumably apply to other government officials and experts, including coroners, medical examiners, psychiatric experts, and social workers. [ Footnote 28 ] See Butz v. Economou, 438 U. S. … Petitioners point to a number of references throughout the debates on the 1871 Act to widespread perjury by Ku Klux Klan witnesses in state criminal … the Southern States. Cong.Globe, 42d Cong., 1st Sess., 236, 244 (1871). During the debates, supporters of the … duties in judicial proceedings. When a police officer appears as a witness, he may reasonably be viewed as acting like any witness sworn to tell the truth, in which event he can make a strong claim to … governmental or otherwise -- who were integral parts of the judicial process. Section 1983 does not authorize a damages claim against private witnesses. Similarly, judges,

Owen Vs. City of Independence

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

681 . Damages actions against municipalities for federal statutory violations were also entertained. See, e.g., 69 U. S. Coroner, 2 Wall. 501 (1865); Corporation of New York v. Ransom, 23 How. 487 (1860); Bliss v. Brooklyn, 3 … surrounding the passage of § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 17 Stat. 13 -- the forerunner of § 1983 -- confirm the … turned over to the prosecutor for presentation to the grand jury and that the City Manager take appropriate action against the persons involved in the wrongful activities brought out in the investigative reports, the City Manager discharged … his employment as Chief of Police was "[t]erminated under the provisions of Section 3.3(1) of the City Charter." [ Footnote 7 ] Petitioner's earlier demand

Atlantic and Pacific R. Co. Vs. Mingus

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

to fix the rights of the government, and to authorize reentry in case of breach of condition. The Act of April 20, 1871, c. 33, 17 Stat. 19, did not alter, amend or repeal the Act of … government the benefit of the doubt. Dubuque & Pacific Railroad v. Litchfield, 23 How. 66, 64 U. S. 88 ; Leavenworth, Lawrence &c.; Railroad v. … the land. Blackstone defines an inquest of office as "an inquiry made by the king's officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheator, virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, … to show that the land in controversy was part of an odd-numbered section of public lands within the primary limits of the grant, and was

Legal Remembrancer Vs. Matilal Ghose and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1914)ILR41Cal173

they are all and every of them hereby appointed to be Justices and Conservators of the Peace and Coroners, within and throughout the said provinces, districts and countries of Bengal, Behar, Orissa and every part thereof; and … late service on him of the notice of motion, and it was stated before us that he was actually in a position to deny the allegation. The materials, therefore, necessary to fasten responsibility on him were wholly … Girindra Mohan Das and 43 others had been guilty of offences under Section 121A of the Indian Penal Code. The Magistrate, Mr. Nelson, examined the … the language of Blackburn J., in Skipworth's Case (1873) L.R. 9. Q.B. 230, 232, or in some manner dissuaded, hindered or prevented from giving evidence.67.

United States Vs. Rodgers

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

Michigan, was secured by treaties between the two countries in 1854 and 1871. 10 Stat. 1091; 17 Stat. 872. See also Act July 26, 1892, … from passing over it." Vattel, lib. 1, c. 23, § 280. "No nation therefore has the right … body of a county, and therefore within the jurisdiction of the Page 150 U. S. 254 sheriff or coroner. That part of the sea which lies not within the body of a county is called the 'main … test of tidewater prevailing in England as inapplicable to our country, with its vast extent of inland waters. Acting upon like considerations in the application of the term "high seas" to the waters of the Great Lakes, … connecting stream. The courts of the United States have jurisdiction, under that section of the Revised Statutes, to try a person for an assault with

Pulliam Vs. Allen

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : MRTP

and declaratory relief under § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and from fee awards made under … for costs to petitioner within 10 days. App. 23. Petitioner did not appeal this order. Respondents submitted … county court, an inferior court of record; reliance placed on precedent extending immunity to the court of a coroner and to a courtmartial, an inferior court and a court not of record); Haggard v. Pelicer Freres [1892] … and when respondents were unable to meet the bail, petitioner committed them to jail. Subsequently, respondents brought an action against petitioner in Federal District Court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that petitioner's practice of imposing bail … for alleged violations of Va.Code § 18.2-388 (1982), being drunk in public. Section 18.2-388 is a Class 4 misdemeanor for which the maximum penalty is