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The State of Bombay Vs. Shirish V. Pai and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Contempt of Court

Acts : Contempt of Courts Act, 1952 - Sections 3; Coroners Act, 1871 - Sections 8(2), 9(1), 9(2), 9(4), 13, 14, 14(4), 16, 19(1), 19(3), 20(2), 22, 24, 25, 26, 29 and 38; Prisoners' Act, 1900; Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 26; Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 - Sections 193; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 476 and 480

Reported in : AIR1959Bom6; (1958)60BOMLR822; 1959CriLJ30; ILR1958Bom847

raise an interesting point of law and the point raised is : Is the Coroner appointed under the Coroners Act, 1871 (Act No. IV of 1871), a Court within the meaning of the Contempt of Court Act, 1952 (Act … Courts established for the purpose of administration of justice throughout the Union. It is true that there are sections in the Coroners Act which speak of the Coroner as a Court or a Magistrate. Section 17, Sub-section … within the meaning of the Contempt of Court Act, 1952 (Act No. 32 1952)? The circumstances under which this point has arisen may be briefly

P. Rajangam, Sub-inspector of Police and ors. Vs. State of Madras and ...

Court : Chennai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 5, 156 to 173, 176 and 190; Constitution of India - Articles 14, 20, 20(3), 21, 22 and 226; Madras Revenue Enquiries Act, 1893 - Sections 2

Reported in : AIR1959Mad294; 1959CriLJ856

of East India Co., Act, 1793, 33 Geo. III, Ch. 52.Coroners appointed for Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.Coroners Act IV of 1871 Do amended by ActX of 1881. Applied to the three Presidency Towns.Criminal Procedure Codes.186118721882Section (1) … of Madras."Act V of 1889.Abolished office of Coroner of Madras, by omitting "Madras" in Coroners Act IV of 1871.Section 4-2 clauses :(1)repealed Cl. (e) of section 1 of Criminal Procedure Code 1882 (2)."Sections 174, 175 and 176 … P. Boy's (later Justice) Code of Criminal Procedure Volume II at page 320 it is pointed out "As to Madras, see Act V of 1889,

Ramlath Vs. Nasar and ors.

Court : Kerala

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Evidence Act - Sections 132; Coroners Act - Sections 19; Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Sections 34, 489B, 489C, 498B and 498C; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) - Sections 240, 319 and 342

Reported in : 2010CriLJ80; 2009(3)KLJ214

which was taken away by Section 32 of Act 2 of 1855. The effect of Section 19 of Coroners' Act (4 of 1871) and Section 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (old) came for consideration in Emperor v.

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 … 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, … Briscoe v. LaHue - 460 U.S. 325 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Briscoe v. LaHue, 460

Owen Vs. City of Independence

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

surrounding the passage of § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 17 Stat. 13 -- the forerunner of § 1983 -- confirm the … 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 … 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 … 448 451 (1869); Billings v. Worcester, 102 Mass. 329, 332-333 (1869); Squiers v. Village of Neenah, 24

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 … (1883) I.L.R. 10 Calc. 109 and Rex v. Davies [1906] 1 K.B. 32.19. To determine the High Court's jurisdiction in this matter involves an enquiry

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, … 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 … in 1833, in Peyroux v. Howard, 7 Pet. 324; in 1827, in The Orleans, 11 Pet. 175,