Advanced Search Results

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of 1889.Abolished office of Coroner of Madras, by omitting "Madras" in Coroners Act IV of 1871.Section 4-2 clauses :(1)repealed Cl.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

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 … Pp. 445 U. S. 650 -656. 589 F.2d 335, reversed. Page 445 U. S. 624 BRENNAN, J.,

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 … 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

Chicago Vs. Morales

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

Department of the City of New York, Rule 414 (emphasis added). See also J. Crocker, Duties of Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables § 48, p. 33 (2d ed. rev. 1871) ("Sheriffs are, ex officio, conservators of the peace … ordinance's loitering definition-"to remain in anyone place with no apparent purpose"-as giving officers absolute discretion to determine what activities constitute loitering. See id., at 359. This Court has no authority to construe the language of a state … does not promptly obey such an order is in violation of this section. "(b) It shall be an affirmative defense to an alleged violation of

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

State of Nagaland Vs. Ratan Singh, Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908 - Order 9, Rule 8 - Order 17, Rule 3

Reported in : AIR1967SC212; 1967CriLJ265; [1966]3SCR830

IndAp 178 which held that both the powers existed. On October 14, 1871 acting under s. 9 of the Act of 1869 the Lt. Governor … of State in Council declared the provisions of 33 Vict. Ch. 3 (section 1) to be applicable. … difference the Rules in other respects remained the same. 20. Assam underwent yet another change. At the Imperial Coronation Darbar held in Delhi in December, 1911, the King announced a new distribution of territory. Bihar and Orissa … briefly stated, they were : that the Rules of 1937 were void ab initio because the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 under which the Governor purported to make them did not give him any authority to make them; … investigating the report, arrested 44 persons and charged them with offences under Sections 302/109/34 and 201, Indian Penal Code. Some other members of the C.R.P.

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 … request of Plaintiffs for attorney's fees." Id. at 33. The court found the fees figure reasonable, and … 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

State Vs. Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 75(2), 93 and 307; Constitution of India - Articles 72, 161 and 361; Navy Act, 1957 - Sections 3(12), 53(16), 81(1), 82(10), 89(3), 122, 123, and 146; Supreme Court Rules - Order 21, Rule 5

Reported in : (1960)62BOMLR383; 1960CriLJ1558

after, forgiveth any crime, offence, punishment, execution, right, title, debt or duty, temporal or ecclesiastcal. And the King's coronation oath is, 'that he will cause justice to be executed in mercy'.'The sovereign also enjoys the power to … not been executed for good and valid reasons. For this purpose it is necessary to decide whether the action takoen by the Governor is within the law. We therefore informed the Advicate General and the other counsel … Reference No. 159 of 1959, which was made to this Court under Section 307 Cr. P. C. by the Sessions Judge, Greater Bombay, a Division … v. T. L. Shevde, ILR 1952 Nag 409 : AIR 1952 Nag 330 it was observed:'We connot accede to the contention that because HisExcellency the