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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of 1889.Abolished office of Coroner of Madras, by omitting "Madras" in Coroners Act IV of 1871.Section 4-2 clauses :(1)repealed Cl.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 … Act V of 1889. Sohoni'a Code of Criminal Procedure (12th Edn) page 398, under Section 176, has the following to say:Section not applicable to Madras

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 … U. S. The Corporation of Washington, 1 Black 39, 66 U. S. 50 -52 (1862); Providence v. … 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

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 … 21 Pick. 215; Jackson v. Crysler, 1 Johns.Cas. 125; Hosford v. Ballard, 39 N.Y. 147; Cruger v. McLaury, 41 N.Y. 219; Cornelius v. Ivins, 26 … 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 … mens rea requirement, see Colautti v. Franklin, 439 U. S. 379 , 395, and infringes on constitutionally protected rights, see id., at 391. Pp.51-56. 2.

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 … Rules of 1872. 10. The Rules of 1872, 39 in number, dealt with various topics but we … 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.

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 … interests of justice to mitigate its severity. Many laws such as Section 397 I. P. C. prescribe minimum sentences of imprisonment for certain offences. Experience