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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 … fact was known to all the opponents who figure in these applications. 4. Immediately after the occurrence of the above-mentioned incident, the opponents, says that

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 … that the Inquest proceedings before respondent No. 1 were governed by the Indian Evidence Act and that under Section 137 of the said Act an adverse party alone had the right to cross-examine and therefore respondent No. … of such matter.In The Queen v. Venkatachalam Pillai (1864) 2 Mad. H.C.R. 43 Scotland C. J. accepted the above definition of 'judicial proceeding' given by

Shriprakash Shivram Potdar Vs. the State

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Corner's Act, 1871 - Sections 29

Reported in : AIR1962Bom252; (1962)64BOMLR339; ILR1962Bom409

1871), Section 29 - Whether High Court con quash on inquisition--Such power whether circumscribed.;Under Section 29 of the Coroners Act, 1871, the High Court has the power to quash an inquisition, but the power should only be exercised in … would shock the conscience of the public. A child aged 2 fell down from an apartment on the 4th floor or a building situated on Netaji Subash Road. The tragedy occurred on the 14th of October, 1961,

Emperor Vs. Jogeshwar Passi

Court : Kolkata

Subject : Commercial

Reported in : (1904)ILR31Cal1

Indian Penal Code after the Coroner of Calcutta has drawn up an, inquisition under Section 24 of the Coroners' Act, IV of 1871, bound down the witnesses under Section 25 of that Act and committed the accused to … Banerji and Handley, JJ.1. This is a reference under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the Presidency Magistrate of the Northern Division of Calcutta in which

Emperor Vs. Raghoo Ganpat

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1926)28BOMLR775; 97Ind.Cas.27

with the safeguard that the accused is present and has opportunity to cross-examine.3. Under Section 8 of the Coroners Act IV of 1871, the Coroner's enquiry is a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Section 193 of the … safeguard that the accused is present and has opportunity to cross-examine.3. Under Section 8 of the Coroners Act IV of 1871, the Coroner's enquiry is a judicial proceeding within the meaning of Section 193 of the Indian

Emperor Vs. Azimkhan Zainkhan

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1928)30BOMLR84; 110Ind.Cas.107

is admissible in evidence. In view of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 20 of the Coroners' Act (IV of 1871 as subsequently amended) the statement appears to me to be admissible. There is no question

Emperor Vs. Bhagwandas Bisesar

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1941Bom50; (1940)42BOMLR938

making a statement, which was recorded by the Coroner who warned the suspect under Section 19(2) of the Coroners Act, 1871, that he was not bound to make any statement, and that if he made any incriminating statement it … of a Magistrate, shall be proved as against such person. Under Section 19(3) of the Coroners Act, Act IV of 1871 as amended by the Bombay Act, Act XIII of 1930, it is provided that, for the

In Re: Umar Sobani

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1927Bom163; (1927)29BOMLR196

justify our interference.18. I, therefore, agree with the order proposed, by my learned brother. Coroner's Act (IV of 1871), Section 29-Coroner-Inquisition-Verdict of jury-Coroner not agreeing with the verdict-Reference to the High Court-Application to High Court by a party … they are, all and every of them, hereby appointed to be Justices and Conservators of the Peace, and Coroners, within and throughout the Settlement of Bombay, and the Town and Island of Bombay, and the Limits thereof,... … the present case like the case of The Queen v. Carter, (1876) 45 L.J.Q.B. 711 where evidence as to how poison was administered was excluded,

The Government of Bombay Vs. Dashrath Ramnivas

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : AIR1945Bom265; (1945)47BOMLR145

Bombay in taking down a, statement made by an accused in inquest proceedings, under Section 19 of the Coroners Act, 1871, is not bound to observe the formalities prescribed by Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, or

Emperor Vs. Mahomed Hasan Ghanchi

Court : Mumbai

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1928)30BOMLR86

Taraporewala in Emperor v. Kazi Dawood (1925) 28 Bom. L.R. 79. He contends that Section 19 of the Coroners' Act of 1871 makes it clear that the accused should not be examined on oath, as if he were