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Bholanath Amritlal Purohit Vs. State of Gujarat

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Media and CommunicationCriminal

Acts : Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 55 and 72; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1898 - Sections 4(1), 173 and 197;

Reported in : AIR1971SC194; 1971CriLJ258; (1970)2SCC414; [1971]1SCR817

fried and convicted by the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, 1st Court, Broach under Section 55 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (to be hereinafter referred to as the Act) and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one month and … not competent to take cognizance of the case against him as there was no complaint as required by Section 72 of the Act. The revision petition was admitted for hearing and notice issued to the respondent but when

Debananda Dora Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Orissa

Subject : Limitation

Acts : Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6 and 33; Limitation Act, 1908 - Schedule - Articles 30, 31, 65 and 120; Indian Railways Act - Sections 72

Reported in : AIR1965Ori118

of carrying mails, insured articles etc. perform governmental functions subject of course to the provisions of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898.8. The English law on the subject has been stated in Halsbury, III Edition, Volume 30, page 148 … Indian Railways Act, 1890. While passing that Act the Legislature took the special precaution of expressly saying in Section 72 (prior to the amendment of 1961) that the responsibility of the Railway was to certain conditions, that of

Alubhai Mujatbhai Vs. the State of Gujarat

Court : Gujarat

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : (1966)7GLR698

only contention made out by Mr. Shethna, the learned advocate for the appellant-accused is that having regard to Section 72 of the Indian Post Office Act read with the definition of the term 'complaint' Under Section 4(1)(h) of … 50/-, or, in default, rigorous imprisonment for 15 days for an offence under Section 53 of the Indian Post Office Act.2. The charge against the appellant-accused was that on or about 3rd of October 1963, while 'he was in … of the term 'complaint' Under Section 4(1)(h) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, the Court of the learned Magistrate was not justified in law to

Mohanan and ors. Vs. the Sub Inspector of Police and anr.

Court : Kerala

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Kerala Protection of River Banks and Regulations of Removal of Sand Act, 2001 - Sections 2, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 72; Railways Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966; Railway Protection Officers Act - Sections 8; Orissa (Schedule Area) Money Lenders Regulation, 1967; Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) , 1973 - Sections 2, 155(2), 173, 173(2), 195(1) and 482; Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Sections 211; Indian Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 55 and 72

Reported in : 2008CriLJ1709; 2008(1)KLJ445

v. State of Gujarat : 1971CriLJ258 , cognizance of an offence punishable under Section 55 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 was taken on a police report filed under Section 173 Cr.P.C. Under Section 72 of the said Act

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Ramji Lal and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Subject : Civil

Acts : Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6 and 30; Railways Act, 1890 - Sections 72 and 75

Reported in : AIR1965All184

delivery of consignment - Sections 72 and 75 of Railway Act, 1890 and Sections 6 and 30 of Post Office Act, 1898 - consignment containing ten harmonium - delivered to wrong person - there should be clear endorsement of person … the delivery of the consignment was never taken by it.4. The first two defendants pleaded the bar of Section 80 of the C. P. C, It was contended by the first defendant that the V. P. Cover

Punadipadu Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. Vs. D ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : ServiceTrusts and Societies

Acts : Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 - Sections 6, 9A, 9B, 9C, 12A, 13, 15A, 16, 17, 19, 21, 21A, 21AA, 23, 31(1), 32(3), 32(7), 34, 34A, 50, 51, 52, 53, 60, 62, 62(3), 64, 66, 70, 71, 73, 76 and 117; Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960; Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894 - Sections 1; Married Women's Protection Act, 1922 - Sections 2; Indian Railways Act, 1890 - Sections 72; Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 53; Nisi Rules

Reported in : 2009(6)ALT228

v. State 1954 All LJ 822 while interpreting the words 'wilfully detains' occurring in Section 53 of the Post Office Act, 1898 observed that the word 'wilful' has been used by the Legislature to mean only such detention which was … Council dealing with the scope of the phrase 'wilful neglect' occurring in a Railway risk note issued under Section 72 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 referred to the decisions in R. v. Downes 1875-1 QBD 25 and

Firm Gulab Singh Johri Mal Vs. Union of India (Uoi), New Delhi

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Subject : Civil

Acts : Post Office Act, 1898 - Sections 6; Post Office Rules, 1933 - Rules 35 and 72 to 83A

Reported in : AIR1958P& H174

take delivery, that there is no liability of the defendant in view of section 6 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898, and clauses 39 and 81 (2) of the Post and Telegraph Guide, and that the amount of damage … the plaintiff-firm in the beginning. 5. There is then Part IV pf the same Rules beginning with Rule 72 and ending with Rule 83-A in so far as it relates to insurance of postal articles having reference

Surajmani Srimali Vs. State of Orissa

Court : Orissa

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : 48(1979)CLT625; 1980CriLJ363

v. State of Gujarat 1970 SCC (Cri) 469, the accused was convicted under Section 55 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. Cognizance of the offence had been taken on a charge-sheet submitted by the police. The conviction was challenged … trial was illegal as the case was not proceeded on the basis of a complaint as required by Section 72 of the Indian Post Office Act. That section provides:No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under

Gnanaprakasam Barnabas Vs. State

Court : Kerala

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : 1953CriLJ1777

409 and 477A, Penal Code, and we hold that he has been rightly convicted under the said sections.4. Section 72 of the Post Office Act 6 of 1898 provides:No Court shall take cognisance of an offence-punishable under any … the appellant in this case under Sections 409 and 477A, Penal Code and Sections 53 and 55, Indian Post Office Act and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year under Section 409, Penal Code, six months under

P. Sankaran Pillai Vs. Emperor

Court : Chennai

Subject : Land Acquisition

Reported in : 118Ind.Cas.496

period of further imprisonment to three months. Post Office Act (VI of 1898), Sections 55, 72 - Prosecution under Section 55--Sanction of Director-General, whether condition … in putting it off for two months, from about the 29th April to about the 27th June.3. Under Section 72 of the Post Office Act sanction is required before a postal employee can be prosecuted for an offence … and a fine of Rs. 100 under Section 409, Indian Penal Code, read with Section 52 of the Post Office Act and on the charge of having fraudulently prepared the V.P. Register with which he was charged under Section