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State of Tamil Nadu and anr. Vs. P. Krishnamurthy and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : EnvironmentCivil

Acts : Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 - Sections 4, 4A, 4A(1), 4A(2), 4A(3), 15, 17, 17A and 24A; Madras River Conservancy Act, 1884; Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Act, 1986; Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959 - Rules 1(3), 2(6), 8, 8A, 8C, 8(8), 8(11), 15, 36(1), 36(5) and 38A; Constitution of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC1622; JT2006(4)SC167; (2006)3MLJ313(SC); 2006(3)SCALE460; (2006)4SCC517

15 provides for absolute prohibition or regulation of quarrying or removal of sand from riverbeds to which Madras River Conservancy Act, 1884 has been extended and for regulating the quarrying or removal of sand from beds of river in charge … quarry leases, mining leases or other mineral concessions in respect of minor minerals and for purposes connected therewith. Section 17 deals with the special power of the Central Government to undertake prospecting or mining operations in certain lands.

Alluri Narayana Murthy Raju Vs. Dist. Collector and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : Contract

Acts : Contract Act, 1872 - Sections 32 and 56; Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Rivers Conservancy Act, 1884; Interest Act, 1978 - Sections 3 and 3(1); Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) - Sections 144; Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Auction of Sand in the Water Courses Vesting in Gram Panchayat) Rules, 2000 - Rules 5, 7, 8, 11 to 18, 19 and 26

Reported in : AIR2008AP264; 2008(6)ALD103

respondent No. 2 on 23.12.2000 calling for tenders for auctioning the right to quarry the sand in Gostani river in Maddi Gram Panchayat, Padmanabham Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, the petitioner made his application by paying necessary E.M.D. Respondent … of the auction or is lifting the sand against the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Rivers Conservancy Act, 1884.18. Sections 32 and 56 of the Act, which are very material for the present purpose, read as … Inspector of Police, Bheemunipatnam, respondent No. 5 initiated proceedings dated 24.12.2001 under Section 144, Cr.P.C. Despite the said measures, the villagers did not permit the … been disputed. It is averred by him that in his letter dated 17.3.2008 addressed by the Circle Inspector of Police, Bheemunipatnam, he mentioned that the

The State of Madras Represented by the Collector of East Godavari at K ...

Court : Chennai

Subject : PropertyCivil

Acts : Madras River Conservancy Act, 1884 - Sections 16 and 25; Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Sections 80 - Order 1, Rule 10; Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Sections 117

Reported in : AIR1952Mad510; (1951)IMLJ454

given two months time to pay the costs. Civil - compensation - Sections 16 and 25 of Madras River Conservancy Act, 1884, Section 117 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 and Section 80 and Order 1 Rule 10 of Code of … be re-formed 'in situ' owing to the river receding & so, the first two plffs. leased out the 17 acres 90 cents of the suit lands thus reformed to the third plff. on a rental of Rs.

Hynes Vs. Grimes Packing Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

Indians or Eskimos by section 8 of the Act of May 17, 1884 (23 Stat. 26), or by section 14 or section 15 of the … 337 U. S. 94 spoken of in Order No. 128, establishing the reservation is situated on the Karluk River, long recognized as one of the most important salmon spawning streams of Alaska. The natives live at its … P. 337 U. S. 118 . (b) The White Act, the purpose of which was to protect and conserve the fisheries of Alaska on a nonmonopolistic basis, Page 337 U. S. 88 authorizes the establishment of preserves

The Secretary of State for India in Council Vs. Sri Rajah Bommadevara ...

Court : Chennai

Subject : Civil

Reported in : 58Ind.Cas.689

year, the villages have been held on ordinary ryotwary, tenure.19. In 1894 operations were begun under the Rivers Conservancy Act (Mad. Act VI of 1884) with the object of confining the course of the river Kistna within defined … land really belonged to B is removed. (The Limitation Act relieves against ignorance only in case s under sections 5, 14 and 18). It has been held that even ignorance of his dispossession will not save the … belonged to Devarakota village which became a separate village about the year 1753. Some explanation is necessary as to what the 'treading' of the boundary

Wyoming Vs. Colorado

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

determining this controversy, in which Wyoming seeks to prevent diversion of water from the headwaters of the Laramie River in Colorado for use in irrigating Colorado lands, to the detriment of prior irrigation appropriations made from the … Page 259 U. S. 473 of flow such as extreme flow of 1884 would be impractical to the extent that it exceeded the ordinary high … appropriation lays upon each state a duty to exercise her right reasonably and in a manner calculated to conserve the common supply. P. 259 U. S. 484 . 10. The evidence establishes: (a) The average yearly flow … part in Wyoming. When this suit was brought, the two corporate defendants, acting under the authority and permission of Colorado, were proceeding to divert in … 262, § 9, 14 Stat. 251, contained a section providing: "Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to … in each of four years and less than 175,000 acre-feet in each of five years. Both states

State of Andhra Pradesh Vs. Koneru Suryanarayana and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : CivilProperty

Acts : Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Order 41, Rule 1; Madras Rivers Conservancy Act, 1884 - Sections 3, 7, 11, 12 and 13

Reported in : AIR1963AP94

claiming the accretions as theirs, though in that case the nanal grass was planted by the Government for river conservancy. I do not know whether this case is strictly in point, for the reason that it was found … of the Government, and, is therefore, in contravention of Sections 11, 12 and 13 of the Madras Rivers Conservancy Act (Act VI of 1884). Accordingly it is contended that the planting of nanal grass constitutes an illegal operation, … the reformation in situ. These formations of accretions are dealt with in Section 4 of the Bengal Regulation XI of 1825. We are in this … portions of R. S. Nos. 4 and 5 of an extent of 17-33 acres were submerged under water, and the same not having been relinquished

Srimanthu Rajah Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad Bhadur Zamindar Vs. State o ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : Property

Acts : Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 114; Constitution of India - Article 226; Easements Act, 1882 - Sections 15

Reported in : AIR1973AP281

of Newill in 1854, or the fact that the Government carried on conservation of rivers according to the river conservancy, 1884 and handed over the lanka lands back to the petitioner it would not make out his case … 9. The petitioner gave up his claim for items 1, 12, 14, 17 to 56. The Tribunal remanded the case. After remand the Assistant Settlement … been given by the tribunal against the petitioner.2. The estate of Devarakota was notified under the Estates Abolition Act and taken over by the State Government on 7-9-1949. The petitioner, who is a landholder, applied for the … petitioner, who is a landholder, applied for the grant of patta under Section 12(a) of the act in respect of several items of lanka lands

Arizona Vs. California

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

1931 283 U.S. 423 Syllabus 1. The United States has power to construct a dam across a navigable river for the purpose of improving navigation, and need not first obtain approval of its plans by the state … specified purpose of regulating the flow and preventing floods in this interstate river; or as a means of conserving and apportioning its waters among the states equitably entitled thereto, or for the purpose of performing international obligations. … Arizona, (1930), vol. i, pp. 216-36. By the Act of July 5, 1884, c. 229, 23 Stat. 133, 144, Congress appropriated $25,000 for the improvement … it. P. 283 U. S. 454 . 5. The Boulder Canyon Project Act, December 21, 1928, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior at the expense … her legal right to appropriate water. Id. (3) Section 18 of the Act declares that nothing in … of August 19, 1921, c. 72, 42 Stat. 171. On November 24, 1922, these commissioners and the

iowa Mut. Ins. Co. Vs. Laplante

Court : US Supreme Court

Subject : Land Acquisition

as a jurisdictional prerequisite. In this respect, the rule is analogous to principles of abstention articulated in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, 424 U. S. 800 (1976): even where there is concurrent jurisdiction in … jurisdictional prerequisite. In this respect, the rule is analogous to principles of abstention articulated in Colorado River Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, 424 U. S. 800 (1976): even where there is concurrent jurisdiction in both the … on reservation lands presumptively lies in tribal courts. Pp. 480 U. S. 17 -18. (d) Petitioner's contention that local bias and incompetence on the part … Without seeking review by the Tribal Court of Appeals, petitioner brought an action in Federal District Court, alleging diversity of citizenship as the basis for