Chennai Court May 1948 Judgments
In Re: V. Venkataraman
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-25-1948
Reported in: AIR1948Mad100; 1949CriLJ792; (1948)2MLJ513
ORDERYahya Ali, J.1. In Crl. M.Ps. Nos. 883 and 916 of 1948 which were dismissed by me on 19th May, 1948, an application was made orally by the learned Counsel for the petitioners for leave to appeal to the Federal Court, and as it was then brought to my notice by the Public Prosecutor that it had recently been held by a Bench of this Court that an appeal did not lie against an order made under Section 491, Criminal Procedure Code. I posted the matter to be heard on the point to this date with regard to both these applications, In the meantime a written application has been made in Crl. M.P. No. 883 of 1948 for leave to appeal to the Federal Court against the order and judgment in that case.2. Under Section 3 (a) of the Federal Court (Enlargement of Jurisdiction) Act, 1947, which came into force on 5th January, 1948, it is provided that--an appeal shall lie to the Federal Court from any judgment to which this Act applies.In Section 2(b) the expression 'judgment to which this Act applie...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: R. Ramanathan
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-20-1948
Reported in: 1949CriLJ679; (1948)2MLJ634
ORDERYahya Ali, J.1. The petitioner R. Ramanathan was arrested under the Provisions of the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1947, on 1st April, 1948, at 6 A.M; in Royapettah. He was taken to the Royapettah Police Station and thence to the Madras Penitentiary where he was detained. The detention was under the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Madras, who on the same day intimated to the Government the fact of the issue of the order of detention along with the grounds for detention. The grounds were despatched by the Provincial Government to the Central Jail, Vellore, for service on the petitioner on 24th April, 1948. In the affidavit filed by a friend of the detenu it is stated that Ramanathan had been working as Joint Secretary of the Madras Provincial Trade Union Congress, and that for ten. years he was doing trade union work and as such was carrying on lawful activities connected with M.P.T.U.C. A further ground was taken in that affidavit that the order of detention was p...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: V. Venkataraman
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-19-1948
Reported in: 1949CriLJ748
ORDERYahya Ali, J.1. This is an application by V. Venkataraman, an advocate of this Court who has been working in the office of Messrs. Row and Reddy, advocates, Madras, under B. 491, Criminal P. 0., for his release from detention. The application is supported by an affidavit from Mr. V. G. Row, senior partner of the advocates' firm, and it is stated therein that the detenu was arrested at his residence at Thyagarayanagar at about 6 a.m. on 1st April 1948 and was now being detained in the Vellore Central Jail. It is also alleged in that affidavit that from his house he was first taken to the Saidapet police lock-up and kept there until 6 p.m. on 1st April and it was only at 6-30 p.m. on that day that he was removed to the Madras Penitentiary where he was detained until 8th April when he was transferred to the Vellore Sub jail When he was at the Saidapet police look-up it would appear that he asked for the arrest and search warrants to be shown to him, under whose authority he was arres...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: Venkataraman (Advocate)
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-19-1948
Reported in: (1948)2MLJ611
ORDERYahya Ali, J.1. This is an application by V. Venkataraman, an advocate of this Court who has been working in the office of Messrs. Row and Reddy, advocates, Madras, under Section 491, Criminal Procedure Code, for his release from detention. The application is supported by an affidavit from Mr. V.G. Row, senior partner of the advocates' firm, and it is stated therein that the detenu was arrested at his. residence at Thyagarayanagar at about 6 A.M., on the 1st April, 1948 and was now being detained in the Vellore Central Jail. It is also alleged in that affidavit that from his house he was first taken to the Saidapet police lock-up and kept there until 6 P.M., on 1st April, and it was only at 6-30 P.M., on that day that he was removed to the Madras Penitentiary where he was detained until 8th April, when. he was transferred to the Vellore Sub-Jail. When he was at the Saidapet police lock-up it would appear that he asked for the arrest and search warrants to be shown to him, under wh...
Tag this Judgment!In Re: Narahari Balaji Parkhi
Court: Chennai
Decided on: May-04-1948
Reported in: (1948)2MLJ594
ORDERYahya Ali, J.1. This is an application under Section 491, Criminal Procedure Code. The petitioner, Narahari Balaji Parkhi, belongs to the Central Provinces. He used to have some business connections with the firm at Vijayawada. He was arrested at 5-30 p.m. on 4th February, 1948, at Vijayawada railway station when he was leaving for Nagpur. An order of detention was actually passed against him on 5th February, 1948, by the District Magistrate of Kistna purporting to be under Section 15 of Act I of 1947. On the 6th February, 1948, the District Magistrate intimated to the Government the fact of the issue of the order of detention. The Provincial Government communicated to the detenu the following grounds of detention on the 7th April, 1948:He is a member of the R.S.S.S. an organisation which has been banned by this Government under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908, and he was holding the important post of Provincial Organiser in the Andhra Branch of this organisation.Then followe...
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