Chennai Court February 1960 Judgments
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E.K. Raghava Reddiar Vs. the Collector of Madras
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-02-1960
Reported in: AIR1961Mad33; (1960)IIMLJ266
1. This is an appeal against the judgment of Balakrishna Aiyar J. dismissing a petition filed by the appellant under Article 226 of the Constitution for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the Collector of Madras to make a reference to the court under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act in the matter of an award passed by him dated 25-3-1957. It is common ground that the Land Acquisition Officer who was the Collector made his Award under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act on 25-3-1957. The appellant was not present at the time when the award was passed either in person or by representative.On the same day the Land Acquisition Officer served a notice on the appellant purporting to be under Section 12(2) of the Act informing him that an award had been passed in respect of the lands of the appellant. On 11-5-1957 the appellant intimated to the Collector that he did not accept the award on the ground that the quantum of compensation was inadequate and required him to refer the...
In Re: Periaswami S/O Challamuthu thevar and ors.
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-02-1960
Reported in: 1960CriLJ1100
Anantanarayanan, J.1. This is a reference by the learned Sessions Judge of Ramanathapuram Division at Madurai convicting accused 1, 2, 3 and 4 in S. C. No. 118 of 1959 before him Under Section 302 IPC, and sentencing each of the accused to death. Originally, there were two other accused also in the case, and the charges included a charge Under Section 120-B, IPC read with Section 302 IPC against accused 1, 2, 5 and 6, and an alternative charge Under Section 302 IPC read with Section 109 IPC against accused 5 and 6. The learned Sessions Judge acquitted accused 5 and 6, and that matter is not before us.2. This prosecution related to the murder of one Dhinakara Thayer at about 5 p.m. on 13-5-1959, in consequence of certain greatly strained feelings and of enmity between the respective parties. The evidence very clearly shows that this enmity had a political complexion, and originated in a local struggle for power between the leaders of the Forward Bloc and the Congress in this locality. D...
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