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Sep 20 1960 (SC)

T. Cajee Vs. U. Jormanik Siem and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1961SC276; [1961(2)FLR304]; (1961)ILLJ652SC; [1961]1SCR750

..... but the constitution, by the first schedule in which the territories of the state of assam were defined, merged the khasi states into the state of assam, as that state was to consist of the territories which immediately before the commencement of the constitution were comprised in the province of assam, the khasi states and the assam tribal areas but excluding the territories specified in the schedule to the assam (alteration of boundaries) act, 1951. ..... the governor is also given power to make regulations for the peace and good government of any area and any regulation so made may repeal or amend any act of parliament or of the assam legislature or any existing laws which is for the time being applicable to such area. ..... it also provides that no act of parliament or of the assam legislature shall apply to any area unless the governor by public notification so directs and the governor in giving such direction with respect to any act may direct that the act shall in its application to the area or to any specified part there of have effect subject to such exceptions of modifications as he thinks fit. ..... in this connection, rules 28, 29 and 30 of the assam autonomous districts (constitution of district councils) rules, 1951, are relevant rule 28 vests the executive function of the district council in the executive committee. ..... 2(6) on 1951 called the assam autonomous districts (constitution of district councils) rules, 1951. .....

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Nov 29 1965 (SC)

Edwingson Bareh Vs. State of Assam and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1966SC1220; [1966]2SCR770

..... of assam was also altered and it now reads : 'the territories which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were comprised in the province of assam, the khasi states and the assam tribal areas, but excluding the territories specified in the schedule to the assam (alteration of boundaries) act, 1951'. ..... become part of, a partially excluded area; (b) direct the whole or any specified part of a partially excluded area shall cease to be a partially excluded area or a part of such an area; (c) alter, but only by way of rectification of boundaries, any excluded or partially excluded area; (d) on any alteration of the boundaries of a province, or the creation of a new province, declare any territory not previously included in any province to be, or to form part of, an excluded area or a partially excluded area, and ..... made under this sub-section shall be submitted forthwith to the governor-general and until assented to be him in his discretion shall have no effect, and the provisions of this part of this act with respect to the power of his majesty to disallow acts shall apply in relation to any such regulations assented to by the governor-general as they apply in relations to acts of a provincial ..... autonomous districts and in the autonomous regions can be gauged by a short survey of some of the other paragraphs of the schedule. ..... made any recommendations as such, but has merely contented himself with making a short note 'seen, thanks', has, in our opinion, no substance. .....

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Apr 08 1959 (HC)

Nirmal Bose Vs. Union of India (Uoi)

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1959Cal506,63CWN484

..... friendship concluded on 8-8-1949 and subsequently ratified, the government o'f india undertook to cede to the government of bhutan a strip of territory measuring 32.81 square miles known as dewangiri on the border of kamrup district in the state of assam.thereupon parliament passed an act called the assam (alteration of boundaries) act-1951 (act xlvii of 1951) under article 3 of the constitution, declaring that the state of assam shall cease to comprise the strip of territory mentioned above, which shall be ceded to the government at bhutan' ..... new provinces aforesaid shall be such as may be determined whether before or after the appointed date, by the award of a boundary commission appointed or to be appointed by the governor general in that behalf, but until boundaries are so determined-- (a) the bengal district specified in the first schedule to this act, together with, in the event mentioned in sub-section (2) of this section, the assam district of sylhet, shall be treated as the territories which are to be comprised in the new province of east bengal; ..... . the facts of thatcase were shortly as follows: one docemo wasthe ruling chief of lagos in 1861, when he by treatyceded lagos to britain, the successor of docemocame into disfavour with the british government, and in 1917 was ..... . since the title to berubari union was disputed, the contestants might think that it was useless to go into details as to what belonged to either party under the 'radcliffe award' and the best way to settle .....

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Oct 08 2004 (HC)

V. Subramanian Vs. Union of India (Uoi), Rep. by Its Secretary to Mini ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2004)4MLJ380

..... assam the territories which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were comprised in the province of assam, the khasi states and the assam tribal areas, but excluding the territories specified in the schedule to the assam ( alteration of boundaries) act, 1951 ..... by the learned counsel for the petitioners that sub-article (a) to article 3 of indian constitution is applicable to the states formed under sections 5 to 11 of sr act while sub-articles (b) to (e) are applicable for the states of andhra pradesh and tamil nadu and by application of those sub-articles (b) to (e) to article 3, no new state is formed but only in the existing state, either area is increased or diminished or boundaries are altered or there is an alteration in the name of the states. ..... which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were either comprised in the provinceof madras or were being administered as if they formed part of that province and the territories specified in section 4 of the states reorganisation act, 1956, but excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 4 of the andhra state act, 1953 and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 5, section 6 and clause (d) of sub- section (1) of section 7 of the states reorganisation act. 8. ..... short title and commencement : (1) this order may be called the madras high court (establishment of a permanent bench at madurai) order, 2004 (2) it shall come into force on 24.7. .....

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Nov 09 1998 (SC)

Ram Badan Rai and Others Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1998VIIIAD(SC)165; AIR1999SC166; 1999(1)BLJR255; JT1998(7)SC478; 1998(6)SCALE71; (1999)1SCC705; [1998]Supp2SCR583

..... namery:-'the territories which immediately before the commencement of this constitution were either comprised in the province of bihar or were being administered as if they formed part of that province and the territories specified in clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the bihar and uttar pradesh (alteration of boundaries) act, 1968, but excluding the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 3 of the bihar and west bengal (transfer of territories) act, 1956, and the territories specified in clause (b) of sub ..... if the mistakes and disputes could not be resolved by correction (by the naib tehsildar), then the records along with objections, should be forwarded to the assistant records officer, who could dispose of the same under section 54(6), in accordance with sections 40,41, or 43 ; (11) in the instant case, the dispute involved questions of title because the parties on up side claimed themselves to be tenants whereas the parties on bihar side also claimed to be tenants of the same land. ..... it was, therefore, suggested that suits on title could be filed under the up zamindari abolition and land reforms act, 1950 to prove title and that instead of allowing the matters to start under section 229 of that act and go up in appeals, the parties might be directed to move the commissioner directly by fresh suits/applications for proof of title and possession. .....

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1879

Mount Pleasant Vs. Beckwith

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ; and it satisfactorily appearing to the court that the town of racine, a municipal corporation in the county of racine, in said eastern district of wisconsin, and then having within its boundaries and municipal jurisdiction the territorial area described in the complainant's bill, on or about the sixth day of december, 1853, made, executed, and delivered the bonds described in his bill ..... from the time the legislature rearranged the boundaries of the three towns, they remained without alteration until the legislature, march 30, 1860, by a public act, vacated and extinguished the corporation and body politic known as the town of racine, then called orwell, and ..... act of march 30, 1860, the legislature of the state vacated and extinguished the corporation and body politic formerly known as racine, then called orwell, and annexed the whole area of the territory included in the municipality to the two adjacent towns of mount pleasant and caledonia, in the proportions and by the boundary lines described in the second section of the legislative act ..... the described territory was annexed "shall assume and pay so much of the indebtedness of the town of racine as the lands described in the first section of the act may be or become legally chargeable with and liable to pay. ..... , on the condition that the city "shall assume and pay so much of the municipal indebtedness of the town as the lands described in the first section of that act may be or become legally chargeable with and liable to pay. .....

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Feb 10 1977 (HC)

Ram Asrey and ors. Vs. State and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 1977CriLJ848

..... in paragraph 8 of the written statement it has been alleged by ram asrey that on account of the alteration of boundaries act, 1968 between the states of behar and uttar pradesh the land in dispute lies in mauza nauranga, district ballia (u.p.). ..... as such in paragraph 9 of the statement, it has been mentioned that the boundaries of the land as given in the police report are correct and proceedings under section 145, criminal p.c. ..... he has lastly contended that the magistrate has acted illegally in making a spot inspection and enquiries from the residents of the village and in not maintaining a memorandum of his inspection which he is required to do so under section 539-b (1), criminal p.c. ..... made a local inspection of the area in dispute with reference to the fixed boundaries as indicated by the pillars that have been fixed under the provisions of the aforesaid act and this was done with a view to verify whether the land in dispute as mentioned in the application filed under section 145, criminal p.c. ..... a mere narration of the affidavits in the order with an observation that they have been examined by a court is in my opinion not a fair and judicial consideration as required by the provisions of section 145, criminal p.c. ..... statement that the land in question is a part of an area of 1238 bighas of village ojha ballia and that the opposite parties are in possession of the same, in subsequent paragraphs of the statement reference was made to proceedings under section 145, criminal p.g. .....

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Apr 26 2014 (HC)

“that a Decree for Declaration to the Effect That Vs. Union of India ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

..... (iii) whether in view of the statutory enactment i.e.alteration of boundaries act, 1979, plaintiffs were entitled to the relief prayed for ..... realistic revision keeping in view, the singh rattan pal 2014.05.02 11:13 i attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document punjab & haryana high court cm no.4969-c of 2014 in 14 rs.no.131 of 2013 observations in salem advocates bar association (supra).section 35b providing for costs for causing delay is seldom invoked. ..... the provision relating to compensatory costs (section 35a of the code) in respect of false or vexatious claims or defences has become virtually infructuous and ineffective, on account of ..... is therefore an urgent need for the legislature and the law commission of india to re-visit the provisions relating to costs and compensatory costs contained in section 35 and 35a of the code. . ..... lack of appropriate provisions relating to costs has resulted in a steady increase in malicious, vexatious, false, frivolous and speculative suits, apart from rendering section 89 of the code ineffective. ..... under the said section, award of compensatory costs in false and vexatious litigation, is subject to a ceiling of rs.3,000 ..... a large number of cases, such an order is passed despite section 35(2) of the code. ..... when section 35(2) provides for cost to follow the event, it is implicit that the costs have to be those which are reasonably incurred by a successful party except in those cases where the court in its discretion may direct otherwise by .....

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Dec 11 2023 (SC)

In Re Article 370 Of The Constitution

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... acceded to the dominion of india, it reserved the right to alter the terms of the arrangement in view of clause 7 of the ioa read with section 6(2) of the government of india act 1935 which was made applicable through the india (provisional constitution) order ..... xxii [short title, commencement ..... by uniting two or more states or parts of states or by uniting any territory to a part of any state; (b) increase the area of any state; i diminish the area of any state; (d) alter the boundaries of any state; (e) alter the name of any state: provided that no bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either house of parliament except on the recommendation of the president and unless, where the proposal contained in the bill ..... 350 bombay reorganisation act 1960 351 state of nagaland act 1962 352 north-eastern areas (reorganisation) act 1971 353 assam reorganisation (meghalaya) act 1969 354 punjab reorganisation act 1966 355 madhya pradesh reorganisation act 2000 356 constitution (thirty-sixth amendment) act 1975 338 part e pradesh.357 similarly, jharkhand was carved out of the state of bihar.358 most recently, the state of telangana ..... regard to the state and government of jammu & kashmir.52 on 25.11.1949, yuvraj karan singh, as regent, issued a proclamation accepting the new constitution of india.53 a proclamation was issued on 1.5.1951 by yuvraj karan singh directing the establishment of an elected constituent assembly to draft a constitution for the state of jammu & kashmir.54 in august .....

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Nov 08 1977 (SC)

State of Karnataka Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1978SC68; (1977)4SCC608; [1978]2SCR1

..... , because of the crucial importance of it, we formulate it now separately and specifically as follows : do both the state and the central government inquiries relate to the 'same matter' within the meaning of proviso (b) to section 3(1) of the act so as to bar an inquiry by the central or union government so long as the state commission is functioning the state government's notification dated 18-5-1977, reads as under :-government of karnatakakarnataka government secretariatvidhana soudhabangalore, may 19, ..... me as follows :neither of the three constitutionally separate organs of state can, according to the basic scheme of our constitution today, leap outside the boundaries of its own constitutionally assigned sphere or orbit of authority into that of the other.these orbits were expressly chalked out by the law found in ..... . the short answer to the first four points, (i) to (iv) above, is that though it is true that administrative relations between the union and the states are dealt with by chapter ii part xi of the constitution and though the provisions contained therein cannot be altered save by a constitutional amendment, the commissions of inquiry act does not bring about any change ..... the following words : 'it must now be taken as established that the attorney-general of a state of the commonwealth has a sufficient title to invoke the provisions of the constitution for the purpose of challenging the validity of commonwealth legislation which extends to, and operates within ..... .....

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