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Mar 14 1986 (SC)

Umaji Keshao Meshram and ors. Vs. Radhikabai, Widow of Anandrao Banapu ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1986SC1272; (1986)88BOMLR432; 1986(1)SCALE681; 1986Supp(1)SCC401; [1986]1SCR731; 1986(2)LC319(SC)

..... and the said puisne justices shall, severally and respectively, be, and they are, all and every of them, hereby appointed to be justices and conservators of the peace, and coroners, within and throughout the settlement of bombay, and the town and island of bombay, and the limits thereof, and the factories subordinate thereto and all the territories which now are or hereafter may be subject to, or dependent upon, the ..... portugal had full and complete sovereignty which he transferred to the king of great britain, it made bombay' the only part of india directly under the british crown while the rest of british india was until 1858 held by the british under the 'firman' of the mogul emperor shah alam granted on august 12, 1765, and grants made and territories ceded by other indian rulers and the territories acquired by the east india ..... preface our discussion with respect to this distinction made by the full bench by pointing out that as queen victoria (in whose reign the government of india act, 1858, was passed) was proclaimed 'empress of india' only in 1876, to refer to the indian high courts act, 1861, as 'imperial legislation' or to the letters patent issued in 1862 and 1865 as issued by the 'imperial sovereign' is not correct.74. ..... regulating act of 1773 vested in the governor-general in council the whole civil and military government of the presidency of bengal as also the government of the territorial acquisitions and revenues in bengal, bihar and orissa which were dewany lands. .....

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Nov 21 1952 (HC)

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Ram Kamal Bezbarua and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... and for which an action would lie against the secretary of state are- (1) acts professedly done under the sanction of the municipal law and in the exercise of powers conferred by that law and similarly acts for which there is an enforceable statutory obligation, (2) acts of detention by the government or jits officials, of lands, goods or chattels belonging to the subject including acts of trespass, and (3) acts expressly authorised by the government or where the government has profited by their performance. ..... in the case is whether and to what extent, if any, the government of india could claim immunity under the government of india act, 1935, against its subjects on the ground that impugned acts were clone or committed in the exercise of the sovereign powers of the state or that they were torts committed by its servants. 23 ..... reproduced in section 32, constitution act of 1919, which provides as follows: 'every person shall have the same remedies against the secretary of state in council as he might have had against the east india company if the government of india act 1858 and this act had not been passed.' 24 ..... so far as the banks were concerned, the settlement in favour of the plaintiffs was in respect of the western bank and the western halves of ..... province of bengal', 51 cal w n 537 (e) a collector holding a sale under the putrii regulation, 1819 negligently paid out the sale proceeds thereof to a person who was ..... number of row and bahu spawns from amta and rajshahi in bengal. .....

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Sep 15 1950 (SC)

Province of Bombay Vs. Kusaldas S. Advani and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1950SC222; (1951)53BOMLR1; (1950)IIMLJ703(SC); [1950]1SCR621

..... conclusions i have arrived at are (i) that on a true construction of section 3 of the ordinance the determination of the existence of a public purpose and the necessity or expediency for requisitioning any particular land for that purpose was a purely administrative act, for the entire composite matter was left to the opinion of the provincial government, and its decision, if made in good faith, could not be questioned; (ii) that, apart from the question of ..... it was concerned with an order of requisition of certain premises except-the ground floor made under section 3(1) of the west bengal requisition and control (temporary provisions) act, 1947, which runs as follows : 'whether it appears to the provincial government that any premises in any locality are needed or are likely to be needed for any public purpose, it may, by order ..... this provision of the act of 1858 was reproduced in section 32 of the government of india act, 1915, in the following terms : '(1) the secretary of state in council may sue and be sued by the name of the secretary of state ..... the same remedies against the secretary of state in council as he might have had against the east india company, if the government of india act, 1858, and this act had not been passed. ..... 106, which was passed in 1858 on the transfer of the government of india from the ..... this as to whether an action of the character that has been brought against the province of bombay could have been brought against the east india company prior to 1858. .....

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Sep 19 1952 (HC)

Brundaban Chandra Dhir Narendra Vs. the State of Orissa in the Revenue ...

Court : Orissa

Reported in : AIR1953Ori121

..... various acts that are in force: see for instance the bengal land revenue sales act (act 7 of 1886), the bengal survey act (act 5 of 1875); the bengal land registration act (act 7 of 1876); the bengal cess act (act 9 of 1880); the estates partition act (act 5 of 1897); and the bengal settled estates act (act 3 ..... , that sri brundaban chandra dhir narendra, proprietor of madhu-pur estate, in the district of cuttack, should be disqualified under sub-clause (iv) of clause (f) of section 10, orissa court of wards act (act 26 of 1947).and whereas the state government are satisfied that the said brundaban chandra dhir narendra is incapable of managing and unfitted to manage his estate, and it is expedient in the public interest ..... orissa, that sri brundaban chandra dhir narendra, proprietor madhupur estate in the district of cuttack should be disqualified under sub-clause (iv) of clause (f) of section 10, orissa court of wards act, 1947 (orissa act 26 of 1947).and whereas the state government are satisfied that the said sri brundaban chandra dhir narendra is incapable of managing and unfitted to manage his estate and it is expedient in ..... maharab, the then chief minister, copy of a letter addressed by the petitioner on 4-6-1949 to the collector to the effect that he was implementing the settlement arrived at between him and the chief minister in accordance with the suggestions of the special officer, an extract of a letter of government dated 26-8-1950 to the ..... wansworth district', (1858) 2 de .....

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Apr 13 1973 (HC)

Hakim Singh Vs. Shiv Sagar and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1973All596

..... i may here appropriately and usefully refer to the provisions of the bengal, agra and assam civil courts act (xii of 1887), the code of civil procedure (v of 1908) and the provincial small cause courts act (ix of 1887).but these acts do not lay down or specify what laws are to be administered by any of such courts, except that by section 37 (1) of act xii of 1887 it is provided that questions regarding succession inheritance etc. ..... it is thus evident that the restriction placed on letters patent appeals is with the intention to secure early adjudication of disputes pertaining to agricultural land, and with this aim in view the state legislature can enact law to bar letters patent appeals on subject-matters within its legislative field, even though such appeals fall within 'constitution and organisation' a ..... the orders of assistant collector and additional commissioner, in revenue litigation, and of settlement officer (consolidation) and the consolidation officer in the other category, are invariably not challenged before the high court without the party having moved the board of revenue and the director of consolidation, as the ..... both these acts, besides the government of india act, 1858 and many other acts were repealed by the government of india act, 1915. .....

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Jul 06 2011 (SC)

T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... state/ut government was directed to constitute an expert committee to identify the areas which are forests irrespective of whether they are so notified, recognized or classified under any law, and irrespective of the land of such forest and the areas which were earlier forests but stand degraded, denuded and cleared, culminating in preparation of geo-referenced district forest-maps containing the details of the location and boundary ..... from khasi hills autonomous district council, letter from the deputy commissioner, east khasi hills district dated 10.7.1997 enclosing a spot inquiry report which stated that there was no forest on the land proposed to be leased out, letter dated 27.8.1997 from khasi hills autonomous district council granting noc on the basis that there was no forest and certificate dated 13.6.2000 issued by dfo ..... statutory provisions and rules the project stood commenced without obtaining prior permission as mandated under section 2 of the 1980 act, save and except in cases of absolute candor and where the want of such permission is solely and entirely on account of bona fide doubt as to the nature and character of the land and /or statutory regime applicable to such projects, no permission should be granted specially to private projects established only ..... according to the nehu report of 1997, approximately 60 settlements consisting of 50-200 inhabitants each with a total estimate population of 16500 persons exist within 10 km ..... hills of bengal started on and from 1858. .....

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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

..... the mysore state co-operative marketing federation as was earlier agreed, with the sole intent of benefiting the private party; (8) undue favour shown to a fictitious cooperative society in regard to conversion of 270 acres of agricultural land called dinshaw estate into non-agricultural purpose in violation of the mandatory provisions of the land reforms act and the land revenue act; (9) whether undue favour was shown to one ghanshyam in the sale of 2500 tons of bajra at the rate of rs. 73.50 p. ..... shah construction company in the settlement of their claims for the contract awarded to them for the construction of the ..... considering an act passed by the parliament, the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development) act, 1957, enabling the union of india to acquire certain coal bearing areas in the state of west bengal ..... assumed sovereignty over india from east india company in 1858 and the british parliament enacted the first statute for the governance of india act, 1858 (21 & 22 vict ..... observations made in the west bengal case (supra) which have been referred to already are not in conformity with the otherwise consistent view of the supreme court that the constitution is supreme and that the union as well as the states will have to trace their powers from the provisions of the constitution and that the union is not supreme and the states are not acting as delegates of the ..... the rule in heydon's case and added that the principles laid down are well-settled and have been applied in bengal immunity co .....

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Sep 16 1971 (HC)

Prakash Pottery Industries, Chunar Vs. the District Magistrate, Mirzap ...

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : AIR1972All97

..... methods of recovery of tax dues and clothed the collector with the power to apply either of the two methods, that is to issue a warrant of arrest under section 13 of the bombay city land revenue act, 1886 against one defaulter and detain him for a period longer than six months and on the other hand to proceed against another defaulter under the code of civil procedure and arrest and ..... agreement relating to a guarantee given by the state government or the corporation in respect of a loan raised by an industrial concern, or(c) to any agreement providing that any money payable thereunder to the state government shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue, and such person (i) makes any default in repayment of the loan or advance or any instalment thereof, or(ii) having become liable under the conditions of the grant to refund the grant or any portion thereof, makes ..... . section 10 of the industrial disputes act, 1947 empowers the government to refer an industrial dispute to a board of conciliation for promoting a settlement or to a court of enquiry for enquiry on any matter appearing to be connected with or relevant to the industrial dispute or to refer that dispute ..... . in anwar ali (supra) the west bengal special courts act, 1950 laid down a procedure providing for the 'speedier trial' of certain offences which procedure was prejudicial to the accused in comparison with that ..... . state of west bengal : 1953crilj1621 the supreme court expounded ..... in state of west bengal v .....

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Aug 22 1975 (HC)

P. Venkateseshamma Vs. the State Andhra Pradesh and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1976AP1

..... (1975) shall unless such person is sooner released from detention, be reviewed within 15 days from such commencement by the appropriate government for the purpose of determining whether the detention of such ;person under this act is necessary for dealing effective with emergency in respect to in sub-section (1) have been issued (hereinafter in this section referred to as the emergency) and if on such review, the appropriate government is satisfied ..... supreme court dealing with the question whether there was any violation of articles 14 and 21 of the constitution where the detenu had been arrested under section 13 of the bombay land revenue act in pursuance of a warrant of arrest issued for recovery of the demand certified under section 46 (2) of the indian income-tax act held that, it did not, as section 13 of the said act constituted a procedure established by law. ..... settlement between himself and his adoptive father through court and that he received rs.10,000/- under that settlement ..... state of west bengal, : 1974crilj690 in which the court observed:-- 'this court in many weighty pronouncements over two decades has stressed that article 22(5) vests a real, and illusory rights, that communication ..... state of west bengal, : [1974]1scr1 during the period when a proclamation of ..... state of west bengal, : 1974crilj690 where it was contended that the 'the detention of the petitioner therein was arbitrary and may continue indefinitely if the proclamation of emergency becomes a constant fact .....

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Nov 07 1975 (SC)

Smt. Indira Nehru Gandhi Vs. Shri Raj NaraIn and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1975SC2299; 1975(Supp)SCC1; [1976]2SCR347

..... of legislation and even of a constitutional amendment, is questioned on the ground of a suggested frightfulness in the facts of the case which parliament and the ratifying state legislatures are to be supposed, if we are to accept the suggestion, to have been acting in concert to prevent this court from examining on merits it was, i think, the duty of counsel making any such suggestion to invite our attention to any fact not fully disclosed or discussed in the judgment under appeal at ..... been nominated' shall be substituted; (b) after explanation 2, the following explanation shall be inserted, namely :'explanation 3,- for the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that any expenditure in respect of any arrangements made, facilities provided or any other act or thing done by any person in the service of the government and belonging to any of the classes mentioned in clause (7) of section 123 in the discharge or purported discharge of his official duty as mentioned in the proviso to that ..... cases. the british parliament in its unquestioned supremacy could enact a legislation for the settlement of a dispute or it could, with impunity, legislate for the boiling of the bishop of ..... 29th amendment act inserted in the ninth schedule to the constitution entries 65 and 66 being the kerala land reforms act, 1969 and the kerala land reforms act, 1971 ..... cii (1853-54); statutes 21 and 22 victoria, chapter lxxxvii (1858) and statutes 46 and 47 victoria chapter li (1882) ..... in state of bengal .....

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