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Jul 11 1997 (HC)

Channaveerappa Vs. State of Karnataka and Another

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : AIR1998Kant109; 1998(1)KarLJ97

..... cinema regulations act, 1964, for short, 'act, 1964', which makes provision for regulating the exhibition by means of cinematographs and for licensing of the place in which cinematograph may be exhibited ..... provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder, issue to the licensing authoritysuch orders or directions of general character as it may consider necessary in respect of any matter relating to licences for exhibition of cinematograph films and that the licensing authorities shall give effect to such orders or directions'.a reading of this section per se confers the ..... section 4 of the act specifically provides for cinematograph exhibitions to be licensed and it provides that, save as otherwise provided in this act, no person shall give exhibition by means of cinematograph elsewhere than in a place licensed under the act, and that he shall not exhibit otherwise, than the conditions imposed in such licences, whereas under section 5, that if a person intends to give exhibition of the cinematograph, he shall make an application in writing to the licensing authority with particulars as may be prescribed and then, it is provided that the licensing authority, after consulting with the authorities ..... rules, it is probable and permissible to issue a direction that fresh ..... section 19, in my opinion, does not cover the case of present annexure-b, in other words, the direction that has been issued by the government order, issued by the home department cannot be said to be a rule, it is only .....

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Jan 21 2010 (HC)

Kamal Ji Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2010(3)AWC2524

..... ordinance, 2009 and as per amended section 4a (3) where the licence of a travelling video cinema in a local area is extended or renewed or new licence is granted after the expiry of a period of one year from the date of start of the travelling video cinema under the uttar pradesh cinema (regulation of exhibition by means of video) rules, 1981 there shall be levied and paid an entertainment tax due for corresponding class of video cinema in permanent building. ..... - (1) except in the case of travelling video cinema a licence for exhibition by means of video may be granted or renewed by the licensing authority for a period not exceeding three years at a time. ..... it is further submitted that under sub-section (3) of section 4a, the period of one year qualifies the extension, renewal and new licence and therefore only after expiry of one year from the date of start of the travelling video cinema after the extension, renewal or a fresh licence, there shall be levied of entertainment tax on a travelling video cinema treating it as travelling video cinema running in a permanent building under clause (1) of serial no. ..... learned standing counsel submitted that under rule 15 (2) of rules, 1988, a licence to a travelling video cinema for a particular place shall initially be granted for a period not exceeding six months, which may be extended for a further period not exceeding six months. ..... it will be useful to refer the relevant provisions of act and rules.8. .....

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Apr 18 1998 (HC)

Fazal Abdul Hamid Lalani Vs. State of Maharashtra

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1998(4)ALLMR487; 1999(5)BomCR240; 1999BomCR(Cri)240; (1998)2BOMLR885

..... the petitioner was charged for the offence punishable under section 3 read with 7 bombay cinemas (regulation) act, 1953, 108(i)(2) ..... market, bombay, the petitioner's brother again requested for permission to exhibit the video cassettes. t.v. ..... therefore, according to him at the relevant time, there was no requirement as such of obtaining a licence for conducting a video parlour and, therefore, no offence can be said to have been committed ..... my attention to the fact that the maharashtra cinemas (regulation) rules, 1966, at the relevant time contained no provision for licence as regards video cinema and the rules in that regard came into force only on 12-1-1987. ..... , 1984, the police officers of dahisar police station visited the petitioner's place and asked the petitioner to stop the video show. ..... kanuga, learned counsel has submitted that the application for licence has been made in the year 1983 and no action has been taken on ..... learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that by letter dated 22-6-1984 the petitioner's brother was informed by the commissioner of police for greater bombay that the question whether video is a cinematograph, is being debated in the high court and pending decision of high court is not possible to take any action on his application and that necessary action will be taken after the decision of ..... , the petitioner's brother has stated that he had paid entertainment duty for the month of february, 1984 for the exhibition of video film at the said address. .....

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Feb 13 1998 (HC)

Shyam Lal Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 1998CriLJ2879

..... ensure supply of certified copy of the first information report after obtaining appropriate court fee.we also direct the office of this ..... and police regulation act and not bound to follow any direction of any court and asked her to go out of the police station and to request the same judges for copy of first information report, who have ..... (now of the supreme court), held that 'a combined reading of sections 74 and 76 indicates that before a public officer can be required to give a certified copy of the public document, it must be shown that the concerned document is a document forming the acts or record of the act of the sovereign authority, of officials, bodies and tribunals and of public officers, legislature, ..... to have a certified copy of the first information report at the stage prayed for, he will be materially prejudiced in his defence not only in matters relating to bail but also in relation to his other rights enjoyed ..... to record the information referred to in sub-section (1) may send the substance of such information, in writing and by post, to the superintendent of police concerned who, if satisfied that such information discloses the commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him, in ..... the aforesaid cases we hold that the ac used is entitled to know what was said in ..... obtained by paying illegal gratification to the custodian of the record which is not permissible .....

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Aug 18 2006 (HC)

R. Veeranna S/O Late B. Rudraiah Vs. State of Karnataka Represented by ...

Court : Karnataka

..... . in this connection, it is relevant to note the provision of section 11 of the karnataka cinemas (regulation) act, 1964, which reads thus :' section 11 : construction or reconstruction of buildings or use of places for exhibition of cinematograph films only to be made after obtaining permission of licensing authority ..... (b) that under section 11(2) of the karnataka cinemas (regulation) act, 1964, no provision contained in any other enactment for the time being in force regulating the erection or construction of buildings, shall apply to an application filed for construction of the buildings for exhibition of cinematograph films or for obtaining the permission of the licensing authority for exhibiting the cinematograph films under section 11(1) of the said act thus, the petitioner is not obliged to get no objection certificate from the authority under the provisions of the karnataka town & country planning actthe learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon the judgments of this court in the case of parvathi bai .....

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Nov 07 2000 (HC)

Durga Films and Traders (P) Ltd. Vs. District Magistrate-cum-collector ...

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 91(2001)CLT132

..... licensing authority under section 4 of the act and he is to be satisfied before issuing the licence that the rules made under the act have been substantially complied with and adequate precautions have been taken in the place in respect of which the licence is to be given, to provide for the safety of persons in attending ..... made further applications for reduction of the sitting capacity, but on 3-7-1992, the magistrate in charge of judicial section informed the petitioner under annexure-5 that any notice for addition or alteration in the show cause should be accompanied by complete plans, elevations and sections and specification of the works proposed to be executed, drawn up in duplicate in the manner prescribed in rule 8 in accordance with orissa cinema regulation rules, 1964 ..... licensing authority gives consent/permission for addition or alteration, no such work can commence as such question of granting ..... the petitioner obtained a licence for exhibiting the cinema in the ball called 'durga talkies' with a sitting capacity of 1199 and it made an application to the licensing authority, the district magistrate, cuttack for reduction ..... to be 1199 even after the order of the licensing authority for such reduction, ..... letter, it intimated the details of the number of seats to be reduced and informed that for reduction of the sitting capacity, only the number of chairs are to be reduced and all other fittings and, affixtures would remain ..... business of exhibition of films in its .....

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Aug 10 1990 (HC)

Lakshmi Talkies Vs. State of A.P. and Others

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1991AP170

..... cinema (regulation) rules and in view of rules 12-a and 12-b of the said rules it is not open to the licencing authority to enquire whether the appellant is in lawful possession of the theatre, because the rule does not provide for ..... the amended rules 12-a and 12-b did not prescribe that at the time of renewal also the applicant should satisfy the licensing authority that he is in lawful possession because he was granted licence on the basis that he is in lawful possession and at every time of renewal it is not necessary to have the cumbersome inquiry regarding ..... that this inquiry was done by the licensing authority only for the limited purpose i.e. ..... order to obtain the licence for running a cinema theatre the applicant must be in lawful possession of the site, building and equipment ..... directed him to stop exhibition of films immediately in the theatre ..... the representation made by respondents 3 and 4 to the joint collector, kakinada, the sub-collector, rajahmundry issued a show cause notice to the appellant to which the appellant sent a reply stating inter alia that the tenancy is protected by the rent control act (act xv of ..... filed by the appellant for renewal of the licence, the sub-collector, rajahmundry after hearing all the parties concerned passed an order stating that the lessee is not in lawful possession of the building (theatre) and equipment therein and accordingly rejected the application filed by the appellant for renewal of licence. ..... does not find place in the substituted rules .....

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Apr 08 2004 (HC)

Kamal Kumar JaIn and ors. Vs. State of Jharkhand and ors.

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : [2004(2)JCR453(Jhr)]

..... for reasons not clear, the authorities have also not taken appropriate steps for recovery of the amounts due under the entertainments tax act or under the cinema regulations act or the other relevant enactments. ..... the licence said to have been granted to the appellants under the cinema regulations act, is not produced in the writ petition. ..... counsel also submitted that the liability for using the premises for exhibition of cinematograph films without licence and the liability for all taxes including the entertainment tax, would also be on the licensee, here the appellants even on their own claim and in that situation this was a fit case where this court should uphold the ..... we say mechanically because it does not appear that the subordinate judge considered the question of liabilities of the parties under the cinema regulations act, the cinematograph act and the bihar entertainments tax act and see whether any provision had been made for payment of the dues. ..... theyclaim to be the owners of a building knownas ratan talkies. ..... it appears that theappellants had also objected to the renewalor grant of any license under the cinemaregulations act to s.n. ..... the learned single judge, after referring briefly to the controversies projected, took the view that disputed questions of fact were involved and it could not be decided as to who was liable to pay the dues which the state government was entitled to ..... the only direction possible is to expedite the proceedings pending at different stages. .....

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Jun 20 2002 (TRI)

Videocon International Ltd. Vs. Securities and Exchange Board of

Court : SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India or Securities Appellate Tribunal SAT

..... after consideration of the report referred to in regulation 10, and after giving a reasonable opportunity of hearing to the person concerned, issue directions for ensuring due compliance with the provisions of the act, rules and regulations made thereunder, for the purposes specified in regulation ..... offer has taken an about turn and is finding fault with the public offer so made as the cause of volatile market behaviour, which is not befitting to anybody, especially to a public authority like the respondent.learned counsel submitted that the public offer proposal was transparent and ..... the section uses the wider expression " any person" right of appeal is not restricted ..... the act at 3 places - section 12(3) provides for suspension or cancellation of the certificate of registration granted to the market intermediaries in the event of their proven misconduct, provision under chapter via, provides for imposition of monetary penalty for certain offences specified therein; section 24 empowers courts to award punishment for violation of offences under the ..... of ..... or course of action intended to obtain some object, any course of ..... to rs.165 on 25.5.98) (2) providing funds to the tune of rs.10 crores to damayanti group, a front for shri harshad mehta, a person notified under the special court act, during 29.4.98 to 29.5.98 to build up positions and for cornering the floating stock. ..... is permissible only on a complaint ..... . h.c.geol (air 1964 sc 364) 'the principle that in punishing the .....

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Jan 15 1962 (FN)

United States Vs. Drum

Court : US Supreme Court

..... definitions, while confirming that a shipper is free to transport his own goods without utilizing a regulated instrumentality at the same time deny him the use of "for compensation" or "for-hire" transportation purchased from a person not licensed by the interstate commerce commission. ..... this section, in the exception in subsection (a)(14) of this section, and in the second proviso in section 306(a)(1) of this title [none of which exceptions are here pertinent], no person shall engage in any for-hire transportation business by motor vehicle, in interstate or foreign commerce, on any public highway or within any reservation under the exclusive jurisdiction of the united states, unless there is in force with respect to such person a certificate or a permit issued by the commission authorizing ..... carrier act, two things are indisputably clear: (1) congress, in subjecting "private" motor carriage only to safety regulation, did not mean otherwise to regulate interstate transportation by persons of "their own goods in their own vehicles for commercial ..... operator 10 a mile for hauling single-axle trailers and 11 a mile for hauling tandem-axle trailers, plus an additional 3 a mile for back-haul of the company's raw materials, (2) payments under the agreement shall be made weekly, (3) motor vehicles covered by the agreement shall be operated by an employee of the company who shall be properly qualified and physically fit in accordance with state and federal regulations, (4) the owner-operator .....

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