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Clearwater Vs. Meredith

Court : US Supreme Court

..... not, by reason of anything therein alleged, to be debarred or precluded from having and maintaining his aforesaid action against the defendants, because he says that the said stock of the cincinnati, cambridge & chicago short line railway company was not destroyed, either in whole or in part, nor was the same rendered worthless and of no value, in manner and form as the defendants by their said plea have alleged. ..... " with these statutes in force, clearwater, on the 12th july, 1853, sold a tract of land to meredith and others for $10,000, taking 200 shares of the already mentioned short line railway company's stock in payment; meredith and they, however, by written contract, guaranteeing to clearwater, that the stock should be worth par -- that is to say, $50 a share -- in cincinnati, on ..... the effect of the consolidation "was a dissolution of the three corporations, and at the same instant, the creation of a new corporation, with property, liabilities, and stockholders, derived from those passing out of ..... there was no reservation of power in the act under which the cincinnati, cambridge & chicago short line railway was organized, which gave authority to make material changes in the purposes for which the corporation was created, and without such a reservation, in no event could a ..... every unimportant change which would work a dissolution of the contract. ..... 172 -- a dissolution of the previous companies, and creates a new corporation with new liabilities derived from those which have .....

Mormon Church Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and it is furthermore adjudged that all and entire the personal property set out in this decree as having belonged to said late corporation of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints has, by reason of the dissolution of said corporation as aforesaid, on account of the failure or illegality of the trusts to which it was dedicated at its acquisition, and for which it had been used by said late corporation and by operation of law ..... as shall be proper to effectuate the transfer of the title to real property now held and used by said corporation for places of worship, and parsonages connected therewith, and burial grounds, and of the description mentioned in the proviso to section thirteen of this act and in section twenty-six of this act, to the respective trustees mentioned in section twenty-six of this act, and for the purposes of this section said court shall have all the powers of a court ..... the constitutional and original right, in common with all civil and religious communities, 'to worship god according to the dictates of conscience,' to reverence communion agreeably to the principles of truth, and to solemnize marriage compatible with the revelations of jesus christ for the security and full enjoyment of all blessings and privileges embodied in the religion of jesus christ free to all, it is also declared that such church does ..... that its emissaries are engaged in many countries in propagating this nefarious doctrine and urging its converts to join the community in utah. .....

Mrs. Aruna Basu Mullick Vs. Mrs. Dorothea Mitra

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1983SC916; 1983(2)SCALE52; (1983)3SCC522; [1983]3SCR516

..... thus how can a decree be made which would displace a dissolution of the marriage by death, and untie a knot that no longer exists how can a woman, once a widow, be converted into a divorcee, unless there is some enactment enabling the court such a retrospective order9. ..... ability and the conduct of the parties, it may seem to the court to be just; (2) if the district court is satisfied that there is a change in the circumstances of either party at any time after it has made an order under sub-section (1), it may, at the instance of either party, vary, modify or rescind any such order in such manner as it may seem to the court to be just; (3) if the district court is satisfied that the wife in whose favour an order has been ..... before the calcutta high court it had been contended that the phrase 'at the instance of either party' occurring in sub-section (2) of section 37 would cover the husband and the wife and no one else and on this meaning given to the phrase, support was sought for the contention that the order of maintenance was intended to continue only ..... this appeal by certificate from the calcutta high court raises the question whether a decree for permanent alimony passed under section 37 of the special marriage act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as 'the act'), is wiped out with the death of the husband-judgment-debtor.2. ..... that term would also include the holders of the estate with lawful title for the time being. .....

Smt. Nandarani Mazumdar Vs. Indian Airlines and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1983SC1201; 1983(31)BLJR677; 1983(2)SCALE173; (1983)4SCC461; 1984(16)LC192(SC)

..... while granting a decree for dissolution of marriage, the court had directed that the plaintiff would get permanent alimony and maintenance of rs. ..... there is good authority for converting an execution application in to a suit and there could, in our opinion, be no valid objection to the counter process of converting a suit in to an execution proceeding, particularly when an ill advised widow would on account of some procedural error be likely to be deprived of the fruits of an order of maintenance. ..... from the date of the decree till her death or her re-marriage or any other act which would disentitle her from getting the amount. ..... resistance was mainly on two grounds : (1) that the order for payment of alimony lapsed with the death of the husband; and (2) that a separate suit for this claim was not maintainable in view of section 47 of the cpc.2. ..... the plaintiff instituted title suit no. .....

Mansell Vs. Mansell

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 17 ] entitled "nonpreemption of state law," the bill provided that, "[f]or purposes of division of marital property of any member or former member of the armed forces upon dissolution of such member's marriage, the law of the state in which the dissolution of marriage proceeding was instituted shall be dispositive on all matters pertaining to the division of any retired, retirement, or retainer pay to which such member or former member is entitled or ..... under the court's reading of the act as precluding the states from characterizing gross retirement pay as community property, a military retiree has the power unilaterally to convert community property into separate property and increase his after-tax income at the expense of ..... the power of state courts -- its first paragraph expands those powers ("a court may treat"); its remaining paragraphs restrict those powers ("this section does not create"; "[t]his section does not authorize"; "[a] court may not treat"). ..... act defining "[d]isposable retired or retainer pay" to exclude "amounts waived in order to receive compensation under title 5 or title 38," and its incorporation into 1408(c)(1)'s community property provision, only limits the federal garnishment remedy created by the act ..... to be and are deducted from the retired or retainer pay of such member, including fines and forfeitures ordered by courts-martials, federal employment taxes, and amounts waived in order to receive compensation under title 5 or title 38 [disability payments]. .....

Shri Raghunathrao Ganpatrao Vs. Union of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1993SC1267

..... as the successor of such ruler shall, on and from such commencement, cease to be recognised as such ruler or the successor of such ruler; (b) on and from the commencement of the constitution (twenty-sixth amendment) the act, 1971, privy purse is abolished and all rights, liabilities and obligations in respect of privy purse are extinguished and accordingly the ruler or, as the case may be, the successor of such ruler, referred to ..... of fact in bhim singhji's case : air1981sc234 (supra), it has been laid down that if a statutory provision section 27 of the urban land (ceiling & regulation)'act, 1976 confers unfettered discretion and thereby violates article 14 of the constitution, it can also damage ..... privy purse was intended to cover all the expenses of the ruler and his family including expenses of the residence, marriage and other ceremonies and neither be increased nor reduced for any reason ..... nature of consideration for the surrender by the rulers of all the ruling powers and also for the dissolution of the states as separate units. 14 ..... little value, and be converted by precedent ..... the petitioner was recognized as the ruler of the kurundwad state with effect from 26th january 1950 and had been in the enjoyment of the privy purse, privileges, titles and dignities issued by merger agreement and by the constitution of lndia. ..... and a short statement ..... using the missile of 'equality' to preserve die-hard, dreadful societal inequality is a stratagem which must be given short shrift by this .....

Raghunathrao Ganpatrao Vs. Union of India (Uoi)

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT1993(1)SC374; 1993(1)SCALE363; 1994Supp(1)SCC191

..... president as the successor of such ruler shall, on and from such commencement, cease to be recognised as such ruler or the successor of such ruler, (b) on and from the commencement of the constitution (twenty-sxith amendment) act, 1971, privy purse is abolished and all rights, liabilities and obligations in respect of privy purse are extinguished and accordingly the ruler or, as the case may be, the successor of such ruler, referred to ..... matter of fact in bhim singhji's case (supra), it has been laid down that if a statutory provision section 27 of the urban land (ceiling & regulation act, 1976 confers unfettered discretion and thereby violates articles 14 of the constitution, it can also ..... the privy purse was intended to cover all the expenses of the ruler and his family including expenses of the residence, marriage and other ceremonies and neither be increased nor reduced for any reason ..... nature of consideration for the surrender by the rulers of all the ruling powers and also for the dissolution of the states as separate units.14. ..... little value, and be converted by precedent ..... the petitioner was recognized as the ruler of the kurundwad state with effect from 26th january, 1950 and had been in the enjoyment of the privy purse, privileges, titles and dignities issued by merger agreement and by the constitution of india. ..... a short statement ..... using she missile of 'equality' to preserve die-hard, dreadful societal inequality is a stratagem which must be given short shrift by this .....

Smt. Sarla Mudgal, President, Kalyani and Others Vs. Union of India an ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1995SC1531; 1996(1)ALD(Cri)929; 1995(2)ALT(Cri)50; 1995(43)BLJR898; 1995CriLJ2926; II(1995)DMC351SC; JT1995(4)SC331; 1995(3)SCALE286; (1995)3SCC635; [1995]Supp1SCR250; 1

..... section 17 provides the only means for the dissolution of a marriage or a declaration of its nullity.consequently, where two persons married under the act subsequently become converted to islam, the marriage can only be dissolved under the provisions of the divorce act and the same would apply even if only one of them becomes converted to islam. ..... we might also point out that the shariat act (act xxvi of 1937) provides that the rule of decision in the various cases enumerated in section 2 which includes marriage and dissolution of marriage shall be the muslim personal law only where the parties are muslims; it does not provide that the muslim personal law shall apply when only one of the parties is a muslim. ..... but section 4 of the dissolution of muslim marriages act (viii of 1939) provides that the renunciation of islam by a married muslim woman or her conversion to a faith other than islam shall not by itself operate to dissolve her marriage. ..... the utmost that has been done is to codify the hindu law in the form of the hindu marriage act, 1955, the hindu succession act, 1956, the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956 and the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956 which have replaced the traditional hindu law based on different schools of thought and scriptural laws into one unified code. ..... in his short and crisp supporting opinion has suggested some of the measures which can be undertaken by the government in this respect.37. .....

Lily Thomas, Etc. Etc. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2000(2)ALD(Cri)686; 2000(3)ALLMR(SC)251; 2000(1)ALT(Cri)363; 2001(1)BLJR499; 2000CriLJ2433; II(2000)DMC1SC; JT2000(5)SC617; 2000(4)SCALE176; (2000)6SCC224; 2000(2)LC1113(SC

..... 147, it was held that nature and incidence of a vedic marriage bond, between the parties are not in any way affected by the conversion to christianity of one of theban and the bond will retain all the characteristics of a hindu marriage notwithstanding such conversion unless there shall follow upon the conversion of one party, repudiation or desertion by the other, and unless consequential legal proceedings are taken and a decree is made as provided by the native converts marriage dissolution act.35. ..... commanding officer as precluding him from obtaining leave of absence to enable him to make complaint in person, some other person authorized by the husband in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4) may make a complaint on his behalf; (c) where the person aggrieved by an offence punishable under section 494 or section 495 of the indian penal code (45 of 1860) is the wife, complaint may be made on her behalf by her father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter or by her father's or mother ..... the small beginnings from which it grew up and the comparatively short space of time within which it attained its wonderful development marked its position as one of the most important judicial system of the civilised world. .....

Chetan Dass Vs. Kamla Devi

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2001SC1709; 2001(3)ALLMR(SC)255; 2001(49)BLJR1948; I(2001)DMC714SC; JT2001(5)SC21; (2001)3MLJ26(SC); RLW2001(2)SC201; 2001(3)SCALE399; (2001)4SCC250; [2001]3SCR20; 2001(

..... to her conduct and behavior in deserting him without any reasonable cause, he got the petition amended by moving an application under order 6 rule 17 cpc which was allowed, making a prayer for dissolution of marriage converting the petition from one under section 9 to section 13 of the hindu marriage act on 23.7.1986.3. ..... by the husband challenging the judgment and order passed by the rajasthan high court, upholding the judgment passed by the district judge, sriganganager, dismissing the petition of the appellant under section 13 of the hindu marriage act, 1955 praying for dissolution of marriage by granting a decree of divorce.2. ..... not obey the decree of restitution of conjugal rights obtained by his wife to which he had not objected but later on, he filed a petition for divorce under section 13(1-a)(ii) on the ground that one year had passed from the date of decree of restitution of conjugal rights but no actual co-habitation had taken place between the parties ..... on the ground specified in sub-clause (a), sub-clause (b) or sub-clause (c) of clause (ii) of section 5 any way taking advantage of his or her own wrong or disability for purpose of such relief, and (b) where the ground of the petition is the ground specified in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 13, the petitioner has not in any manner been accessory to or connived at or condoned the act or acts complained of or where the ground of the petition is cruelty the petitioner has not in any manner ..... for a short stint. .....