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May 07 1970 (SC)

Tapinder Singh Vs. State of Punjab and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1970SC1566; 1970CriLJ1415; (1970)2SCC113; [1971]1SCR599

..... express terms excludes from its purview statements falling within the provisions of section 32(1), indian evidence act. indisputably the dying declaration before us falls within section 32(1), indian evidence act and as such it is both relevant and outside the prohibition contained in section 162 (1), cr. p.c. the counsel next contended that the dying ..... declaration does not contain a truthful version of the circumstances in which kulwant singh had met with his death and, therefore, it should not be acted upon. this argument is founded on the ..... from infirmity. if the dying declaration is acceptable as truthful then even in the absence of other corroborative evidence it would be open to the court to act upon the dying declaration and convict the appellant stated therein to be the offender. an accusation in a dying declaration comes from the victim himself and if .....

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May 08 1970 (HC)

Bird and Co. (Private) Ltd. Vs. Assistant Collector of Customs for Exp ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1971Cal62

..... submitted that the notification dated the 3rd october, 1964 is invalid as being in contravention of section 11 of the customs act. 1962. according to this contention, section 11(1) of the act authorises the central government to prohibit either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, the import or export of goods of ..... july, 1946, the material portion read as follows :--'in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the sea customs act, 1878 (viii of 1878). the central government is pleased- (a) ..... (b) to prohibit the taking by sea or by land out of british india of goods from whatever place arriving which are destined for any port ..... the face of the notice to show cause, the petitioner has not been charged with any violation of section 50 of the act.16. in my view, the contention of mr. ginwalla is well founded. the prohibition contained in the notification dated the 3rd october. 1964 is only in respect of exports to south africa. i do not .....

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May 13 1970 (HC)

Dalhousie Jute Co. Ltd. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1970Cal497

..... of central excise, calcutta and the inspector of central excise stationed at the mill premises of the petitioner to show cause why the respondents should not be prohibited from giving any effect to the purported notice of demand dated the 9th october, 1967 and from taking any further steps or proceedings in furtherance of or in ..... polythene and other plastic material or bitumen thepetitioner was manufacturing any jute goods within the meaning of item 22a of the first schedule to the central excises and salt act. the item itself gives some examples of what is meant by jute manufactures, such as, hessian, jute cloth, bags, twist, yam, rope and twine as ..... with the order of the assistant collector. the petitioner was further notified that a revision lay from the appellate order to the central government under section 36 of the act. the petitioner did file a revision application dated the 1st july, 1964 to the requisite authority, viz., the ministry of finance (department of revenue) and by .....

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May 25 1970 (FN)

Schacht Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... authority is, standing alone, a valid statute on its face. see, e.g., united states v. o'brien, 391 u. s. 367 (1968). but the general prohibition of 18 u.s.c. 702 cannot always stand alone in view of 10 u.s.c. 772, which authorizes the wearing of military uniforms under certain conditions and circumstances ..... after the appropriate period for filing the petition had expired. affidavits filed with the motion, not denied or challenged by the government, present facts showing that petitioner had acted in good faith and that the delay in filing the petition for certiorari was brought about by circumstances largely beyond his control. without detailing these circumstances, it is ..... was not a member of the armed forces. he has defended his conduct since the beginning, however, on the ground that he was authorized to wear the uniform by an act of congress, 10 u.s.c. 772(f), which provides as follows: "when wearing by persons not on active duty authorized." " * * * *" "(f) while portraying a member .....

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May 29 1970 (HC)

Shankar Lal Vs. Shadi Ram Ram Swaroop and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 7(1971)DLT311

..... , that is to say, by dating the cause of action (m a date when the remedy is available to the party.' in my opinion of the prohibition contained in the slum areas act deprives the decree-holder of his right to execute the decree, it would be found that the right to move the application has it self been taken away ..... application ought to have been moved and if it be found on that date that the right itself had been taken away by subsequent events like prohibition contained in the enforcement of slum are is act, no question of subsequent disability or the bar of limitation will arise, as the starting point of limitation for the particular application will be deemed ..... decision 1. 22-8-1956 19-4-1958 dismissed as unsatisfied. 2. 18-2-1960 16-7-1960 dismissed (slum areas act came into force on 8-2-1957), as infructuous. 3. 1-12-1960 21-1-1961 dismissad assignment was recognised since the property was situated in slum areas and the permission had not been obtained, the execution application vas .....

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Jun 16 1970 (HC)

The State Vs. Haridas Mundra and anr.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1970Cal485,1974CriLJ1341,74CWN847

..... council. nevertheless, the high courts were treated as superior courts for all purposes. no writ of prohibition ran against the high courts, indeed the writ was unknown. on the contrary, under section 45 of the specific relief act the chartered high courts could make orders in the nature of mandamus which in england could be made ..... being an order made in the exercise of revisional jurisdiction. clause 22 of the letters patent confers on the high court ordinary criminal jurisdiction. clause 25 prohibits appeal to the high court from any sentence or order passed or made in any criminal trial before the courts of original criminal jurisdiction which may be ..... clause 27 conferred on the high court jurisdiction to hear appeals from all criminal courts of bengal. that is why express provision had to be made to prohibit appeals. but as revisional jurisdiction of the high court was restricted to courts subject to its appellate jurisdiction, no provision was necessary to bar revision.44. .....

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Jul 07 1970 (HC)

Gogireddy Sambireddy Vs. Gogireddy Jayamma and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1972AP156

..... act no hindu could be punished for bigamy even as it is incorrect to say that no muslim can be punished for bigamy.7 ..... punished for bigamy. a hindu, like any one else, who married under the special marriage, act could also be punished for bigamy. amongst the hindus, the marriage of nairs and others governed by the marumakkathayam law of kerala have been strictly monogamous since the madras marumakkathayam act, 1932, which prohibited polygamy. it is therefore incorrect to say that prior to the hindu marriage .....

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Jul 21 1970 (HC)

Golak Chandra Dutta S/O Late Akshay Kumar Dutta and anr. Vs. the State

Court : Guwahati

..... . the last submission made by shri r, ghosh is that instead of awarding formal sen-tenoe to golak chandra he should be warned under section 3 of probation of offenders act. sinoe i have disallowed that prayer respeot-ing smt. bibhashini dutta. the mother of nitu dutta, who had been convicted under section 225, i. p. 0,, i see ..... fugitive from justice thus far. in a case falling under section 225, ipc. i oonaider it wrong in principle to take recourse to the provisions of probation of offenders act in a territory where the law and order situation is already causing headache to the authorities. hence i, reject the petition on behalf of bibhashini dutta.4. respecting the ..... , has not challenged the oonviotion of bibhashini dutta. qua her, the only prayer made is that she should be warned under section 3 of the probation of offenders act instead of being punished by a formal sentence. the ground urged in support of that submission is that when she saw her son being taken to the polioe station .....

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Aug 06 1970 (HC)

Kundan Lal Vij Vs. Delhi Administration and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : ILR1970Delhi493

..... in fact, as already stated above, this was admitted in the counter-affidavit. as the selection of stenographers for appointments as sub-inspectors (clerical) is not prohibited by and. thereforee, not contrary to the rules, such selection can be authorised or directed by administrative instructions. that rules can be supplemented by administrative instructions ..... the decisions of the supreme court in sant ram sharma v. state of rajasthan and others : (1968)iillj830sc . further section 4 of the police act, 1861, vests the administration of police throughout a general policedistrict in the inspector-general of police and in such deputy inspector general and assistant inspectors general ..... been promoted to officiate as sub-inspector on 3rd february 1958, and was confirmed as such with effect from 1st march 1961, as per gazette notification (annexure g) dated 1st march, 1961. it appears from the counter affidavit of shri vinod kumar seth that hari kishan was subsequently transferred on his own .....

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Aug 11 1970 (HC)

Kaicker Typewriter Exchange Vs. Ram NaraIn Mehra

Court : Delhi

Reported in : ILR1970Delhi384

..... firm be bound unless some actual authority or ratification can be proved. still less will the firm be bound where borrowing is prohibited and the person advancing the money is aware of the prohibition.'(7) the judicial committee of the privy council in bank of australasia v, brilliant. where 6 moo pc 152 observed ..... partner borrowing money for the purposes of the business of the firm would be acting within the scope of his apparent authority. the fact that there was no specified arrangement amongst the partners restricting the authority or otherwise prohibiting the partner from borrowing any money in the name of the firm is a ..... as follows :- 'everypartner is, in contemplation of law, the general and accredited agent of the partnership, or, as it is sometimes expressed, each partner is proppesitus negativs, and may. consequently, bind all the other partners by his acts .....

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