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Feb 21 1989 (FN)

Fort Wayne Books, Inc. Vs. Indiana

Court : US Supreme Court

Decided on : Feb-21-1989

..... state and federal obscenity violations as predicate offenses under federal rico, 18 u.s.c. 1961 et seq., senator helms stated: "[w]e are experiencing an explosion in the volume and availability of pornography in our society. today it is almost impossible to open mail, turn on the television, or walk in the downtown ..... presented in actual cases. . . ." see public workers v. mitchell, 330 u. s. 75 , 330 u. s. 89 (1947); see also electric bond & share co. v. sec, 303 u. s. 419 , 303 u. s. 443 (1938). [ footnote 12 ] we do not hold today that the pretrial seizure of petitioner's nonexpressive property was invalid. petitioner did ..... was charged with distributing obscene matter in violation of an indiana statute (a misdemeanor) and in addition with rico violations (felonies) based on these alleged predicate acts of obscenity. the trial court dismissed the rico charges on the ground that the rico statute was unconstitutionally vague as applied to obscenity predicate offenses. the indiana court .....

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Jan 18 1989 (FN)

Mistretta Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

Decided on : Jan-18-1989

..... certificate; operation of a common carrier under the influence of drugs that causes injury and alteration of one motor vehicle identification number; illegal trafficking in explosives and trespass; interference with a flight attendant and unlawful conduct relating to contraband cigarettes; aggravated assault and smuggling $11,000 worth of fish." dissenting ..... the field of criminal sentencing provide a factual background and statutory context that give content to the mandate of the commission. see american power & light co. v. sec, 329 u. s. 90 , 329 u. s. 104 -105 (1946). [ footnote 11 ] petitioner argues that the excessive breadth of congress' delegation to ..... situated offenders and in uncertainty as to an offender's actual date of release by executive branch parole officials, congress passed the sentencing reform act of 1984 (act), which, inter alia, created the united states sentencing commission as an independent body in the judicial branch with power to promulgate binding sentencing .....

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Jan 10 1989 (FN)

Goldberg Vs. Sweet

Court : US Supreme Court

Decided on : Jan-10-1989

..... of computerized switching make it virtually impossible to trace and record the actual paths taken by the electronic signals which create an individual telephone call. the explosion in new telecommunications technologies and the breakup of the at&t; monopoly [ footnote 3 ] has led a number of states to revise the taxes they ..... seq. (1988); wheat ridge, colorado, ordinance no. 630 (1985), los angeles, california, ordinance no. 162586 (1987). [ footnote 5 ] section 4 states in part: "a tax is imposed upon the act or privilege of originating in this state or receiving in this state interstate telecommunications by a person in this state at the rate of 5 ..... paths are often indirect, typically bear no relation to state boundaries, and are virtually impossible to trace and record, illinois passed its telecommunications excise tax act (tax act), which, inter alia, imposes a 5% tax on the gross charges of interstate telecommunications originated or terminated in the state and charged to an illinois .....

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Mar 03 1989 (SC)

Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab Sheikh Vs. S.N. Sinha, Commissioner of Police, ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Mar-03-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC226; 1989CriLJ2303; (1989)2GLR940; JT1989(1)SC478; 1989(1)SCALE542; (1989)2SCC222; [1989]1SCR890; 1989(2)LC36(SC)

..... of bombaypolice act.11. it has also ..... 2/88 under section 307, 120(b) of pending i.p.c. under section 3(1) of for exa-terrorists act, under section 4, mention.5 of explosives act,under section 25(l)(c)(l) of arms act and under section 135(1) ..... p.s. kalupur case no. 372/85 under section 25(a)(c) of arms pending in act, sections 4, 5 of court explosive act.2. p.s. kalupur case no. 456/87 under section 120(b) of i.p.c. pending under section 25(1)(e)(c) of for exa-arms act and under section (1) mention of the terrorists act, 1985.3. p.s. kalupur case no. .....

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Mar 29 1989 (SC)

Jaloba Vs. State of Haryana

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Mar-29-1989

Reported in : 1989Supp(2)SCC197

..... is on the face of it untenable in the light of sections 6 and 9 of the act. section 6 lays down that if in any area notified by the state government under the act a person contravenes any provision or rule made under the arms act, the explosives act, the explosive substances act and the inflammable substances act then he is liable to enhanced punishment as provided for in ..... the section. section 9 lays down that notwithstanding anything contained in the code, every offence punishable under the act or any rule made thereunder shall be triable only by the designated court within whose local .....

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May 02 1989 (SC)

Express Hotels Private Ltd. Vs. State of Gujarat and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : May-02-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC1949; (1990)3CompLJ275(SC); (1990)1GLR309; [1989]178ITR151(SC); JT1989(3)SC72; 1989(1)SCALE1200; (1989)3SCC677; [1989]2SCR893; [1989]74STC157(SC)

..... ' or 'activities'. the levy on the services for lodging provided at the hotels, is, therefore, beyond the scope of entry 62 list ii.(b) section 4 of the west bengal act which envisages a tax on the mere existence of the means of providing the luxury--independently of its utilisation--is outside entry 62 list ii.(c) the real ..... the basis of the provision for luxury and not, as in the case of the other legislation, as the lodging-charges actually paid by the lodgers. section 4 of the west bengal act provides :4. liability for luxury tax. there shall be charged, levied and paid to the state government a luxury tax by the proprietor of every hotel ..... and inter-course that fall within the purview of articles 301. on the several facets of the similar--some say deceptively similar-- provisions of section 92 of the common-wealth of australia constitution act 1901 comments of a learned author may be recalled :the lengthy series of judicial decisions on the meaning and scope of the immunity afforded by .....

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May 05 1989 (SC)

Rashidmiya @ Chhava Ahmedmiya Shaik Vs. Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : May-05-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC1703; (1990)1GLR489(SC); JT1989(2)SC323; (1989)3SCC321; [1989]3SCR182

..... pending 66(b) 65(a)81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s.no. police station cr no. section disposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) kalupur 2/88 ipc 307, 120(b) 212; under inquiry terrorist act, section 3(1)(3); explosives sections 4, 5; arms act 25(l)(a)(c); bombay police act 135(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. from the above materials, the detaining authority has concluded that ..... the detenu was a bootlegger within the meaning of section 2(b) of the act.4. it is further stated that .....

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Jul 25 1989 (SC)

State of Madhya Pradesh Vs. Narayan Singh and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Jul-25-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC1789; 1989CriLJ2101; 1989(3)Crimes16(SC); JT1990(3)SC239; 1989(2)SCALE93; (1989)3SCC596; [1989]3SCR549; 1989(2)LC700(SC)

..... nathu lal's case.8. the high court i hereafter proceeded to consider the further amendment effected to section 7 of the act pursuant to the recommendation of the law commission in its 47th report.9. though for the purpose of the two appeals on hand, it would be ..... as an essential condition of the of fence was excluded so that every contravention whether intentional or otherwise was made an offence under section 7 of the act. thus by introducing these words in section 7 by the aforesaid statutory amendment, (he legislature made its intention explicit and nullified the effect of the supreme court dicta in ..... licence and the provisions of the licensing order. consequently, the collector ordered confiscation of 100 tins of groundnut oil from out of the 3971 ins under section 6(1) of the essential commodities act. on the firm preferring an appeal, the appellate authority, viz. additional sessions judge, kaira at nadiad held 'that clause (11) of the .....

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Mar 29 1989 (SC)

Bansidhar and ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : Mar-29-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC1614; JT1989(2)SC518; 1989(1)SCALE1091; (1989)2SCC557; [1989]2SCR152; 1989(2)LC295(SC); 2(1989)WLN(Rev)90

..... law to any case, not already finally concluded thereunder, as impermissible in law as unreasonable in its consequences if permitted. it was urged that section 3 of the 1973 act was a clinching indicator in this behalf when it provided that the provisions of the later law 'shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained ..... the provisions of the new enactment would have to be looked into not for the purpose of ascertaining whether the consequences envisaged by section 6 of the general clauses act ensued or not ..sec. 6 would indeed be attracted unless the new legislation manifests a contrary intention but only for the purpose of determining whether the ..... even if there is simultaneous enactment unless a contrary intention can be gathered from the new enactment. of course, the consequences laid down in section 6 of the act will apply only when a statute or regulation having the force of a statute is actually repealed....addressing itself to the question whether, having regard .....

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May 03 1989 (SC)

Narendra Kumar Maheshwari Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Decided on : May-03-1989

Reported in : AIR1989SC2138; (1989)2CompLJ95(SC); JT1989(2)SC338; 1989(1)SCALE1353; 1990Supp(1)SCC440; [1989]3SCR43

..... ril in the rpl properties but also the security and with regard to the approval of the financial scheme under monopolies & restrictive trade practices act, the licence under the petroleum act, explosive act, etc , sri pagaria has referred to the requirements under a large number of enactments and contended that, until requisite consents, approvals, licences ..... corpn. of india ltd. as regards convertible debenture issue, it was asserted that there is no violation of the provisions of section 81(5) of the companies act, 1956 as the section contemplates only an optional conversion of government loan into equities, in the instant case, there is a compulsory conversion of publicly held ..... time a public interest aspect of the issue of shares and debentures. in the past decades, investors in shares and equities constituted a very limited section of the public and consisted of two extreme types-either persons who could shrewdly appraise the merits of each issue and take a considered decision .....

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