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Bhor Industries Ltd., Bombay Vs. Collector of Central Excise, Bombay

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC1153; 1989(40)ELT280(SC); [1990]184ITR129(SC); JT1989(1)SC450; 1989(1)SCALE226; (1989)1SCC602; [1989]1SCR382; [1989]73STC145(SC); 1989(1)LC503(SC)

..... there should be manufacture of goods. the goods being articles which are known to those who are dealing in the market having their identity as such. section 3 of the act enjoins that there shall be levied and collected in such manner as may be prescribed duties of excise on all excisable goods other than salt which ..... production or manufacture of goods produced or manufactured within the country. this court again in in re the bill to amend section 20 of the sea customs act, 1878 and section 3 of the central excises and salt act, : [1964]3scr787 of the report referring to the aforesaid observations of the judicial committee reiterated that taxable event in the ..... are produced or 'manufactured' in india. 'excisable goods' under section 2d of the act means goods specified in the schedule to the central tariff act, 1985 as being subject to a duty of excise and includes salt. therefore, it is necessary, in a case like this, .....

Goodyear India Ltd., Gedore (India) Pvt. Ltd., Kelvinator of India Ltd ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1990SC781; [1991]188ITR402(SC); JT1989(4)SC229; 1989(2)SCALE982; (1990)2SCC71; [1989]Supp1SCR510; [1990]76STC71(SC)

..... constitution; and thirdly, whether the said provision is violative of article 301 of the constitution. it was contended on behalf of the appellant that section 13aa of the act is a charging section and imposes a charge of an additional rate of 2% in the rupee if the following conditions laid down therein are satisfied : (i) ..... in the state of punjab. purchase-tax was introduced in the state of punjab for the first time by the east punjab general sales tax (amendment) act, 1958. section 2(ff) was introduced for the first time to define the expression 'purchase'. the definition of the term 'dealer' was changed to include therein a ..... the haryana legislature intervened and enacted the haryana general sales tax (amendment & validation) act, 1983 by which section 9 of the principal act was amended as follows;-amendment of section 9 of haryana act 20 of 1973 -- in section 9 of the principal act,-(a) in sub-section (1), -(i) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted and shall .....

Mafatlal Fine Spinning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Vs. Collector of Cen ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC784; 1989(20)ECC7; 1989(23)LC500(SC); 1989(40)ELT218(SC); JT1989(1)SC160; (1989)2SCC446; [1989]1SCR204; 1989(1)LC374(SC)

..... fabric' by running it through plain rollers to impart a better finish, which is a mere temporary finish. sri sorabjee referred to some of the notifications issued under section 8(1) of the act which say that calendaring would not be treated as 'processing'. learned counsel contended that having regard to the very nature, the calendaring does not bring about any change ..... for the choice of the different rates of interest are not envisaged in the context whether the processor processes amounted to 'manufacture' within the meaning of section 2(f j(v) of the act, but only in the context of estimating the extent of time consumed by the process of processes as that is the criterion for the choice of the ..... m.n. venkatachaliah, j.1. these two appeals under section 35-l of the central excises and salt act, 1944 (act) by messrs mafatlal fine spinning & ., arise out of and are directed against the common appellate-order dated 10-2-1987 of 'the customs excise & gold (control) appellate tribunal in .....

Granfinanciera, S.A. Vs. Nordberg

Court : US Supreme Court

..... -- 28 u.s.c. 1411 (1982 ed., supp. v), enacted as part of the bankruptcy amendments and federal judgeship act of 1984 (1984 amendments), pub. l. 98-353, 98 stat. 333 -- is notoriously ambiguous. section 1411(a) provides: "[t]his chapter and title 11 do not affect any right to trial by jury that an individual ..... refusing to analyze earlier english cases. see o. bump, conveyances made by debtors to defraud creditors 532 (4th ed. 1896); f. wait, fraudulent conveyances and creditors' bills 56-60 (1884). to be sure, in drake v. rice, 130 mass., at 412, justice gray says that, "[b]y the law of england before the american revolution, . . . fraudulent ..... the equity docket. see generally o. bump, conveyances made by debtors to defraud creditors 532 (4th ed. 1896); f. wait, fraudulent conveyances and creditors' bills 59-60 (1884); w. roberts, voluntary and fraudulent page 492 u. s. 92 conveyances 525-526 (3d am. ed. 1845). this procedural dimension of the choice between law and equity lends .....

Finley Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the jurisdictional issue was unanimous. [ footnote 2/14 ] jurisdiction was asserted on the basis of 303 of the labor management relations act, 1947, which provided: "(a) it shall be unlawful, for the purpose of this section only, in an industry or activity affecting commerce, for any labor organization to engage in any activity or conduct defined as an unfair ..... stevens cites in his dissent, see post at 490 u. s. 560 , n. 6, explicitly rested upon "ancillary" jurisdiction, citing krippendorf v. hyde, 110 u. s. 276 (1884), in support of its holding that "[t]he suit in equity was an exercise of jurisdiction . . . ancillary to that which it had already acquired in the action at law." 123 ..... vested -- for example, when an additional party has a claim upon contested assets within the court's exclusive control, see, e.g., krippendorf v. hyde, 110 u. s. 276 (1884); freeman v. howe, 24 how. 450, 65 u. s. 460 (1861), or when necessary to give effect to the court's judgment, see, e.g., local loan co. .....

Graham Vs. Connor

Court : US Supreme Court

..... applied maliciously or sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm," but in "a good faith effort to maintain or restore order in the face of a potentially explosive page 490 u. s. 391 situation," id. at 248-249, the district court granted respondents' motion for a directed verdict. a divided panel of the ..... 694-696, and nn. 16-23 (1987) (collecting cases). [ footnote 8 ] see justice v. dennis, supra, at 382 ("there are . . . certain basic principles in section 1983 jurisprudence as it relates to claims of excessive force that are beyond question[,] [w]hether the factual circumstances involve an arrestee, a pretrial detainee or a prisoner"). [ footnote 9 ..... , the court of appeals erred in analyzing it under the four-part johnson v. glick test. that test, which requires consideration of whether the individual officers acted in "good faith" or "maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm," is incompatible with a proper fourth amendment analysis. we do not agree .....

Bfi, Inc. Vs. Kelco Disposal, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ," which "adopted verbatim the language of the english bill of rights." solem v. helm, 463 u. s. 277 , 463 u. s. 285 , n. 10 (1983). section 10 of the english bill of rights of 1689, like our eighth amendment, states that "excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual ..... 464-467. [ footnote 12 ] see 62 selden society, at 467; pleas of the crown for the county of gloucester: a. d. 1221, p. xxxiii (f. maitland ed. 1884) (pleas for gloucester); see generally 1 selden society. [ footnote 13 ] without discussing the complex origins of civil damages in detail, see 2 pollock & maitland 522-525; 62 selden society ..... instruction: "in determining the amount of punitive damages, . . . you may take into account the character of the defendants, their financial standing, and the nature of their acts." app. 81. guidance like this is scarcely better than no guidance at all. i do not suggest that the instruction itself was in error; indeed, it appears to have .....

Stanford Vs. Kentucky

Court : US Supreme Court

..... out by fainting or chest squeezing. . . . on one occasion in september of 1981, he put gasoline into a toilet and set fire to it, causing an explosion. mr. wilkins' brother was diagnosed to be suffering from schizophrenia when he was admitted along with mr. wilkins in 1982 at crittenton center. mr. wilkins was often ..... the minimum age for its death penalty. [ footnote 2/3 ] capital sentences for juveniles would presumably be more unusual still were capital juries drawn from a cross-section of our society, rather than excluding many who oppose capital punishment, see lockhart v. mccree, 476 u. s. 162 (1986) -- a fact that renders capital ..... the "viciousness, force and violence" of the alleged crime, petitioner's maturity, and the failure of the juvenile justice system to rehabilitate him after previous delinquent acts, the juvenile court made the necessary certification. wilkins was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and carrying a concealed weapon. after the court found .....

Will Vs. Michigan Dept. of State Police

Court : US Supreme Court

..... constitution and laws shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress. for the purposes of this section, any act of congress applicable exclusively to the district of columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the district of columbia." 42 u.s.c. 1983. [ footnote 2 ..... who would not leave, page 491 u. s. 72 however, the eleventh amendment lurks everywhere in today's decision and, in truth, determines its outcome. i section 1 of the civil rights act of 1871, 42 u.s.c. 1983, renders certain "persons" liable for deprivations of constitutional rights. the question presented is whether the word "persons" in this ..... for the recovery of chattel and real property against state officials, both of which were well known in the 19th century. see poindexter v. greenhow, 114 u. s. 270 (1884); united states v. lee, 106 u. s. 196 (1882). although the conclusion that a state officer sued for damages in his or her official capacity is not a " .....

Mallard Vs. District Court

Court : US Supreme Court

..... be read to confer coercive power upon the federal courts. respondent's major premise, however, is too strong. statutory provisions may simply codify existing rights or powers. section 1915(d), for example, authorizes courts to dismiss a "frivolous or malicious" page 490 u. s. 308 action, but there is little doubt they would have ..... ) (appoint); va.code ann. 3538 (1904) (appeared in 1849 code) (assign); w.va.code, ch. 138, 1 (1891) (assign). cf. n.mex.comp.laws 2289 (1884) (judge may appoint attorney to represent territory if territory's attorneys are unable to attend by reason of sickness or inability); nev.comp.laws 3126 (1900) (court may appoint attorney ..... may appear on behalf of the criminal defendant. the district court found that, in light of this individual appearance requirement and the strict time constraints imposed by the speedy trial act, 18 u.s.c. 3161-3174, it would be virtually impossible for this system of appointed counsel to work with nonresident attorneys. " * * * *" "as .....