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Nov 26 1951 (FN)

Bindczyck Vs. Funicane

Court : US Supreme Court

..... harrison,2d annual message, 1890. see also rep.atty.gen. 397 (1903) for a similar suggestion from the special examiner in relation to naturalization. no section of the act was more thoroughly debated than this one. three separate amendments to reduce the waiting period were rejected. 40 cong.rec. 7762-7770. the period was cut ..... "to be a national and citizen of the united states," but "without prejudice to the government's right to institute appropriate proceedings for denaturalization under sec. 338 of the nationality act of 1940." the court of appeals reversed, 87 u.s.app.d.c. 137, 184 f.2d 225, and we granted certiorari. 341 u ..... messages and papers of the presidents: grant, 1st annual message, 1869, 6th annual message, 1874, 7th annual message, 1875, 8th annual message, 1876; arthur, 4th annual message, 1884; cleveland, 1st annual message, 1885, 2d annual message, 1886, 4th annual message, 1888; harrison, 1st annual message, 1889,2d annual message, 1890; roosevelt, 3d annual message, .....

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Dec 10 1951 (SC)

The District Board, Tanjore Represented by Its President Vs. M.K. Noor ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1953SC446; (1952)IIMLJ586(SC)

..... particular area in a village, the village has to be named; but, in my opinion, that is not complying with the conditions mentioned in explanation 1 to section 3(2) (d) of the act. under the explanation in express terms a grant has to be of a village by name and if the grant is expressed in those terms and it is ..... of 1908). it' was contended that the suit land was and is an 'estate' within the meaning of section 3 (2) (d) of the act as amended by act 18 of 1936 and was within the ambit of section 6 of the act. a number of issues were framed in the case. issue 1 was in these terms:'whether the suit lands are ryoti lands ..... mentioned in the explanation and that being so, the definition of the word 'estate' as given in section 3(2)(d), madras estates land act, is not attracted to the facts of this case. in these circumstances under the provisions of section 6(2) of the act the defendant was not entitled to a permanent right of occupancy in the suit land.11. the .....

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Jan 07 1952 (FN)

Morissette Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , and confusion and injustice avoided, by eliminating and abolishing the distinctions which have hitherto differentiated one sort of theft from another, each of which, under section twelve hundred and ninety of the penal law, was denominated a larceny, to-wit: common law larceny by asportation, common law larceny by trick and device ..... wilfully and knowingly steal and convert to his own use." [ footnote 30 ] congress, by the language of this section, has been at pains to incriminate only "knowing" conversions. but, at common law, there are unwitting acts which constitute conversions. in the civil tort, except for recovery of exemplary damages, the defendant's knowledge, intent, motive ..... diligence for the protection of the public which shall render violation impossible." people v. roby, 52 mich. 577, 579, 18 n.w. 365, 366 (1884). after the turn of the century, a new use for crimes without intent appeared when new york enacted numerous and novel regulations of tenement houses, sanctioned by .....

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Jan 11 1952 (SC)

The State of West Bengal Vs. Anwar Ali Sarkar

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1952SC75; 1952CriLJ510; [1952]1SCR284

..... that the cases were of a very exceptional character and although the offences committed were technically offences defined in the indian penal code, the indian arms act and the high explosives act, it would be futile to contend that the offenders in these cases were of the same class as ordinary criminals, committing the same offences or ..... in respect of other cases involving the same offences the order still remains. amongst other important changes, reference may be made to the provision of section 13 of the act which empowers the special court to convict an accused of any offence if the commission of such offence is proved during trial, although he was not ..... trial is not a well-defined classification. it is too indefinite and there an hardly be any definite objective test to determine it.' 7. before considering whether section 5 (1) infringes, to any and what extent, the constitutional prohibition under article 14, it is necessary to ascertain the true scope and intendment of the impugned .....

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Jan 28 1952 (FN)

Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... legislation then enacted led to the passage, in 1908, of the transportation of explosives act, [ footnote 9 ] which was later extended to cover inflammables. [ footnote 10 ] in accordance with that act, the commission, in the same year, issued regulations applicable to railroads. in 1934, the commission exercised its authority under the act to promulgate regulations governing moor trucks, including the regulation here in question ..... or through congested thoroughfares, places where crowds are assembled, street car tracks, tunnels, viaducts and dangerous crossings. so far as practicable, this shall be accomplished by prearrangement of routes." the section was amended to its present form in 1942. 7 fed.reg. 2869. [ footnote 13 ] compare united states v. petrillo, 332 u. s. 1 , 332 u. s. 7 (1947); miller v .....

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Feb 14 1952 (SC)

Bathina Ramakrishna Reddy Vs. the State of Madras

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1952SC149; 1952CriLJ832; (1952)IMLJ736(SC); [1952]1SCR425

..... being drawn to this article, an application was filed by the advocate-general of madras before the high court on november 14, 1949, under section 2 of the contempt of courts act (act xii of 1926) praying that suitable action might be taken against the appellant as well as three other persons, of whom two were respectively ..... subordinate to it where such contempt is an offence punishable under the indian penal code'. 9. according to mr. sinha, what the sub-section means is that if the act by which a party is alleged to have committed contempt of a subordinate court constitutes offence of any description whatsoever punishable under the indian penal code ..... took the opposite view in the case of subordinate judge, first class, hoshangabad v. jawaharlal and definitely held that the prohibition contained in section 2(3) of the contempt of courts act refers to offences punishable as contempt of court by the indian penal code and not to offences punishable otherwise than as contempt. this decision .....

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Feb 22 1952 (SC)

Dhiyan Singh and anr. Vs. Jugal Kishore and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1952SC145; [1952]1SCR478

..... of shanker lal's estate. the plaintiffs state that the two branches of family were separate at all material times; that on shanker lal's death in 1884 his daughter mst. mohan dei (the defendants' grandmother) succeeded to a limited estate. the reversion opened out on her death in october 1929 and the plaintiff ..... litigation between two branches a family whose common ancestor was one megh raj singh the family tree is a follows : megh raj singh--------------|-------------| |jawahar singh madan singh| |shanker lal (d. 1884) brijlal (d. 1890)| _____|___________daughter : mst. mohan dei | |(d. oct. 1929) kishan lal mahabir prasadhusband narain das (d. 21-5-1940) (d. 1921)_______|______ ___|_____________ ..... and third, that he must have so acted to his detriment. 14. it will be necessary to deal with the in stages and first we will consider whether there was any estoppel against brijlal. it is beyond dispute that he laid serious claim to the property in 1884. he claimed that he was joint with .....

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Mar 03 1952 (FN)

Brannan Vs. Stark

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to handlers was reduced from 26 to 21 1/2 , while at the same time the provisions here contested, requiring payments to cooperatives alone, were introduced. section 8c(5) of the act provides that orders relating to milk and its products shall contain one or more of certain enumerated terms and conditions, " and (except as provided in subsection (7 ..... the operation of a plan of uniform pricing of milk to handlers. [ footnote 2/19 ]" if a cooperative does the things required by the capper-volstead act and the last-mentioned section of the order, it is bound to be working to bring about better milk prices for all dairy farmers in the area. page 342 u. s. 480 ..... secretary of agriculture only to establish and maintain such orderly marketing conditions as will tend to effectuate the declared purpose set out in section 2 or 8c(18) of the agricultural adjustment act, as reenacted and amended by this act." act of july 3, 1948, 62 stat. 1247, 1258, 7 u.s.c. (supp. iv) 672(b). [ footnote 2/15 ] .....

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Mar 04 1952 (SC)

Kashmira Singh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1952SC159; 1952CriLJ839; (1952)IMLJ754(SC); [1952]1SCR526

..... say in bhuboni sahu v. the king [1949] 76 i.a. 147 :- 'it does not indeed come within the definition of 'evidence' contained in section 3 of the evidence act. it is not required to be given on oath, nor in the presence of the accused, and it cannot be tested by cross examination.'' 8. their lordships ..... provision goes no further than this-where there is evidence against the co-accused sufficient, if believed, to support his conviction, then the kind of confession described in section 30 may be thrown into the scale as an additional reason for believing that evidence.'11. translating these observations into concrete terms they come to this. the proper way ..... confession against the appellant. now there are some glaring irregularities regarding this confession and though it was safe for the sessions judge and the high court to act on it as against gurubachan because he adhered to it throughout the sessions trial despite his pleader's efforts to show the contrary, a very different position .....

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Mar 10 1952 (FN)

Harisiades Vs. Shaughnessy

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 595 the alien, is not a punishment. . . . the inhibition against the passage of an ex post facto law by congress in section 9 of article 1 of the constitution applies only to criminal laws . . . , and not to a deportation act like this. . . ." mabler v. eby, 264 u. s. 32 , 264 u. s. 39 . it is urged ..... yue ting v. united states, 149 u. s. 698 . [ footnote 15 ] an open door to the immigrant was the early federal policy. it began to close in 1884, when orientals were excluded. 23 stat. 115. thereafter, congress has intermittently added to the excluded classes, and, as rejections at the border multiplied, illegal entries increased. to combat ..... a year later, deportability because of membership in described subversive organizations was introduced. 40 stat. 1012; 41 stat. 1008. when this court, in 1939, held that that act reached only aliens who were members when the proceedings against them were instituted, kessler v. strecker, 307 u. s. 22 , congress promptly enacted the statute before us, .....

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