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Chicago, Etc. Vs. Acme Freight, Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... thought necessary "in order to provide a reasonable period of adjustment within which rates and charges may be established pursuant to the provisions of section [1008]." section 1009 was amended by the act of february 20, 1946, 60 stat. 21, to permit the filing of joint rates between forwarders and motor carriers under certain circumstances. ..... with these carriers, however, the status of the forwarder is still that of shipper. it is this duality of character that raises the question in this case. section 1013 of the act [ footnote 3 ] provides that the carmack amendment, 34 stat. 593, as amended, 49 u.s.c. 20(11) [ footnote 4 ] and page ..... to deliver the shipment safely at the destination. common carrier liability was the penalty for failure of fulfillment of that undertaking. the freight forwarder act encompasses only the second type of forwarder described above. section 1002(a)(5) defines "freight forwarder" as "any person which . . . holds itself out to the general public to transport or .....

P. Ramiah and ors. Vs. Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras and ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1950Mad100

..... of the g. o. were otherwise, we think that merely because the commissioner of police is authorised by the provincial government by virtue of section 15 of the act to exercise the power under section 2 (1), the provincial government is not deprived of that power. the decision of the court of appeal in blackpool corporation v. locker, ..... january 1949. the matter does not seem to have received the attention of the advisory council and the government has not yet passed final orders under section 3 (5) of the act.2. the grounds of detention of the applicants in all the cases are substantially the same. the learned advocate for the applicants contended that his ..... discharged by any officer or authority subordinate to the provincial government, one of the powers exercisable by the provincial government under the act is the power to pass an order of detention under section 2 (1) of the act. g. o. no. ms. 907 dated 21st march 1947 empowered the district magistrates and commissioner of police, madras, .....

Urdu Daily Newspaper pratap Vs. the Crown

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : 1949CriLJ813

..... resentment or disapprobation which is generated by legitimate comments, critioisms or ventilation of genuine grievances. such we apprehend is the meaning and effect of the section of the indian presa (emergency powers) act 1931 we are considering. we now proceed to examine the impugned letter and news item in the light of the legal principles explained above.17. ..... published in the petitioners newspaper 'pratap' and specified in the order contained matter of the nature described in clauses (d) and (h) of sub-section (1) of s.4 of the act. it is therefore, essential in the first instance to have a clear notion of the nature or kind of words which fall within the secope ..... of which the order of forfeiture has been made did or did not contain any words, signs or visible representations of the nature described in section 4, sub-section (1) of the act if the appears to the high court that the newspaper did not contain any words signs or visible representations of the nature described in that .....

P. Ramiah and ors. Vs. the Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1949)2MLJ61

..... of the g. o. were otherwise, we think that merely because the commissioner of police is authorised by the provincial government by virtue of section 15 of the act to exercise the power under section 2(1), the provincial government is not deprived of that power. the decision of the court of appeal in blackpool corporation v. locker ..... 1949. the matter does not seem to have received the attention of the advisory council, and the government has not yet passed final orders under section 3(5) of the act.2. the grounds of detention of the applicants in all the cases are substantially the same. the learned advocate for the applicants contended that his ..... discharged by any officer or authority subordinate to the provincial government. one of the powers exercisable by the provincial government under the act is the power to pass an order of detention under section 2(1) of the act. g.o. no. ms. 907, dated 21st march, 1947, empowered the district magistrates and commissioner of police, madras, .....

Venneti Sundara Rama Rao Vs. Chamarti Satyanarayanamurti Being Minor b ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1949)2MLJ199

..... necessity for and efficacy of a sonship under the hindu law, that the adoption of a son to her husband by a hindu widow is a meritorious act and that succession to property is only a secondary consideration.. the judicial committee quoted with approval the following passage from the berhampore case a distinction which is ..... hindu commentators saw as great virtues in an etcetera as coke, the commentator on littleton. professing to submit to the rule that a woman is not fit to act independently by herself, the hindu legists first circumvented it by stating that the defect was cured by the permission of her father-in-law for an adoption by ..... process of interpretation. the smritichandrika adopts a rule of interpretation familiar in hindu law, that where there is no absolute prohibition, you can infer assent especially if the act is meritorious. devanna bhatta the author, considers that by the use of the disjunctive in the text ' he whom his father or mother gives' yajnvaika suggests the .....

Venneti Sundara Rama Rao Vs. Chamarti Satyanarayanamurthi Being Minor ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1950Mad74

..... process of interpretation. the smritichandrika adopts a rule of interpretation familiar in hindu law, that where there is no absolute prohibition, you can infer assent especially if the act is meritorious. devanna bhatta, the author, considers that by the use of the disjunctive in the text 'he whom his father or mother gives' yajnavalkya suggests the ..... an; end to the power of the widow to adopt.23. these observations in amarendra's case which profoundly modified the effect of previous decisions were accepted and acted upon by the judicial committee in ramasubbayya v. chenohuramayya, where it was held that in determining whose assent should be taken by a hindu widow in the dravida ..... family is divided or undivided the consent of the father-in-law alone 'the natural guardian and venerable protector' of the widow is sufficient to validate her act and there is no need to take the consent of the other members. their lordships observed that in an undivided family where there was no father-in-law .....

Rura Ram Vs. Divisional Supdt., N.W. Rly., Lahore

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1954P& H298

..... in that area, under sub-section (2) of section 15 and under sub-section (1) of section 20 of the aforesaid act for directions being issued to the pay master of north western railway, lahore division, for payment to him of a sum of ..... hearing of the petition number of interesting and difficult questions arose. one of these questions was whether in view of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 17, payment and wages act, the order of the learned district judge dismissing the petitioner's appeal was open to revision. another question that arose was whether the order ..... 1944, he appiied to the senior subordinate judge of amritsar, who had been appointed by the provincial government, under the provir sions of sub-section (1) of section 15, payment of wages act, to be the authority to hear and decide for the area concerned all claims arising out of deductions from wages etc., of persons employed .....

Provincial Government, C.P. and Berar Vs. Ganeshlal Rekhchand

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1950CriLJ491

..... . we set aside the acquittal and hold the respondent guilty of contravening the provisions of da. 3 (1) and 6 (2) of the foodgrains control order, 1945, read with section 7, essential supplies act and sentence him to a fine of esection 100. in default of payment he shall undergo one month's aiigoroua imprisonment. ..... embraces transactions with which we are concerned in this oabe. it was not necessary for the respondent to come to malkapur or anyplace in the buldana district to do business__the act of purchase and sale could be carried on by an agent on his behalf. in such a case the agent aa also the principal would require separate licences. the ..... .w. 3 at malkapur and khamgaon. the respondent was prosecuted for contravention of els. 3 (1) and 6 (2), foodgrains control order, 1945, read with 8. 7, essential supplies act.3. the accused (respondent) in his examination did not dispute the transactions of purchase and sale alleged by the prosecution. he stated that he did not go to malkapur and .....

East India Prospecting Syndicate Vs. Commissioner of Excess Profits Ta ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1952Cal40,[1951]19ITR571(Cal)

..... a consideration of these authorities it came to the conclusion that the syndicate was in fact carrying on business and therefore was liable to pay the tax under section 4 of the act. the tribunal considered the purpose for which this syndicate came into existence. it points out that it came into existence for the purposes of acquiring and ..... in that case it was held that a company owning house property and carrying on the activities of letting such houses is liable to income-tax under section 9 of the indian income-tax act, 1922, in the same way as a private individual owning such property. in that case the facts were that the assessee was a registered company ..... by a limited company or by an incorporated society the net profit could be regarded as profits for the purposes of excess profits tax act by reason of the proviso to section 2 (5) of the act. but being neither a company nor an incorporated society, the net profit cannot be regarded as the profits of business and therefore they .....

Harimohan Dutt Vs. C.K. Sen and Co. Ltd.

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1952Cal391

..... advance which may be the agreement of parties.12. the construction which i adopt is in accord with the definition of the word 'rent' under section 105, t. p. act. rent under section 105, t.p. act means a consideration of a price paid or promised or of money, etc., 'to be rendered periodically or on specified occasions.' one of the ..... rent but in fact in the nature of security for payment of such periodic sum.11. if this were not the construction then while under sub sections (a) & (b) of section 14 of the act, the tenant will obtain immunity from ejectment by paying only the standard rent (which can be a monthly concept as a reference to the statute & ..... rent' arises in this case. in my opinion on a proper construction the words 'the rent agreed upon between the landlord & the tenant' in the context of section 14 of the act & particularly having regard to the question of standard rent stated therein mean the specific & periodic sum that is payable by the tenant & does not mean deposits or .....