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Judgment Search Results Home > Cases Phrase: explosives act 1884 section 4 definitions Sorted by: recent Court: privy council Year: 1949 Page 22 of about 456 results (0.036 seconds)

Aug 05 1949 (PC)

Mohan Lal and ors. Vs. Gokaran Singh and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Aug-05-1949

Reported in : AIR1950All87

..... debtor, but the question that has to be determined, is whether he is a debtor also within the meaning of the act. this word has not been defined in the act. although 'debt' has been defined in section 2(8) to include a pecuniary liability except a liability for unliquidated damages, the contention of the learned counsel for the ..... subject to some pecuniary liability is to be regarded or not to be regarded to be a debtor. section 4 of the act, however, is helpful in solving this problem. this section enables a landlord to apply for the benefits of the act, and divides landlords into two categories, the first category being of landlords who are subject to private ..... purchased by him was not liable for the payment of the debts of the applicants under the encumbered estates act. his claim was allowed in the year 1944. mohan lal then applied under section 9(5), encum-bered estates act, praying that the debt due to him be apportioned between the landlord applicants and gokaran singh, and that .....

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Aug 05 1949 (PC)

Sheodan Singh Vs. Ramesh Singh and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Aug-05-1949

Reported in : AIR1950All53

..... , namely, the other vendees from lokan singh, tara singh and others, or to get the debt apportioned between himself and the other vendees under section 9(5)(a), encumbered estates act. in the result the entire amount due to prithi raj singh was realised from sheodan singh. thereafter the present suit was tiled by sheodan singh ..... for contribution under section 82, transfer of property act.3. the suit was resisted by the defendant-respondents and their main ground was that as sheodan singh had failed to get the debt apportioned ..... between himself and his co-debtors in the proceedings under the encumbered estates act, he could not maintain the suit for contribution under section 82, transfer of property act. there were other issues also raised, but the courts below have dismissed the suit on the ground that it was .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Deputy Commissioner Vs. Upendra Saran Sanyal and ors.

Court : Guwahati

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

..... speeches delivered at the meeting amount to contempt of a 'court' within the meaning of the expression as used in the contempt of courts act, under section 2 (1) of the act this court has the same power to punish contempts of courts subordinate to it as it has of punishing contempts of its own authority. the ..... .22. the proceedings are again admittedly non-judicial even if the sub-deputy collector's. bona fide believed that he was acting under the regulation. chapter vir, land eevenue manual contains rules framed under sections 129,152 and 155 (b) and (c)rule is provides that the provisions of the civil procedure code and all enactments amending the ..... investigate and report on matters which coma before him in his capacity as a eevenue officer acting under the regulation. the deputy commissioner when directing the sub-deputy collector to enquire and report did not purport to act under this section.24. section 142 of the regulation punishes failure to comply with a notice served on a person .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Mt. Sajida Khatoon Vs. M.B. Ahmad

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950All56

..... and that a further ad valorem court-fee is payable oil this amount of rs. 13,200. the finding of the court is based on the ground that section 7 (ii) (a), u. p. court-fees act, read with the proviso to it, is applicable to the present case.4. it is contended by the learned counsel for the appellant that this ..... no force in this contention.5. section 7 (ii) (a), u. p. court-fees act is, divisible into two portions. the first portion, describes the nature of the suit to which it, applies; the second portion describes the method in which the subject-matter ..... section does not apply to the present case, and that the court-fee is payable in accordance with article 17 (vi) of schedule ii, court-fees act, because, the learned counsel contends, this relief is incapable of valuation. in my opinion, there is .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Santosh Kumari Lalchand Mehra Vs. Chimanlal Munilal Kapur

Court : Mumbai

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950Bom307; (1950)52BOMLR394

..... father who was her next friend, could maintain this petition. i drew the attention of the learned counsel for the respondent to the provisions of section 49, divorce act which he had himself resorted to in the first instance for urging before me that the petition was not maintainable having been filed before the next ..... very clear in terms and they lay down a condition or conditions for the valid solemnization of marriages between the parsis governed by the act. similarly sections 2 and 17, special marriage act, 1872, which are clear and categoric in terms leave not the slightest doubt in my mind that what the legislature intended was the ..... conclusion of mine, i respectfully differ from the learned judges who constitute0d that special bench, and i am of opinion that the provisions contained in section 2, special marriage act, 1872, are not directory in character but are mandatory and they prescribe the conditions for the proper and valid solemnization of marriage between the parties .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Udipi Municipal Council Represented by Its Commissioner, T. Harichandr ...

Court : Chennai

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950Mad222

..... pasture lands must be considered to be lands used solely 'for agricultural purposes' within the meaning of section 63, madras district municipalities act of 1884 as amended in 1897 which was then in force. the language of section 81 (4) of the act is similar and applies to land used 'exclusive for agricultural purposes.' if a piece of urban vacant ..... : a. i. r. 1924 p. c. 247, it was held that a mango tope was not land used for agricultural purposes within the meaning of section 79, agra tenancy act, 1901. 'agriculture' in its ordinary and primary sense implies the tillage or cultivation of the soil by human effort with or without the aid of animal or ..... limits of the municipality. the defendants, here respondents, resist the claim on the grounds that they should: have been assessed to property tax under section 81 (i) of the act and not under section 81 (3) and they should have been separately and individually assessed on the share of the property held by each of them. their contentions .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Rex Vs. AlimuddIn and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950All77

..... p-2 and p 9. under these circumstances, the entire case could not have been covered by merely framing a charge of abetment and a charge of conspiracy under section 120b against all the five opposite parties was properly framed.10. i would therefore, allow this revision and set aside the order of the assistant sessions judge, dated ..... of the jury is returned or the opinions of the assessors are expressed.5. the contention, on behalf of the opposite parties, is that the word 'alter' in section 227, empowers the assistant sessions judge even to withdraw a charge and that, even if such power is not there, the assistant sessions judge, in this, case, merely ..... observations were made by the court that it was not proper to frame a charge under section 120b in the circumstances of those cases. the reason for those observations appears to be this. in these cases, the conspiracy was to commit a single act. the persons concerned could have been charged with actual commission of the offence or with .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Bhagwant Kishore and anr. Vs. Bishambhar Nath and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950All54

..... respect of the offerings for a particular period. it should be noted that the receiver was not the receiver in insolvency but was a receiver appointed in a proceeding under section 145, criminal p. c. the official receiver desired this amount to be paid to him claiming it to belong to the estate of the insolvent madan lal. bhagwant kishore and .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

The Udipi Municipal Council, Represented by Its Commissioner, T. Haric ...

Court : Chennai

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : (1949)2MLJ629

..... lands must be considered to be lands used solely '" for agricultural purposes " within the meaning of section 63 of the madras district municipalities act of 1884 as amended in 1897 which was then in force. the language of section 81(4) of the act is similar and applies to land used "exclusively for agricultural purposes ". if a piece of urban vacant ..... out other defences which are not now material. 2. the appellant urged two points before me (i) the assessment in this case was rightly made under section 81 (3) of the act, and (ii) even otherwise, it is not open to the civil court to decide on the propriety of the assessment in this case. lands which are ..... limits of the municipality. the defendants, here respondents, resist the claim on the grounds that they should have been assessed to property tax under section 81(4) of the act and not under section 81(3) and they should have been separately and individually assessed on the share of the property held by each of them. their contentions were .....

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Aug 04 1949 (PC)

Ganpatram Dinaram Agarwal Vs. Mt. Rambai W/O Bechharam

Court : Mumbai

Decided on : Aug-04-1949

Reported in : AIR1950Bom20; 1950CriLJ267

..... . this view was followed in emperor v. parwari, is : air1919all276 by knox j. who held that statements made to the police as a result of action taken under section 154 or section 155, criminal p.c., are privileged statements, and as such, cannot be used as evidence or made the foundation of a charge of defamation. i am in respectful agreement ..... the charge wa3 struck off. it was held by scott-smith j. that the re-port to the police did not amount to a charge of a criminal offence under section 211, penal code, and in so deciding he followed the view of sundara aiyar j, in swaminatha thevan v. emperor, 14 i.c. 767 : 13 cri. l.j. ..... for any official investigation, of definitely alleging his belief in the guilt of a specified person, and his desire that the specified person be proceeded against in court, that act of his, whether verbal tit written, if made to an officer of the law authorized to initiate proceedings based upon the complainant's statement, whether amounting to an expression .....

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