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Apr 08 1949 (PC)

Gilmour Vs. Coats and Others

Court : House of Lords

Decided on : Apr-08-1949

..... , " but solely designed to benefit individuals associated for the purpose of " securing that benefit, which may not have some repercussions or consequential effects beneficial to some section of the general community: and unless a further and sweeping inroad is to be made on the rule against perpetuities, the line must be drawn somewhere. cocks v ..... be devoted for ever to a religious purpose are compelled to accept as true any doctrine of a particular religion which ascribes efficacy, spiritual or temporal, to acts which that religion enjoins upon its followers, cannot i think be sound. the learned chief baron spoke of a hypothetical admission of the truth of the religious ..... m.r., said (at p. 396): monasteries of men and women are often, if not mostly, institutions the members of which devote their lives exclusively to acts of piety such as pious meditation, prayer and self-denial. such institutions, however praise-worthy, are not charitable in the sense recognised by this court. in munster .....

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Apr 06 1949 (PC)

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

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Decided on : Apr-06-1949

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 .....

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Apr 06 1949 (PC)

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

Court : Mumbai

Decided on : Apr-06-1949

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 .....

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Apr 05 1949 (PC)

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

Court : Chennai

Decided on : Apr-05-1949

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, .....

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Apr 05 1949 (PC)

Urdu Daily Newspaper pratap Vs. the Crown

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Decided on : Apr-05-1949

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 .....

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Apr 05 1949 (PC)

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

Court : Chennai

Decided on : Apr-05-1949

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, .....

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Mar 31 1949 (PC)

Changa and ors. Vs. ChaudhraIn Bhagwan Dei

Court : Allahabad

Decided on : Mar-31-1949

Reported in : AIR1949All493

..... their lordships of the judicial committee in court of wards v. ilahi bakhsh 11 a.l.j. 265 at p. 269 observed as follows:the punjab land revenue act 1887, act xvii of 1887, section 44, enacts that 'an entry made in the record of rights in accordance with the law, for the time being in force, shall be presumed to be ..... suit, his statement would not be binding on the remaining defendants or, for the matter of that, on the other members of his community. now para. 2 of section 18, evidence act, provides that:statements made by parties to suits, suing or sued in a representative character, are not admissions unless they were made while the party making them held that ..... of the government in setting aside land as an open graveyard for the musalman community in multan would be frustrated.to the same effect are the provisions of section 44, u.p. land revenue act, and they must consequently be given the same meaning.14. the entry of the word 'banjar,' therefore, was of no avail, and it only showed .....

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Mar 31 1949 (PC)

Natvarlal Punjabhai and ors. Vs. Dadubhai Manubhai and anr.

Court : Mumbai

Decided on : Mar-31-1949

Reported in : AIR1950Bom55

..... v. golap bhagat 40 cal. 721: 19 i.c. 273 . the learned judge states at p. 771 that 'the theory of relinquishment is foreshadowed in the dayabhaga, chap. xi, section 1, para. 59, where jimutavahana laid down that the persons who would be the next heirs on failure of prior claimants, succeed to the residue of the estate remaining after ..... by a limited owner. and krishnan j. further points out that surrenders are effected for the purpose of defeating alienees, and because of this till the surrenderer dies, her acts could not be questioned by the surrenderee, and that according to the learned judge seems to be a just and equitable rule. if that is so, why not impose ..... or, to put it in other words, the widow constitutes an impediment or obstruction between the last full owner and the next full owner, and she by a voluntary act of hers removes that impediment by surrendering the whole of the estate which has come to her from her husband. the next decision of the privy council is rangasami gounden .....

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Mar 31 1949 (PC)

Damodar Das Vs. Mt. Godawari and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Decided on : Mar-31-1949

Reported in : AIR1949P& H391

..... by long practice and confirmed by a series of decisions that a hindu widow can renounce the estate in favour of the nearest reversioner, and by a voluntary act efface herself from the succession as effectively as if she had then died. this voluntary self-effacement is sometimes referred to as a surrender, sometimes as a relinquishment ..... to jai narain, defendant 2, was without consideration and valid necessity and was not binding on the reversioners; that moti ram, the nearest reversioner, had by his acts disentitled himself from bringing a suit and that accordingly the plain, tiff as a remote reversioner had filed the suit. the relief prayed for is a declaration that the ..... did not pursue that matter any further.4. in the meantime on 4th october 1941i sagar mal, another brother of gopal sahai, applied under the guardians and wards act to the court of the senior sub-judge of rohtak for getting himself appointed guardian of the persons and properties of both moti ram and bhup singh. godawari .....

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Mar 30 1949 (PC)

F.W. Heilgers and Co. Vs. Nagesh Chandra Chakravarty

Court : Mumbai

Decided on : Mar-30-1949

Reported in : (1950)52BOMLR23

..... such an agreement being made between an employer and employee, and much less to make such agreement illegal and prohibited by the payment of wages act. section 23 of the payment of wages act also in our opinion does not support the argument of the appellant. it only prevents an employee from contracting away his rights which are given ..... the appellant thereupon filed a petition before the high court for the issue of writs of certiorari and prohibition and for an order, in effect, under section 45 of the specific relief act.2. before the high court various contentions were raised by the parties but they were not all argued before us. it appears that before the high ..... ). he contended that the claim to payment of all the three kinds of bonus could not be considered because it violated the provisions of sections 20 and 23 of the payment of wages act, and any attempt to order payment of such bonus would be illegal and therefore could not be within the jurisdiction of the tribunal appointed .....

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