Court : Mumbai
Reported in : AIR1984Bom258; 1984(2)BomCR530; 1984MhLJ603
..... expiry of which the liabilities could be extinguished.12. the portuguese civil code continued in this union territory by virtue of section 5 contained in the goa, daman and diu (administration) act. 1962. this provision provided that the existing laws will continue to be in force in this union territory until amended or repealed by ..... issued directions and promulgated regulations from time to time. we may refer to the relevant ones for understanding the points arising in this letters patent appeal. the goa. daman and diu (laws) regulation 1962. hereinafter referred to as regulation no. 12 of 1962. was promulgated by the president of india. section 3 of this regulation ..... shall be direct to the high court. high court itself has been defined in the said act to mean the judicial commissioner's court constituted by the goa. daman and diu(judicial commissioner's court) regulation, 1963. according to mr. kolwalkar after the original appeal was entertained and disposed of though by a judge of the .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... then the land use act would be inapplicable. he submitted that by notification dated 9.11.1988 (gazetted on 24.11.1988) issued under section 13 of the goa, daman and diu town & country planning act, 1974 (for short `town planning act'), the said land (sy. no.102/1) along with other lands in colvale village were notified ..... other than agriculture. 25. section 18a of the tenancy act provides that on the tiller's day (that is, 8.10.1976, the date of introduction of goa, daman and diu agricultural tenancy (fifth amendment) act, 1976 in the legislative assembly), every tenant shall subject to the other provisions of the act, be deemed to have purchased ..... to be used for any purpose other than agriculture. explanation:- the expression agriculture, land and tenant shall have the same meaning assigned to them under the goa, daman and diu agricultural tenancy act, 1964 (act 7 of 1964). 3. exemption. - the provisions of this act shall not apply to acquisition of any land vested in a tenant .....
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..... storage facilities only in some of the districts. in orissa and bihar the storage facilities are totally insufficient and unsatisfactory. states of haryana, madhya pradesh, goa, daman diu and dadar & nagar haveli and andhra pradesh claim to have no problems with storage facility while tamil nadu does not have any separate storage.8. ..... kg | | | | |(96.25%) | |hash oil |10 kg |1 kg |9 kg (90%) | |tidigesic |13627 vials |4095 vials |9532 vials | |inj. | | |(69.94%) | |norphine |112 amps |0 |112 amps (100%) | |bosikka |9 |0 |9 (100%) | |diazepam |9.085 kg + 2706 |4.51 (kg or vial not | | | |vials |sure) | | |poppy |246.75 kg |125.05 kg ..... |6.5 kg |0 |6.5 kg (100%) | |cocaine |851.096 kg |0 |851.096 kg | | | | |(100%) | |others |85.125 kg + 103 |0 | | | |capsules + 81 | | | | |injections 26 amp | | | 2. assam (the information pertains only to the period of 2010-2012) |item |total quantity |total quantity |difference | | |seized (in 10 |destroyed (in 10 | | | |years) |years) | | |ganja |203.54 kg .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kolkata
Reported in : AIR1935Cal39
1. Durgaprasad Singh succeeded to the gadi of the Jharia Raj in 1899, on the death of his elder brother Raja Joymangal Singh. The family is governed by the Mitakshara school of Hindu law. By custom the raj is impartible, and succession to it is governed by the rule of lineal primogeniture. Raja Durgaprasad died on 7th March 1916(=24th Falgun 1322 B.S.), leaving three widows, Ranee Prayagakumari, Ranee Subhadrakumari and Ranee Hemkumari, but no issue. The three Ranees were the plaintiffs in this suit; and one of them, namely, Ranee Subhadrakumari having died since the suit was commenced, the other two are now on the record as plaintiffs, in their own rights and also as her heirs and legal representatives. Raja Durgaprasad had, on 27th August 1915, made a will, purporting to dispose of some of the properties in dispute; but no detailed reference to its particulars are necessary because although its genuineness is beyond question, the parties have not, at any stage of this litigation, sou...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Rajasthan
Reported in : AIR1975Raj73; 1974(7)WLN555
S.N. Modi, J.1. This is an appeal by defendant Balwant Singh against the judgment and decree of the learned Additional District Judge, Alwar. whereby he decreed the suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell agricultural land.2. Under the provisions of the Rajasthan Land Revenue (Permanent Allotment of Evacuee Agricultural Lands) Rules, 1963, hereinafter described as the Rules, the defendant, who was a non-claimant displaced person was allotted 14 bighas and 8 biswas of agricultural land situated at village Noornagar, tehsil Kishengarh, district Alwar, fully described in para 1 of the plaint. On 17-10-1966 the defendant entered into an agreement to sell the said land to the plaintiff at the rate of Rs. 1.000 per bigha and received Rs. 500 as earnest money. He also delivered possession of a portion of the land measuring 3 bighas 14 biswas of khasra No. 256 to the plaintiff and further promised to execute a sale-deed and get it registered in favour of the plaintiff on receipt ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kolkata
Reported in : AIR1931Cal45,129Ind.Cas.566
1. This appeal has been preferred from a decree dismissing a suit for administration. The facts necessary to be stated are the following : One Gokul Krishna Das, the testator, had at the time of his death a four annas share in certain moveable and immovable properties, the remaining 12 annas share therein belonging in equal shares to his brother Jadu Nath Das, who was defendant 1 in the suit, defendants 3 and 4 and defendant 5. Gokul Krishna executed a will on 12th April 1912 and died on 19th April 1912. In between these dates, on 15th April 1912, he executed a codicil. He left a widow Gokul Mohini and two daughters Achinta Mohini Dasi and Balakdasi Dasi of whom the former died on 5th November 1919 and the latter on 4th December 1919. Defendant 2 is the husband of Balak Dasi. On 11th April 1924 Balak Dasi instituted the suit out of which this appeal has arisen. Originally the suit was instituted against the first five defendants but subsequently five other defendants were added on the ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Reported in : 139(2007)DLT289
Swatanter Kumar, J.1. Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), a registered Society stated to have been formed for the purposes of conducting public interest litigation in an organized manner approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of quo warranto alleging that the respondents no.1 and 2 have illegally permitted Prof. P. Venugopal, respondent no.3, Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as 'the Director') to continue against the post in complete and vent on disregard of the statutory regulations as he is being permitted to continue in that post beyond the age of 62 years as well as he is occupying the post of Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgeon since his appointment as Director in July 2003.2. The Society claims that it has eminent lawyers as members of its Executive Committee and they are generally interested as public spirited professionals to take legal steps in accordance with la...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? Yes3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes1. "A mans greed is like a snake that wants to swallow an elephant". - a Chinsese proverb which completely sums up the case in hand. The petitioner, who was awarded a contract for the construction and operation of a project involving a major bridge over the Pingalai river with approaches covering a total stretch of 2.2 km, claims that the Concession Agreement entered into by him in 2004 tantamounts to his having a preferential right of first refusal for award of the contract relating to the project for the four laning of a 66.73 Kms stretch of National Highway-6, being its Talegaon-Amravati KM 100 to KM 166.725 section, in the State of Maharashtra, without participation in the bidding process and completely unmindful of the public interest involved in the matter.2. The record of the present case discloses, ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1982SC149; 1981Supp(1)SCC87; [1982]2SCR365
P.N. Bhagwati, J.1. These writ petitions filed in different High Courts and transferred to this Court under Article 139 of the Constitution raise issues of great constitutional importance affecting the independence of the judiciary and they have been argued at great length before us. The arguments have occupied as many as thirty five days and they have ranged over a large number of issues comprising every imaginable aspect of the judicial institution, Voluminous written submissions have been filed before us which reflect the enormous industry and vast erudition of the learned Counsel appearing for the parties and a large number of authorities, Indian as well as foreign, have been brought to our attention. We must acknowledge with gratitude our indebtedness to the learned Counsel for the great assistance they have rendered to us in the delicate and difficult task of adjudicating upon highly sensitive issues arising in these writ petitions. We find, and this is not unusual in cases of th...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Reported in : 93(2001)DLT436
ORDERVijender Jain, J.1. Rule.2. Initially the petitioners have filed this writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents to decide the representations of the petitioners dated 4.11.1996. 6.12.1996 and 24.1.1997 for releasing from acquisition the lands situated in Village Kotla Maghigiran, Mehrauli either in terms of minutes recorded on 7.7.1995 as communicated on 28.7.1995 or issue fresh order and gazette it under Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act. Further relief was sought directing the respondent to implement the National Hosing Policy, 1994 as adopted by both the Houses of Parliament.3. During the pendency of the writ petition, on the representation of the petitioners the then Union Minister for Urban Development vide its order dated 13.4.1999 denotified the land of the petitioners as well as prepared a draft denotification notice. That decision was reversed by the succeeding Minister on 6.7.1999. The decision of reversal is under challenge before this Court.4. It was...
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