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May 12 1944 (PC)

Bireswar Banerji Vs. Emperor

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1944Cal417

..... have been misled by discovering that under the indian coinage act (act 3 of 1906) a rupee is legal tender. ..... not appear to have observed that under section 26, beserve bank of india act (act 2 of 1934) bank notes which may be of denominational values from rupees five to rupees ten thousand are also legal tender. ..... case against the petitioner under section 21, calcutta tramways act, though he was in error in thinking that his offer of a rupee provided the change was given was a proper payment of the legal fare, we think that in the circumstances of the case it cannot be said that he wished to avoid payment within the meaning of section 21 of the act. ..... rule 921 has been obtained by the petitioner against an order of conviction under section 21, calcutta tramways act (bengal act 1 of 1880) in a case in which the learned presidency magistrate inflicted no substantive sentence, but, as he expressed it, warned and ..... the question whether particular acts or omissions amount to avoidance of payment of the fare within the meaning of this section is a question of fact to be determined on the circumstances ..... fixed for their appearance, 6th august 1943, the petitioner was being tried in another court in the same building in the petty case under section 21, calcutta tramways act. ..... to give change evidently some heat was engendered and eventually both parties found themselves at hastings thana, and the petitioner was challaned for 'non-payment'' of the tram fare under section 21, calcutta tramways act. .....

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Aug 11 1969 (HC)

Bhagwandas Ichharam Panchal Vs. Royal Western India Turf Club Limited

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1970)72BOMLR764

..... invited my attention to section 13(1)(a) of the indian coinage act, 1906, and to section 26(1) of the reserve bank of india act, 1934, under which payment may be made respectively either in rupee coins or in bank ..... definitions of a bill of exchange and a cheque given in the negotiable instrument act, 1881, and has urged that a cheque is merely a bill of exchange drawn on a banker and that upon such cheque being presented to the banker, the banker would be bound to pay the drawee in tender which is recognised in law as legal tender, namely, in the coin of the land or the bank notes issued by the reserve bank and that ..... and i see no reason why i should not exercise my jurisdiction to determine the questions raised by this originating summons on the summons itself instead of referring the plaintiff to a separate regular suit, particularly when the liability on the part of the defendants to make payment is admitted and the only dispute between the parties is as to the mode of payment, the decision of which depends only upon the construction ..... counsel for the defendants, next expressed surprise why the plaintiff should desire payment by cheque when the law requires a debtor to make payment in cash and under the law the ..... the defendants by their reply dated january 14, 1960 stated that the plaintiff should call at their office when he would be 'paid on his successful jackpot pool tickets for the races held on 1st january 1969, strictly as per our totalizator rules in this behalf', by .....

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Jul 27 1964 (SC)

Amrit Banaspati Co. Ltd. and anr. Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1965SC560; 1965(0)BLJR54; [1964]8SCR313; [1965]16STC93(SC)

..... section 13 of the coinage act iii of 1906 (which was substituted by act 28 of 1947 for the original sections 13 and 14) in so far as it is material provides: "(1) the coins issued under the authority of section 6 shall be a legal tender in payment or on account,- (a) in the case of a rupee coin, for any sum; (b) in the case of a half-rupee coin, for any sum not exceeding ten rupees; (c) in the case of any other coin, for any sum not exceeding one rupee: (2) * * *" section 14 which added by act 31 of 1955 provides: "(1) the rupee shall be divided into one hundred units ..... when these two condi- tions are present, those coins would be legal tender in pay- ment or on account at the rate of 16 annas, 64 pice or 192 pies to 100 naye paise which is the new coin referred to in sub-s. (1) of s. 14. ..... in every existing law, all references to any value expressed in annas, pice and pies, shall be construed at references to that value ex- pressed in new coins referred to in subsection (1) of section 14 of the indian coinage act, 1906 (central act iii of 1906), converted thereto at the rate specified in sub-section (2) of section 14 of the said act. ..... 14 requires is that references to any value expressed in annas, pice and pies will be construed to such values ,expressed in new coins which would be absolutely equivalent to the value of the old coins when their value is converted at the rate of 16 annas, 64 pice and 192 pies to 100 naye paise. .....

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Sep 25 1962 (SC)

Mangalore Ganesh Bedi Works Vs. the State of Mysore and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1963SC589; [1963]Supp(1)SCR275; [1963]14STC198(SC)

..... secondly, it was submitted that the indian coinage act, being a central act dealing with 'coinage and legal tender' under item 36 of list i, could not change the rate of tax under the mysore sales tax act. ..... is divided into a hundred naya paisas, the old legal tender of sixteen annas or sixty four pice or one hundred any ninety two pies to a rupee remains legal tender which will be equivalent to one hundred naya paisas and for purposes of calculation and conversion of old coins into new coins, one old coin or a number of such coins have to be calculated to the nearest new coin or coins and where the new coin above and the new coin below are equally near then the calculation ..... coins issued under the authority of this act in any denomination of annas, pice and pies shall, to the extent specified in section 13, be a legal tender in payment or on account at the rate of sixteen annas, sixty four pice or one hundred and ninety two pies to one hundred new coins referred to in sub-section (1), calculated in respect of any such single coin or number of such coins tendered at one transaction, to the nearest new coin, or where the new coin above and the new coin below are equally near, to the new coin ..... 91,690/- but after the amendment of the indian coinage act (act 3 of 1906) by the amending act 31 of 1955 the rate of sales tax which was levied on the appellant's beedis was .02 nps. .....

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Apr 10 1957 (HC)

Sree Rajendra Mills Limited and Others Vs. Income-tax Officer, Central ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1958Mad220; [1957]32ITR439(Mad)

..... basis that section 9 of the indian independence act proceeds and when sub-section (1), sub-clause (b), provides for division between the new dominions and between the new provinces the property which before that date vested in the governor-general in council there is no warrant for the assumption or the theory, that the property represented by arrears of taxes were not to be the subject of division under section 9(1)(b) of the indian independence act. ..... section 2 was designed to point out that the legal basis of provincial autonomy was not any devolution from a unitary center, as under the government of india act, 1919, but was a direct grant from the parliament of the united kingdom.sections 136 and ..... in strict theory of law the independence was one conferred by parliament, by removing the legal fetters that previously detracted from complete sovereignty or independence of the indian dominion. ..... but this really does not affect the legal continuity, except so far as concerns the territory which ceased to be part ..... it was by virtue of this provision that it became legally possible for the government of india to collect arrears of income-tax which had accrued ..... of the picture as an authority possessing any legal powers in the dominion of india. ..... , but only there was a change in the relative distribution of power between the parliament of united kingdom and the government of india brought about by enactment of a parliament which continued to possess legal authority to enact legislation. .....

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May 05 2016 (HC)

The State of Maharashtra, through Police Station Officer and Others Vs ...

Court : Mumbai Nagpur

..... the instant conclusion would also emerge from section 106 of the indian evidence act, 1872 which is being extracted hereunder: 106 burden of proving fact especially within knowledge -when any fact is especially within the knowledge of any person, the ..... seen that their lordships have held that the last seen theory would come into play only in a case where the time-gap between the point of time when the accused and the deceased were seen alive and when the deceased was found dead is so small that there may not be any possibility that any person other than the accused may be the author of the ..... parliament for the safety and security of the citizens and the unity, sovereignty and integrity of the country, the punishment prescribed for those committing any act contrary of section 364a ipc cannot be dubbed as so outrageously disproportionate to the nature of the offence as to call for the same being declared as unconstitutional. ..... has also established beyond reasonable doubt that the incriminating material which was seized at the instance of accused no.1 rajesh on a memorandum under section 27 matches with the dna profile of the deceased yug, so also the sand seized from the spot where the dead body was concealed ..... reported in air 2014 sc (supp) 1434 have considered the legal position with regard to purpose of statement made u/s.313 of the ..... boy was talking on the phone from the coin box saying that "panch karod leke aana". ..... he had given ten coins to him on exchanging ..... call from the coin box. .....

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Oct 27 1972 (HC)

Maharana Bhupal Electric Supply Co. Ltd. Vs. the State of Rajasthan

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : AIR1973Raj132; 1972()WLN803

..... in the absence of contract to the contrary, the court may award interest at such rate as it thinks fit on the amount of price- (a) to the seller in a suit by him for the amount of the price -- from the date of the tender of the goods or from the date on which the price was payable; (b) to the buyer in a suit by him for the refund of the price in a case of a breach of the contract on the part ofthe seller -- from the date ..... was payable by the defendant; that the suit was barred by limitation under article 52 of the indian limitation act, 1908 excepting for a period of two months; that the suit was barred under section 57; that issues nos. ..... if it is satisfied that the licensee has failed to comply with any provision of the sixth schedule, and shall when requested so to do by the licensee, constitute a rating committee to examine the licensee's charges for the supply of electricity and to recommend thereon to the state government 3 provided that no rating committee shall be constituted in respect of a licensee ..... at no point of time had asserted that this was not the quantity consumed by it and it was simple arithmetic to calculate the unpaid balance when there was no controversy about the units of electricity consumed as per copies of the bills exhibits 9 (1) to 9 (95). 5. mr. m.d. ..... section 56 of the supply act had not come into operation when the rate was increased to eight annas ..... the right to sue arose when the report of the rating committee was approved by the government on 31-10- .....

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Sep 07 1962 (HC)

District Licensed Deed-Writers' Association, Murshidabad Vs. State of ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1963Cal124,67CWN290

..... to permit the clerks of pleaders or muktears, who are not licensed under these rules made under the registration act read with the bengal touts act, but who are licensed under section 31a of the legal practitioners' act read with the bengal touts act, the right to perform the functions of a licensed deed writer even though they are not licensed under these ..... when rule 10 was first published it was not realised by the government that a large section of the clerks of pleaders or muktears who were licensed under section 31a of the legal practitioners act as amended by the bengal touts act ..... of the sub-registry office to pursuada the public to have their documents written by him or any unlicensed deed-writer, or who is found to be doing any act which is likely to defeat the provision of any rule made under section 80-g of the indian registration act, 1908 shall be deemed to be a tout within the meaning of the clause (ii) of section 2 of the said act and his name shall be liable to be included in the list of the touts framed and published under sub ..... practising before them-(1) to present applications signed by their masters, for- (a) copies or information, (b) supply of forms, (c) return of documents, (d) repayment of deposits, (e) inspection, (f) all applications of a routine nature, (2) to take delivery of copies or information, (3) to tender money, (4) to identify persons verifying affidavits before the sheristadar, (5) to take notes from cause lists, books of information, etc. .....

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Mar 24 1993 (HC)

Pijush Kanti Mondal Vs. State of West Bengal

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1993)2CALLT252(HC),97CWN875

..... of confiscation of a vehicle as given to the authorised officer in sub-section (3) of section 59-a of the indian forest act, 1927 as inserted by the west bengal amendment act of 1988 is more or less similar to the power given to the authorised officer under section 56(2-a) of the orissa forest act as can be gathered from the said decision of the orissa high court. ..... gazette, empower a forest officer-(a) to accept from any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed any forest offence, other than an offence specified in section 62 or section 63, a sum of money by way of compensation for the offence which such person is suspected to have committed, and(b) when any property has been seized as liable to confiscation, to release the same on payment of an amount equivalent to double the market value thereof as estimated by such officer. ..... section 53 of the indian forest act empowers a forest officer of the stated rank to release any tools, boats, carts or cattle seized under section 52 on the execution by the owner thereof a bond for the production of the property so released, if and when so required, before the magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence on account of which the seizure ..... it may also be that the owner though legally vicariously viable for the acts of his driver which would permit confiscation yet the facts may be such as may not demand confiscation of the highly valued property but the authority may also feel that some sort of punishment .....

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Jan 30 2014 (SC)

Godrej and Boyce Mfg.Co.Ltd. and anr. Vs. State of Maharashtra and ors ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... completely unknown to godrej and not disclosed by the state in suit no.413 of 1953 even till 8th january 1962 when the consent decree was passed by the bombay high court, a notice bearing no.wt/53 had been issued to godrej under section 35(3) of the forest act (as amended) and published in the bombay government gazette of 6th september 1956 in respect of the disputed land in ..... the property of the estate-holder but have not been appropriated or brought under cultivation before the 14th august 1951, and (c) all other kinds of property referred to in section 37 of the code situate in an estate which is not the property of any individual or an aggregate of persons legally capable of holding property other than the estate-holder and except in so far as any rights of persons may be established in or over the same and except as may ..... connected therewith is the question whether the word issued in section 2(f) (iii) of the maharashtra private forests acquisition act, 1975 read with section 35 of the indian forest act, 1927 must be given a literal interpretation or a ..... thus clear that after the issue of notices under section 35(3) or notification under 35(1) of the indian forest act, no follow-up action was taken by the state ..... it must be recalled, at this stage, that the words or land under section 35(3) of the forest act had been deleted by the indian forest (bombay amendment) act, 1948 being bombay act no.62 of 1948 and, additionally therefore, such an objection could validly have been .....

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