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Suba Singh and anr. Vs. Davinder Kaur and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the act is based on the fatal accidents act, 1846 and according to the short title given to it by the indian short titles act, 1897, it is an act to provide compensation to families for loss occasioned by the ..... person convicted of any offence of having caused the death of another person or of having abetted the commission of such an offence may also be liable to face a civil action for damages under the fatal accidents act, 1855 in a suit for damages and sub-section (5) of section 357 of the code makes it all the more clear by stipulating that at the time of awarding compensation in a subsequent civil suit relating ..... convicted of any offence for having caused the death of another person or of having abetted the commission of such an offence, in paying compensation to the persons who are, under the fatal accidents act, 1855 (13 of 1855), entitled to recover damages from the person sentenced for the loss resulting to them from such death; (d) when any person is convicted of any offence which includes theft, criminal ..... or fresh legislation should be enacted which should, inter alia, contain appropriate provisions in regard to the following matters:(i) the payment of a fixed minimum compensation on a no- fault liability basis (as under the motor vehicles act), pending final adjudication of the claims by a prescribed forum;(ii) the creation of a special forum with specific power to grant interim relief in appropriate cases;(iii) the evolution of a procedure to be followed by such forum .....

K.V. Ananthakrushnan Vs. the Registrar, High Court,

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2008)1MLJ9

..... short-title act, 1897 provided that the british india acts would be known as 'indian act ..... the following submission has also been made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, while challenging the letters patent in question:i) the letters patent, 1865, is ultra vires the constitution of india.ii) as indian high courts act, 1861, was repealed by the subsequent enactment, the letters patent, 1865, is also deemed to be repealed and no more alive for enforcement.iii) as the subject matters provided under the letters patent, ..... from one court to anotherto be administered in terms with the code of criminal procedure and also the inherent jurisdiction of the high courtclause - 30 - offenders to be punished under indian penal codeto be administered in terms with the indian penal code as amended vide criminal law amendment act and other actsclause - 31 - judges may be authorised to sit in any place by way of circuit or special commissionto continue under the constitution and the madras high court (establishment ..... 34 - testamentary and intestate jurisdiction to continue as per the constitution and the relevant lawsclause - 35 - matrimonial jurisdiction has become obsolete in view of passing of the family courts act and vesting the jurisdiction with the family court in matters arising under the indian divorce actclause - 36 - single judges and division courtsto continue under the madras high court rulesclause - 37 - regulation and proceedings (civil procedure code)to continue clause - 38 - .....

Subbia Goundan Vs. Ramaswami Goundan and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1953)2MLJ766

..... notwithstanding the fact that the order of adjudication divests the insolvent of all right, title and interest in the property, it must be observed that there is no status tory prohibition against the transfer by the insolvent during the continuance of insolvency and the vesting of the property under section 28 of the act, does not affect in any manner his capacity to deal with the property. ..... murugesa mudaliar : (1903)13mlj372 which were concerned with section 7 of the indian insolvency act, 184.8, interpret the section in the same manner, though the language of course is different ..... expressed his concurrence with the opinion of the learned chief justice and observed that it was logically impossible to ' stop short of giving to the word 'revert' in section 81 the full interpretation he has placed upon it. ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 onwards that the effect of annulment is to vest the property retrospectively in the insolvent, in other words, the consequence of annulling an order of adjudication is to wipe out altogether the insolvency and its effect except to the limited ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 , it was held that the attachment made after the insolvency of a partner of the property belonging to him was valid by reason of subsequent annulment ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 and kothandarama ravuth ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 and kothandarama ravuth ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 and kothandarama ravuth v ..... murugesa mudali : (1897)7mlj229 and kothandarama ravuth v .....

J. Muthukrishnan and anr., Etc. Vs. the State

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1990CriLJ2570

..... better appreciation of these points, two pioneering decisions of the supreme court explaining in so unambiguous and clear-cut-terms the extent of amplitude of the power, besides section 26 of the general clauses act, 1897 ('act, 1897' for short) may be referred to. 56. ..... but the materials collected by the investigating machinery in the instant case do not prima facie disclose any offence whatever having been committed by them either under the indian penal code or under the provisions of the act, 1947 and in such circumstances, it is nothing but sheer abuse of process of law in causing unnecessary harassment to the petitioners in facing criminal trial, calling for interference ..... the act was enacted as its long title shows to amend the indian penal code and the code of criminal procedure and to provide for a more speedy trial of ..... provides for investigation, inquiry or trial for every offence under the indian penal code according to the provisions of the code. ..... for such area or areas as may be specified in the notification to try the following offences, namely : (a) an offence punishable under section 161, section 162, section 163, section 164, section 165 or section 165a of the indian penal code (act xiv of 1860) or section 5 of the prevention of corruption act, 1947. ..... trial of offences under the indian penal code and other laws :- (1) all offences under the indian penal code (45 of 1860), shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with 'according to the .....

Com. of Pennsylvania Vs. Coxe

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the defence of her western frontier, from the 17th of march 1791, until the spring of the year 1796, alleging 'that there was imminent danger of being invaded by the indian tribes, then at war with the united states; and that it was necessary to take immediate and vigorous measures to prevent hostile incursions, and to provide for the security of the ..... he is attacked by the indians, and driven from his cabin and and his field, before he has time to make any visible progress in building, clearing, and cultivating; but, he observes, in the words of the act, that being driven from his settlement, he shall, nevertheless, have title, as if he had completed his improvement, and continued his residence, if he persists in his endeavours: he, therefore, returns the next year, and is again driven away, re ..... hordes of intruders were pressing eagerly into the possession of the best tracts: and, in short, such was the doubt and solicitude, universally excited upon this question of forfeiture, that the warrantees could hardly obtain assistance, in the business of settlement ..... design of the legislature, it must be of great force to recollect, that shortly before the time of offering the land for sale at the rate of 7l. ..... in short, in every sentence of the proviso, the legislature plainly points at a certain state of things, at some concurrence of circumstances, when the grantee would be absolutely entitled to the land ..... in short, at the close of the present year, near 400,000 dollars will .....

Preston Vs. Browder

Court : US Supreme Court

..... " which charge and instruction the court refused to give to the jury, but on the contrary charged and instructed them "that the said entry and grant were both null and void, and vested no title whatever the said dunlap, because at the time of making said entry and obtaining said grant, the land included therein lay in a part of the country where the laws of north carolina had not authorized ..... of north carolina, at the time of passing this act, that she had, but a short time before, shaken off her colonial government, and assumed a sovereign independent one of her own choice; that during the colonial system, by instructions and proclamations of the governor, the citizens were restrained and prohibited from extending their settlements to the westward, so as to encroach on lands set apart for the indian tribes; that these encroachments had produced hostilities ..... also within the tract of country secured to the indians in 1791 by the treaty of holston, and that the indian title thereto was relinquished in 1798 by the treaty of tellico. ..... that having the same land afterwards surveyed and granted, in the manner prescribed by the laws of north carolina, vested in the said dunlap and his heirs a complete title both at law and in equity, and that the conveyance from dunlap to rhea and from rhea to the lessor of the plaintiff vested a complete legal title in him, and therefore he was entitled to a verdict. .....

Mitchel Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the laws in force in other provinces; yet it was his orders to his officers to continue and confirm those relations which had previously existed, to consider, treat and protect the indians as his subjects, and to give them new and most solemn pledges of his protection in all their rights, as individuals, and as nations or tribes, competent parties to treaties of mutual ..... that when spain took possession of these provinces, the king could establish whatever form of government or system of laws he pleased, consider by the law of power, though not of right, the indians as his subjects or as mere savages, with whom there should be no relations but those of peace and trade and who held no rights otherwise than at the pleasure of the government or according to ..... acknowledged subjects, plighted by repeated guarantees, to suppose that he intended by the treaty of cession to exclude from confirmation, those lands which his white subjects had purchased from the indians under the sanction of treaties, with the approbation and formal confirmation of his highest officers, and to confirm only those grants of the royal domain, which had been made at ..... title claimed in this case, which had been presented to the superior court of middle florida under the provisions of the acts of congress for the settlement of land claims in florida, that the grantees did not acquire, under the indian grants, a legal title ..... there is every evidence, short of the sign manual or order of the king, .....

Poole Vs. Fleeger

Court : US Supreme Court

..... tracts comprehending the premises in question, dated in 1786, 1792, and 1797, and also under certain grants from the state of tennessee in 1809, 1811, 1812 and 1814, from which they deduced a regular title to themselves, and they proved that the same grants covered their possessions respectively, except that each of the defendants, whom the jury at the trial found guilty of the ejectment, were in possession of portions ..... after the reception of said letter there was much talk in the mate of kentucky about claiming to the true latitude of thirty-six degrees and a half, but it did not appear that any definitive public act of the state of kentucky had been done in consequence of the reception of the information aforesaid, from merewether lewis, or that, so far as walker's line extended west, the relative possessions and claims of ..... to the disposition of the state of kentucky, which state may make all laws necessary and proper for disposing of and granting said lands or any part thereof, and may by herself or officers do any acts necessary and proper for carrying the foregoing provisions of this article into effect, and any grant or grants she may make therefor shall be received in evidence in all the courts of law or equity in the ..... but it did appear that about the year 1819, shortly after the treaty with the chickasaw tribe of indians by which the lands lying in kentucky and tennessee between the mississippi and tennessee rivers, were acquired, kentucky sent two commissioners, alexander .....

United States Vs. D'Auterive

Court : US Supreme Court

..... -- and were to consider it as conclusive evidence; it has accordingly been decided by the supreme court of this state as well as the united states court that a complete grant is complete evidence of title without any confirmation, and viewing the grant of the claimants in this report as of a similar character, and perfectly satisfied as regards the sale from masse to d'auterive, the testimony in proof thereof being ..... result for this capital of the great establishment in vacheries that they propose themselves to do on the said land named la prairie du vermilion, by the quantity of cattle they may bring to market in a short period, we have conceded, and do concede to them by these presents the said land, for them and their heirs to enjoy and dispose of the same in full ownership and usufruct, as a thing ..... court shall hear and determine all questions relative to the title of the claimants, the extent, locality, and boundaries of the claim, and by final decree shall settle and determine the question of the validity of the title according to the law of nations, the stipulations of any treaty, and proceedings under the same, the several acts of congress, and the laws and ordinances of the ..... , "for lands lying within the said territories to which the indian title had been extinguished, and which were on that day actually inhabited and ..... the indian title to ..... 610 1st, that the parties should be residents; 2d, that the indian title should have been extinguished; 3d, that the land should have been .....

Minter Vs. Crommelin

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the state court in effect pronounced the patent under which the plaintiffs claimed title to be void for want of authority in the officers of the united states to issue it, on the supposition that the land was reserved from sale when it was entered ..... received deeds for the same at the time of sale, dated 12 and 14 july, 1834, and immediately or a short time thereafter entered into possession, and has continued in possession until the present time. ..... both by the treaty and the act of congress it was declared that if the indian abandoned the reserved land, it became forfeited to the ..... that the patent under which the plaintiffs claimed title was issued under the preemption laws of the united states; that the land conveyed by said patent was not subject to entry under preemption, and that therefore said patent had issued contrary ..... to hold possession under deeds from taylor, and that taylor held possession under tallasse fixico, and that the plaintiffs were never in possession that then the defendant held under color of title and was in a condition to contest the validity of the patent." "2. ..... the defendant being in possession without any title from the united states, we deem it unnecessary to discuss the effect of the parol proof introduced in the state circuit court to defeat ..... is that the patent is valid, and passed the legal title, and furthermore it is prima facie evidence of itself that all the incipient steps had been regularly taken before the title was perfected by the patent. .....