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Vikram Singh @ Vicky and Anr. Vs. Union of India and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... sensitive highly controversial area of death penalty, with all its complexity, vast implications and manifold ramifications, even all the judges sitting cloistered in this court and acting unanimously, cannot assume the role which properly belongs to the chosen representatives of the people in parliament, particularly when judges have no divining rod to divine ..... the statistics further reveal that kidnapping for ransom has become a lucrative and thriving industry all over the country which must be dealt with in the harshest possible manner ..... 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 to section 364a cannot be dubbed as so outrageously disproportionate to the nature of the offence as to call for the same being declared unconstitutional. ..... of its initial incorporation in the code was meant to apply the provisions not only to situations where the government was asked to pay ransom or to do any other act but even to situations where any other person which would include a private person also was asked to pay ransom. ..... to injure or to continue to detain another person in order to compel a third party, namely, a state, an international inter-governmental organisation, a natural or juridical person or a group of persons to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the hostages, it will constitute the offence of hostage taking. .....

Sai Bhaskar Iron Ltd. Vs. A.P.Elect.Regul.Commission and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... and generation of electricity from renewable sources of energy; (i) the national electricity policy and tariff policy: provided that the terms and conditions for determination of tariff under the electricity (supply) act, 1948 (54 of 1948), the electricity regulatory commissions act, 1998 (14 of 1998) and the enactments specified in the schedule as they stood immediately before the appointed date, shall continue to apply for a period of one year or until the terms ..... shown that the surplus resulting from upward revision of tariffs applicable to the ht consumers made in the present case, was for the purpose of better discharge of its other obligations under the supply act and in effect, it has merely resulted in a gradual withdrawal of the concessional tariffs provided earlier to the power intensive consumers which do not in its opinion require continuance of the concessional tariffs any longer. ..... the rival contentions, we deem it appropriate to take note of the various provisions of the act of 1998 which have been enacted to establish and incorporate autonomous statutory electricity regulatory commissions to balance the interest of all the stakeholders in the electricity industry and to promote healthy growth of power sector in the state. ..... the argument with reference to statistics that the upward revision of tariffs for the ht consumers results in earning amounts in excess of the cost of generation does not, therefore, merit a more detailed ..... indian statistical institute .....

New State Ice Co. Vs. Liebmann

Court : US Supreme Court

..... sold therein are offered or taken by purchase or sale in such a manner as to make it of public consequence, or to affect the community at large as to supply, demand or price or rate thereof, or said business is conducted in violation of the first section of this act, said business is a public business, and subject to be controlled by the state, by the corporation commission or by an action in any district court of the state, as to all of its practices, prices, rates and charges. ..... sloan, vice president of the standard statistics company, and of miss frances perkins, industrial commissioner of the state of new york ..... [ footnote 14 ] we cannot say that the legislature of oklahoma acted arbitrarily in declaring that ice is an article of primary necessity, in industry and agriculture as well as in the household, partaking of the fundamental character of electricity, gas, water, transportation, ..... in the record that the ice industry as a whole in oklahoma has acquiesced in and accepted the act and the status which it creates. ..... can say that the federal constitution confers an absolute right to engage anywhere in the business of manufacturing ice for sale, it cannot properly decide that the legislators acted unreasonably without first ascertaining what was the experience of oklahoma in respect to the ice business. ..... [ footnote 34 ] it appears from the record that, for some years prior to the act of 1925, one day of each week was reserved by the commission to hear complaints relative to .....

Nlrb Vs. Jones and LaughlIn Steel Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the denial by employers of the right of employees to organize and the refusal by employers to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce by (a) impairing the efficiency, safety, or operation of the instrumentalities of commerce; (b) occurring in the current of commerce; (c) materially affecting, restraining, or controlling the ..... , or in any code or agreement approved or prescribed thereunder, or in any other statute of the united states, shall preclude an employer from making an agreement with a labor organization (not established, maintained, or assisted by any action defined in this act as an unfair labor practice) to require as a condition of employment membership therein, if such labor organization is the representative of the employees as provided in section 9(a), in the appropriate collective bargaining unit covered by such agreement when made. ..... the fact that the national labor relations act subjects the employer to supervision and restraint and leaves untouched the abuses for which employees may be responsible, and fails to provide a more comprehensive plan, with better assurance of fairness to both sides and with increased chances of success in bringing about equitable solutions of industrial disputes affecting interstate commerce, does not affect its ..... of labor statistics, bulletin no ..... bureau of labor statistics, bulletin no. .....

Ftc Vs. Consolidated Foods Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... federal trade commission held that the acquisition violated 7 of the clayton act, as the opportunity for reciprocal buying in this oligopolistic industry created a probability of a substantial lessening of competition and ordered divestiture. ..... while i cannot subscribe to the undiscriminating use made in the court's opinion of the buying statistics, i think there was enough in these seven instances -- for example, the phillips packing company, j. ..... do i think that illegality of this merger can be rested upon the fact that "[t]he industry structure was peculiar, basic being the leader with gentry closing the gap. ..... which, as noted, is principally engaged in the manufacture of dehydrated onion and garlic, had, in 1950, immediately prior to its acquisition by consolidated, about 32% of the total sales of the dehydrated garlic and onion industry and, together with its principal competitor, basic vegetable products, inc. ..... the evidence seems to show that, after the acquisition, the industry reflected the salutary qualities normally associated with free competition. ..... does gentry thus obtain sales that might otherwise go to basic or puccinelli, but the two-firm oligopoly structure of the industry is strengthened and solidified and new entry by others is discouraged. ..... erred because of the gloss it placed on the statistics and testimony adduced before the hearing examiner and the commission ..... the two-firm oligopoly structure of the industry is strengthened and solidified, and new entry by others .....

Group Life and Health Ins. Co. Vs. Royal Drug Co., Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . [ footnote 19 ] less than three weeks after the actual decision, the house of representatives passed a bill which would also have provided the insurance industry with a blanket exemption from the antitrust laws, thus restoring the state of law that had existed before the decision in south-eastern underwriters ..... purpose of regulating the business of insurance, or which imposes a fee or tax upon such business, unless such act specifically relates to the business of insurance: provided, that after june 30, 1948, the act of july 2, 1890, as amended, known as the sherman act, and the act of october 15, 1914, as amended, known as the clayton act, and the act of september 26, 1914, known as the federal trade commission act, as amended, shall be applicable to the business of insurance to the extent that such business is not ..... . [ footnote 24 ] while the power of the states to tax and regulate insurance companies was reaffirmed, the mccarran-ferguson act also established that the insurance industry would no longer have a blanket exemption from the antitrust laws ..... . we do not regard it as necessary to labor this point any further, because congress itself recently recognized the necessity for concert of action in the collection of statistical data and rate making when it enacted the district of columbia fire insurance rating act." id ..... . 222 efforts for statistical and ratemaking purposes would be a backward step in the development of a progressive business .....

Coir Board, Ernakulam, CochIn and anr. Vs. Indira Devi P.S. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1998IIAD(SC)470; AIR1998SC2801; JT1998(2)SC332; 1998(1)KLT755(SC); 1998(2)SCALE195; (1998)3SCC259; [1998]2SCR87; 1998(1)LC805(SC)

..... be prescribed; (c) undertaking, assisting or encouraging scientific, technological and economic research and maintaining and assisting in the maintenance of one or more research institutes; (d) collecting statistics from manufacturers of and dealers in, coir products and from such other persons as may be prescribed, on any matter relating to the coir industry; the publication of statistics so collected or portions thereof or extracts therefrom; (e) fixing grade standards and arranging when necessary for inspection of coir fibre, coir yarn and coir ..... a full bench of the kerala high court considered the question of application of the industrial disputes act to the appellant-coir board along with a similar question raised in respect of a large number of government departments, government companies, other statutory corporations and local bodies, in the impugned judgment. ..... ' the term 'workman' in section 2(s) is defined to mean 'any person (including an apprentice) employed in any industry to do any manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied; and for the purposes of any proceeding under this act in relation to an industrial dispute, includes any such person who has been dismissed, discharged, or retrenched in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute, or whose dismissal, discharge or retrenchment has led .....

Radhakisan Rathi Vs. Additional Collector, Durg and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1995SC1540; JT1995(6)SC166; 1995(3)SCALE184; (1995)4SCC309; [1995]3SCR510; 1995(2)LC346(SC)

..... animal husbandry and fisheries, health and sanitation, education, social education, communication and public works, cooperation, cottage industries, women and child welfare, social welfare, emergency relief, collection of statistics, self-help programme and general. ..... (1) for every block,there shall be janapada panchayat having jurisdiction over the block:provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided in this act, every corporation, municipality, town area, or notified area shall with respect to the functions which a municipal corporation, a municipal council, town area committee, or a notified area committee ..... municipality has to function as a separate administrative area for discharging its own functions under the municipalities act it cannot be urged that the taxing powers of the janapada panchayat for that area as flowing from ..... not included in the constituted block under section 130 of the act, the janapada panchayat may not have any jurisdiction to impose tax but so far as the appellants' theatres are concerned as they are situated under patwari halka 37 which forms part of the rajnandgaon block as per notification under section 130 of the panchayats act the appellants' theatres have to bear the theatre tax imposed by ..... certain areas to form separate administrative units - (1) unless otherwise expressly provided by or under this act, every local authority established or constituted under the municipal law shall, with respect to the functions which such authority discharges .....

State of Maharashtra and ors. Vs. Madhukar Balkrishna Badiya and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1988SC2062; (1988)90BOMLR563; [1989]66CompCas723(SC); JT1988(3)SC381; 1988(2)SCALE376; (1988)4SCC290; [1988]Supp2SCR482; 1989(1)LC68(SC)

..... to pay the tax again during the life time of the 2 wheeler.any further increase in one time tax rate will not be applicable to the 2 wheelers which have already paid the one time tax.statistics show that the 2 wheelers are being used for more than 25 years.the rate of increase of 2 wheelers because of easy availability and affordability is almost 25%. ..... in this connection, on the other hand it is of importance to note that the department of heavy industry, ministry of industry, government of india, had commissioned a report from an eminent firm of chartered accountants on long term demand projections for automotive vehicles (including two wheelers and three wheelers) ..... having regard to these factors and having regard to the principles applicable to taxation laws, we are of the opinion that the maharashtra act as amended from time to time and mentioned hereinbefore, does not suffer from any vice of being not regulatory or compensatory taxation nor from the vice of being violative of article 14 of the constitution.20 ..... according to the high court, the absence of provisions for refund in cases of temporary non-user made the maharashtra act xiv of 1987, confiscatory in character and not regulatory or compensatory which alone was in the competence of the state legislature ..... it was submitted by him that this development had made it unnecessary for this court to decide if the act, as it stood when it was challenged before the high court, was beyond the legislative competence of the state .....

The Kannan Devan Hills Produce Vs. the State of Kerala and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1972SC2301; 1972(0)KLT377(SC); (1972)2SCC218; [1973]1SCR356

..... licensing of manufacturers, brokers, tea waste dealers and persons engaged inthe business of blending tea;(j) improving the marketing of tea in india and elsewhere;(k) collecting statistics from growers, manufacturers, dealers and such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the tea industry; the publication of statistics so collected or portions thereof or extracts therefrom;(l) securing better working conditions and the provisions and improvement of amenities and incentives for workers;(m) such other matters ..... the empress hotel in victoria, british columbia, while not denying that the regulation of hours of work was ordinarily a matter of 'property and civil rights in the province' under head 13 of section 92 of the british north america act, 1867, and accordingly within the legislative competence of the provincial legislature, contended, interalia, that the company's activities had become such an extensive and important element in the national economy of canada that the dominion ..... parliament was entitled under the general powers conferred by the first part of section 91 of the act of 1867 to regulate all the affairs of the company, even where that involved legislating in relation to matters exclusively reserved to the provincial legislatures by section 92. 38. .....