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Jul 31 2012 (HC)

ian D'Costa, VSM, IA (Retd), B.A. MSc. MBA, Retd. and Others Vs. State ...

Court : Mumbai Goa

..... respondents no.3, 4, 7 and 13 to monitor inland water ways and riverine area within the state of goa where barges, trawlers and inland vessels sail. ..... record entries made in the oil record book to be maintained under section 356f of the merchant shipping act, for all merchant vessels entering or leaving mormugao port, and in particular shall check and record the following:- a) bunker transfer entries showing fuel oil transferred to or from a port bunker b) quantity of oily water contained in the bilge tanks on the vessel c) quantity of oil and oily water discharged through the oily water separator d) quantity of slop ..... and to use the method of testing the origin of oil slicks or discharged oil and matching it with the use of hydrocarbon finger printing methods and other modern scientific methods of detection of oil pollution at sea and inland water ways and for better enforcement of the provisions of the merchant shipping act. 6. ..... state pollution control board shall monitor the on shore facilities of mormugao port trust, panaji minor port, the indian oil corporation, and hindustan corporation limited to meet the standards prescribed under the water act. .....

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Jan 03 1927 (FN)

Eastern Transportation Co. Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ; that the wreck of the snug harbor lodged about 4 1/4 miles from montauk point, in a frequented channel way within the harbors and inland waters of the united states; that it was not marked with a buoy or beacon by day or a lighted lantern by night, and was not removed by the united states or the seaboard ..... seaboard transportation company owned the tug covington and the barge pottsville; that, on august 15, 1920, the steamship snug harbor, owned and used by the united states solely as a merchant vessel, while on a voyage from baltimore, maryland, to portland, maine, came into collision with a barge pottsville in tow of the tug covington, was sunk, and became a total loss ..... privately owned, a suit in rem could be maintained against her at the time of the commencement of such action, and not then unless such vessel was employed as a merchant vessel at that time; that 15 of the act of march 3, 1899, making it the duty of the owner of any vessel or craft wrecked and sunk in a navigable channel immediately to mark it with a buoy or beacon by day and a lighted lantern at night, had no ..... however, provides that, if the libelant so elects in his libel, the suit may proceed in accordance with the principles of libels in rem wherever it shall appear that, had the vessel or cargo been privately owned or possessed, a libel in rem might have been maintained, but it then proceeds to say, "[b]ut election so to proceed shall not preclude the libelant in .....

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Jan 11 1983 (FN)

Director, Owcp Vs. Perini North River Assocs.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... ) (land-based employee sent temporarily onto vessel to act as watchman); standard dredging corp. v ..... applies only when the man is over the navigable waters of the united states, and, under whole series of court decisions, there has been established a line where the provisions of the longshore act apply when the man is over the water, and yet the provisions of the state workmen's compensation law applies if the man is injured on land. ..... the reasons for the extended landward coverage are set forth in report sections labeled "extension of coverage to shoreside areas": "the present [1927] act, insofar as longshoremen and shipbuilders and repairmen are concerned, covers only injuries which occur 'upon the navigable waters of the united states. ..... were shipbuilders, a subcategory of the statutorily defined class of harbor workers, who are, of course, still covered under the 1972 act; davis held only that the claimant was entitled to state benefits; and parker was plainly not a "traditional" lhwca case. ..... united states court of appeals for the second circuit syllabus before 1972, coverage under the longshoremen's and harbor workers' compensation act (lhwca or act) extended only to injuries sustained by workers on the actual "navigable waters of the united states (including any dry dock) ..... the first chapter (which covers the period from 1917 to 1927) explains why there was a need for federal legislation to provide compensation for injured ..... these docks, and maybe more now with the inland waterways. .....

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May 18 1959 (FN)

Patterson Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... " employees of the united states on government vessels engaged in public service, and that the united states was therefore not liable to such employees under the public vessels act. ..... marine, 155 f.2d 456, in which a civilian employee of the government was awarded damages under the suits in admiralty act for injuries sustained by him while aboard a vessel operated by the united states in the merchant service. ..... , were injured in the course of their employment with the united states while aboard vessels operated by the government and engaged in merchant service. ..... certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit syllabus civilian employees of the united states who are entitled to the benefits of the federal employees' compensation act and who are injured in the performance of duty as seamen on vessels owned and operated by the government and engaged in merchant service do not have a right of action against the government under the suits in admiralty act. pp. ..... employed on united states or foreign flag vessels as employees of the united states through the war shipping administration, . . ..... considerations which led to that conclusion are equally applicable to cases where the government vessel is engaged in merchant service. ..... 898, to resolve a conflict between the decision below and that of the court of appeals for the eighth circuit in inland waterways corp. v. ..... , the court held "that the federal employees compensation act is the exclusive remedy for civilian . . . .....

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Nov 01 2002 (HC)

A. Aruna and ors. Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2002(6)ALD548; 2003(2)ALT770

..... that under article 304(b), it would be open to the state to sustain the restriction imposed by the tax levied under the assam taxation (on goods carried by road or on inland waterways) act (10 of 1961) on the ground that the tax is levied not merely to raise general revenue for the state which itself is a public purpose, but that the tax ..... vehicle in any public place in the state during the said period; and (ii) record in the certificate of registration in respect of the motor vehicle for which such certificate is granted under the motor vehicles act, if no such certificate of registration is granted in respect of a motor vehicle, in a certificate in such form as may be notified by the government, that the tax has been paid or that ..... : [1961]1scr809 , the appellants therein challenged the validity of the assam taxation (on goods carried by roads or inland waterways) act, 1954 mainly on the grounds that (1) the said act, rules and the notifications issued thereunder were ultra vires the constitution, because the act was repugnant to provisions of article 301 of the constitution as the tax on carriage of tea through the state of ..... passed by the assam legislature under entry 56 in list ii, is to collect taxes on goods solely on the ground that they are carried by road or by inland waterways within the area of the state and that being so, the act has put a direct restriction on the freedom of trade, and since in doing so it has not complied with the provisions of article 304(b), nor has .....

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Apr 26 2007 (HC)

Jangipur Sahkari Kraya Vikraya Samiti Ltd. Vs. State of U.P. and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : [2007(114)FLR175]; (2008)ILLJ418All

..... , for hire or reward;(aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forcer of the union or the civil aviation department of the government of india;(b) dock, wharf or jetty;(c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled; ,(d) mine, quarry or oilfield;(e) plantation;(j) workshop or other establishments in which articles are produced, adapted or' manufactured, with a view to their use, transport or sale;(g) establishment in which any work relating to the construction, development or maintenance ..... (5) the state government may, after giving three months' notice of its intention of so doing, by notification in the official gazette, extend the provisions of (this act) or any them of the payment of wages to any class of persons employed in (any establishment or class of establishments specified by the central government or a state government under sub-clause (h) of clause (ii) of section 2:provided that in relation to any such establishment ..... consequently, the entire proceedings under the payment of wages act, was ex facie, illegal and without jurisdiction. ..... proceedings under section 15 of the payment of wages act, 1936, were initiated by the respondent no. ..... from a perusal of the aforesaid, the act applies to person employed in a factory, or in a railway or in such other establishments contemplated under section 2(h) of the act, namely:2. .....

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Apr 02 2009 (HC)

Ashraf Vs. Deputy Labour Commissioner and ors.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2009(3)AWC2113

..... by road for hire or reward ;(aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forces of the union or the civil aviation department of the government of india ;(b) dock or jetty ;(c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled ;(d) mine, quarry or oil-field ;(e) plantation ;(f) workshop or other establishment in which articles are produced, adapted or manufactured, with a view to their use, transport or sale ;(g) establishment in which any work relating to the construction, ..... no doubt, a notification has been issued under sections 3 and 4 of the minimum wages act providing minimum rates of wages in respect of employees employed in the employment in agriculture. ..... the remedy under section 15(2) of the payment of wages act is not the appropriate remedy inasmuch as, the act is not applicable to such employees employed in the agriculture ..... wages notified under the notification issued under the minimum wages act, are required to be paid to such employees employed in the employment in ..... though, the petitioner has a remedy of filing an appeal under section 17 of the act, the writ petition was entertained since it involved a point of jurisdiction.3. ..... petitioner submitted that the application filed by the said respondents under section 15(2) of the act was not maintainable inasmuch as, the said act was not applicable for agricultural operations and was not covered under section 1(4) of the act read with section 2(it) of the act. .....

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Jan 06 2004 (HC)

Bijay Kumar Verma and ors. Vs. State of Jharkhand and ors.

Court : Jharkhand

Reported in : [2004(101)FLR458]; [2004(1)JCR472(Jhr)]; (2004)IILLJ927Jhar

..... from a plain reading of clause (ii) of section 2 of the act and clauses (a) to (g), it appears that the same talks about the tramway, air services, motor transport services or transport services, doc, wharf or jetty, inland vessel, mine, quarry, or oil field, plantation, workshop or other establishment in which articles are produced or manufactured, the establishment in which any work relates to construction, development or maintenance of buildings, roads or bridges or canals ..... --in this act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(a) tramway service, or motor transport service engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward;(aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forces of the union or the civil aviation department of the government of india;](b) dock, wharf or jetty;(c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled;](d) mine, quarry or oilfield;(e) workshop or other establishment in which articles ..... - (1) the state government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint [a presiding officer of any labour court or industrial tribunal constituted under the industrial disputes act, 1947, or under any corresponding law relating to the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes in force in the state or] any commissioner for workmen's compensation or other officer with experience as a judge of a civil court or as a stipendiary magistrate to be .....

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Jun 01 2001 (HC)

indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd., Apollo Hospital Employees Union ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 94(2001)DLT337; 2002(63)DRJ295; [2001(90)FLR460]; (2001)IILLJ1274Del

..... industrial establishment in clause (ii ) of section 2 of the payment of wages act 1936 means - '(a) tramway service or motor transport service engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road, for hire or reward; (aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forces of the unions or the civil aviation department of the government of india; (b) dock, wharf of jetty; (c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled; (d) mine, quarry or oilfield; (e) plantation; (f) workshop or other ..... offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactures, fixed plant and, machinery and other works constructed for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway, and (d) all ferries, ships, boats and rafts which are used on inland waters for the purposes of the traffic of a railway and belong to or are hired or worked by the authority administering the railway.' 4. it is trite to state that the courts must apply the law as it is contained in ..... as one: 'employed in any industry to do any skilled or unskilled manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied, and for the purposes of any proceedings 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 to that dispute' .....

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Sep 07 2011 (HC)

The Agricultural Produce Market Committee Vs. the Hon

Court : Mumbai Nagpur

..... the definition of "industrial or other establishments" under section 2(ii) of the payment of wages act is still wider and includes the establishments of tramway service, motor transport service engaged in carrying passengers or goods, dock, wharf or jetty, inland vessel, mine, quarry or oil-field, plantation and also the activities of construction, development or maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges or canals, the activities of generation, transmission and distribution of ..... of 1890); (iv) * * *""section 2(ii) of the payment of wages act, 1936 : "2(ii) - "industrial or other establishments" means any (a) tramway service, or motor transport service engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward; (aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to or exclusively employed in the military, naval or air forces of the union or the civil aviation department of the government of india; (b) dock, wharf or jetty; (c) inland vessel, mechanically propelled; (d) mine, quarry or oil-field; (e) plantation; ..... of agriculture produce within the market in the market area; (vi) regulate and supervise the auctions of notified agricultural produce in accordance with the provisions and procedure laid down under the rules made under this act or the bye-laws of the market committee; (vii) regulate the making, carrying out and enforcement or cancellation of sales, weighment, delivery, payment to be made in respect thereof and all other matters relating to the .....

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