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Mar 28 2014 (HC)

M/S. Lok Holdings and Constructions Ltd. and Others Vs. Municipal Corp ...

Court : Mumbai

..... respondents and called upon them to comply with the order passed by the division bench. 5. the executive engineer (bp) alleged that the applicants had started construction of work which allegation is disputed by the applicants by letter dated 13th february, 2013 and called upon the executive engineer to comply with the order passed by ..... to the d.c. regulations and other allied enactments for grant of permission to the proposed building on the plot in question. so far as the proposed construction being raised near the defence establishment is concerned, the learned counsel appearing for petitioners pointed out to us that unless there is a notification issued under section ..... principally for two reasons, firstly access to the plot of the petitioners is not available and secondly an objection is raised by the defence authority for raising construction on the plot on the ground that the structure if raised will cause danger to the defence establishment. so far as the first aspect of the matter .....

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Jan 17 2007 (HC)

Municipal Corporation of Kurnool Rep. by Its Commissioner, Smt. K. Vij ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 2007(3)ALD173; 2007(2)ALT386; [2007(114)FLR253]

..... is procedure something designed to facilitate justice and further its ends not a penal enactment for punishment and penalties; not a thing designed to trip people up. too technical a construction of sections that leaves no room for reasonable elasticity of interpretation should therefore be guarded against (provided always that justice is done to both sides) lest the very means designed ..... of the rule of substantial compliance instead of strict compliance.(2) the question as to whether a notice under section 80 is valid or not is a question of judicial construction. section 80 of the code is but a part of which the courts may do justice between the parties. it is therefore, merely a part of the adjective law and .....

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Jun 05 2006 (HC)

N.P. Karandikar (Since Deceased Through Legal Representatives Mandakin ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2006(4)BomCR520

..... the code which are applied by rules framed by the high courts in the erstwhile presidency towns shall apply to presidency small causes courts. thirdly, even as a matter of construction, the interpretation placed by the respondent upon the provisions of the rules framed by this court in 1968 under section 9 of the presidency small causes courts act, 1882 is ..... legislation has applied the provisions of the code to proceedings in a suit under chapter vii, that provision will prevail. the rules of 1968 do not lead to a contrary construction. finally, rule 12 of the rules of 1948 which have been framed under the rent act clearly provides that in respect of a suit or proceeding before a civil judge .....

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Jul 28 1978 (HC)

United India Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Maddali Susheela ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : [1983]53CompCas269(AP)

..... previous state of the law would be permissible for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a new statute if any provision therein is of doubtful import : bank of england v. vagliano brothers [1891] ac 107 robinson v. canadian pacific railway company [1892] ac 481 and mersey docks v. cameron [1865] 11 hlj 443 ..... understood the scope of the application involving nothing more than determination of the quantum of compensation and for the payment of the same.78. executive construction.--the construction placed by the executive, the rule-making authority on provisions of the act while giving effect to the same by making a rule like rule 514 ..... chapter ii with licensing of drivers of motor vehicles. chapter iii with registration of motor vehicles. chapter iv with control of transport vehicles. chapter v with construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles. chapter vi with control of traffic. chapter viii with insurance of motor vehicles against third party risks. chapter ix with .....

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Jan 10 1991 (HC)

B. Krishna Bhat Vs. Bangalore Development Authority

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR1991KAR352; 1991(1)KarLJ240

..... of lodging houses, camping grounds and rest houses in the city; (27) establishing and maintaining compost plants for disposal of sewage; (28) supplying, constructing and maintaining in accordance with the general system approved by the corporation, receptacles, fittings, pipes and other appliances whatsoever on or for the use of ..... destruction of stray or ownerless dogs; (13) laying out new public streets; (14) maintaining or aiding schools for pre-primary education; (15) the construction or acquisition and maintenance of cattle pounds; (16) establishing and maintaining a system of public vaccination; (17) the reclamation of unhealthy localities, the removal ..... , treatment and disposal of sewage, offensive matter and rubbish and, the preparation of compost manure from such sewage, offensive matter and rubbish; (4) the construction, maintenance and cleaning of drains and drainage works and of public privies, water closets, urinals and similar conveniences; (5) the lighting of public streets, .....

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Nov 25 1960 (SC)

The State of Uttar Pradesh and ors. Vs. Babu Ram Upadhya

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1961SC751; 1961CriLJ773; (1970)ILLJ670SC; [1961]2SCR679

..... that all statutory rules vis-a-vis the disciplinary proceedings taken against a government servant are administrative directions, and the other applies the well settled rules of construction and holds thaw the appropriate authority is bound to comply with the mandatory provisions of the rules in making an inquiry under a particular statute. a close ..... regard, inter alia, to conditions of service without impinging upon the overriding power recognized under art. 310. 18. learned counsel for the respondent contends that this construction is inconsistent with that prevailing in the english law and that the intention of the framers of the constitution could not have been to make a radical departure ..... the validity of the act done in disregard of them.' 41. this passage was accepted by the judicial committee of the privy council in the case of montreal street railway company v. normandin l.r. [1917] a.c.170 and by this court in state of u.p. v. manbodhan lal srivastava : (1958)iillj273sc 42. .....

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Aug 10 1981 (SC)

Shah Babulal Khimji Vs. Jayaben D. Kania and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1981SC1786; 1981(3)SCALE1169; (1981)4SCC8; [1982]1SCR187

..... ' within the meaning of the clause.88. in shorab merwanji modi and anr. v. mansata film distributors and anr., the following observations were made:on a strict construction of the calcutta test, the tight or liability must mean some right or liability which is a subject-matter of controversy in the suit or proceeding but in its ..... the winding up would fall within these categories. on the other hand, the expression 'judgment' used in clause 15 is wider. the learned judge therefore rejected a construction which would have meant that the same orders passed by district courts and by a single judge of a high court would be subject to different rules as to ..... content of the expression 'judgment' occurring in clause 15 of the letters patent.... we consider that occasion has not arisen before us either since in view of the construction which we have adopted of section 202 of the indian companies act the scope of the expression 'judgment' in the letters patent does not call for examination or final .....

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Jun 04 1959 (HC)

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. Khetra Mohan Banerjee

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1960Cal190

..... for price of work done and labour and materials supplied.26. in march 1945 tenders were invited on behalf of the government of india, public works department, for construction of certain temporary buildings for officers' quarters in calcutta. the plaintiff who carries on business of a building contractor at 16, mangoe lane, calcutta, submitted his tender ..... and schedule of the quantities of work to be done, and this tender was accepted on behalf of the government of india. although the tender was for construction of temporary structures with raneegunje tiles roofing or corrugated iron-sheets roofing, the plans, specifications and drawings which were actually handed up to the plaintiff when he commenced ..... and that the price of the work done had to be determined by the court on the basis of fair and reasonable rates. it was found that the railway was liable to pay the amount thus assessed to the plaintiffs on the 26th of july 1925 and the plaintiffs claimed, interest on the money for the .....

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Jul 15 2015 (HC)

shankar.V Vs. The Secretary

Court : Karnataka

..... the matter, the state government reconsidered the matter and by order dated 27.10.2014 passed under section 4(g) of the act, granted exemption and permitted construction of commercial complex to be directly entrusted to kolar nirmithi kendra, kolar. thereafter, vide communication dated 10.11.2014 to the director, directorate of municipal administration ..... , bangalore, the state government informed that the exemption from chapter ii of the act had been granted for construction of a commercial complex. challenging the orders dated 27.10.2014 and 10.11.2014 passed by the state government, petitioners, who are municipal councilors ..... and services in respect of specific procurement as may be notified by the government from time to time. in the present case, the order for construction of commercial complex by kolar nirmithi kendra has been passed by the state government exercising power under the said provision. the same was done on the .....

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Apr 16 2009 (HC)

Britannia Industries Ltd. A company registered under the Companies Act ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2009(3)BomCR562; (2009)IIILLJ275Bom

..... socioeconomic equality as enshrined in the preamble of our constitution. while construing the provisions of the act, the courts have to give them a construction which should help in achieving the object of the act. another significant underlying feature in the system of industrial law is expeditious and timebound results ..... 'order'. applying the same analogy and process of interpretation to these provisions, in our view, it will be a correct legal approach to give liberal construction to the expression 'matter' so as to include application, proceedings or order before the appropriate government to be referred to the tribunal which as already ..... that the procedure indicated in publication of notice of assessment was mandatory and partly directory, further held that the subsidiary rule of interpretation is of contextual construction of statutory provisions. provisions should take colour from their context and object while keeping pace with time. with particular reference to sections 150 - 152 .....

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