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Marsh Vs. Chambers

Court : US Supreme Court

..... [ footnote 2/28 ] reverend palmer and other members of the clergy who offer invocations at legislative sessions are not museum pieces put on display once a day for the edification of the legislature. ..... conversely, our cases have recognized that religion can encompass a broad, if not total, spectrum of concerns, overlapping considerably with the range of secular concerns, and that not every governmental act which coincides with or conflicts with a particular religious belief is, for that reason, an establishment of religion. ..... , these difficulties give us no warrant to give controlling weight on the constitutionality of a specific practice to the collateral acts of the members of congress who proposed the bill of rights to the states. ..... second, the court's analysis treats the first amendment simply as an act of congress, as to whose meaning the intent of congress is the single ..... 806 from his government because that government has declared or acted upon some "official" or "authorized" point of view on a matter of ..... , even when the government is not compelled to do so by the free exercise clause, it may to some extent act to facilitate the opportunities of individuals to practice their religion. ..... (1790) (enacted by the first congress and requiring that persons convicted of certain theft offenses "be publicly whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes"); act of july 23, 1866, 1 stat. ..... regard to most issues, the government may be influenced by partisan argument and may act as a partisan itself. .....

Hindu Public and Another Etc. Vs. Rajdhani Puja Samithee and Others Et ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1999SC964; 88(1999)CLT60(SC); JT1999(1)SC509; (1999)IIMLJ121(SC); 1999(1)SCALE471; (1999)2SCC583; [1999]1SCR635

..... of societies established for the promotion of literature, science, or the fine arts, or for the diffusion of useful knowledge, the diffusion of political education, or for charitable purposes, it is enacted as follows-again, section 1 of the act 21/1860 reads as follows:section 1--societies formed by memorandum of association and registration--any seven or more persons associated for any literary, scientific, or charitable purpose, or for any such purpose as is described in section 20 of this ..... societies maybe registered under this act:charitable societies, the military orphan funds or societies established at the several presidencies of india, societies established for the promotion of science, literature, or the find arts for instruction, the diffusion of useful knowledge, the diffusion of political education, the foundation or maintenance of libraries or reading-rooms for general use among the members or open to the public or public museums and galleries of paintings and ..... other works of art, collections of natural history, mechanical and' philosophical inventions, instruments, or designs.according to the learned counsel for the society, the words 'charitable purposes' used in the preamble and sections 1 and 20 of act 21/1860 do not include 'religious purposes'.14. .....

Dr. B.L. Wadehra Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996IIAD(SC)478; AIR1996SC2969; JT1996(3)SC38; 2001(5)SCALE304; (1996)2SCC594; [1996]3SCR80; 1996(2)LC26(SC)

..... receipt of] any information or report obtained under section 485 or section 486 or otherwise, the central government is of opinion -(a) that any duty imposed on the corporation or any municipal authority by or under this act has not been performed or has been performed in an imperfect, insufficient or unsuitable manner, or(b) that adequate financial provision has not been made for the performance of any such duty, it may direct the corporation ..... mentioned, likely to promote public safety, health, convenience or general welfare.59 functions of the commissioner-save as otherwise provided in this act, the entire executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and of any other act for the time being in force which confers, any power or imposes any duty on the corporation, shall vest in the commissioner ..... finally given by this court after hearing the parties shall be binding and violation of any part of it shall attract the provisions of the contempt of courts act.issue notice to the secretary (health), delhi administration, specially for the purposes of seeking assistance regarding nursing homes and hospitals under the control of delhi administration.to be listed on october 12, ..... discretionary functions of the corporation -(b) the establishment and maintenance of, and aid, to libraries, museums, art galleries, botanical or zoological collections;(c) the establishment and maintenance of, and aid, to stadia, gymnasia, akharas and places for sports and games;(d) .....

Gulabchand Bapalal Modi Vs. Municipal Corporation of Ahmedabad City

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1971SC2100; (1971)1SCC823; [1971]3SCR942

..... account with other relevant factors;(3) that the impugned section 150 itself contained a provision which required that the maximum rate fixed by the corporation should have the approval of the government;(4) that the act contained provisions which required adoption of budget estimates by the corporation annually; and(5) that there was a check by the courts of law where the power of taxation is used unreasonably or in noncompliance ..... 19;(2) that section 129 suffers from the vice of excessive delegation of legislative power inasmuch as the act fails to provide either the maximum rate leviable by the corporation or the guidelines for levying the tax(3) that in any view of the matter, in the circumstances in which the resolution raising the ..... contentions raised before the high court as counsel for the appellant raised before us the following three questions only :(1) that while making the assessment the procedure contemplated by sections 127, 129(c) of the act and rules 9 to 20 of the taxation rules was not complied with inasmuch as no ward assessment-books were maintained, and consequently, the entries therein were not authenticated as required by rule ..... corporation can undertake under section 66 there are such things as swimming pools, public parks, gardens, recreation grounds, construction, of dwellings for municipal officers and servants, libraries, museums etc. .....

M.A. Jackson Vs. Collector of Customs

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1997(96)ELT23(SC); JT1997(6)SC1; (1998)1SCC198; [1997]Supp1SCR565; [1998]109STC389(SC)

..... a show-cause notice dated 17-6-1985 was issued by the superintendent of customs, bangalore, under section 28(1) of the customs act, 1962 asking the appellant to show cause against alleged short levy of customs duty of rs. ..... we, accordingly, set aside the orders of the cegat as well as the customs authorities insofar as they are against the appellant and quash the show-cause notice issued on 17-6-1985 under section 28(1) of the customs act, 1962. ..... it is against the said order that this appeal has been preferred under (sic section 129-b) of the customs act, 1962. 6. .....

Collector of Customs, Bombay Vs. Super Fasteners, Marwana (Haryana)

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996(88)ELT22(SC); (1997)10SCC591

..... the appellant department, therefore, confiscated the tapping machine under the customs act, 1962 read with the relevant provisions of the itc policy. .....

Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. Vs. Super Cassette Industries Ltd.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2008(4)ALD47(SC); 2008(5)BomCR719; JT2008(7)SC11; LC2008(2)129; 2008(37)PTC353(SC); 2008(9)SCALE69; 2008AIRSCW6698; 2008(4)Supreme98; 2008(11)SCALE170; 2008(4)LH(SC)2638; 2008AIRSCW6698; 2008(4)LH(SC)2638

..... & offices/banks, background music - waiting rooms/reception areas, background music- telephone music on hold,puppet/magic shows, background music- theatres, background music - cinemas, background music- museums & art galleries, background music- ten pin bowling centres/bowling alleys, background music- amusement & pleasure parks, background music - amusement arcades, background music - casinos, background music - gymnasiums ..... to enable all players to have the benefit of a single window; as such a society is entitled to:(i) issue licences under section 30 in respect of any rights under this act; (ii) collect fees in pursuance of such licences; (iii) distribute such fees among owners of rights after making deductions for its own expenses;(iv) perform any other functions consistent with the provisions of ..... authority for the proposition that the changing global scenario should be kept in mind having regard to the fact that there does not exist any primary act touching the subject and in absence of any domestic legislation to the contrary.concurring with the said decisions, it was however opined that the same ..... of carrying on the business of issuing or granting licences in respect of any class of works in which copyright subsists or in respect of any other right conferred by the act may file with the registrar of copyrights an application in form ii-c for submission to the central government for grant of permission to carry on such business and for its registration as a copyright society. .....

A.P. Public Service Commission, Hyderabad and anr. Vs. B. Sarat Chandr ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : [1991(61)FLR17]; JT1990(2)SC143; (1990)IILLJ135SC; (1990)2SCC669; [1990]2SCR463; 1990(1)LC690(SC)

..... if the word 'selection' is understood in a sense meaning thereby only the final act of selecting candidates with preparation of the list for appointment, then the conclusion of the tribunal may not be unjustified. .....

Burr Vs. Duryee

Court : US Supreme Court

..... pressure of the surrounding air, consists in combining with a perforated cone, on which the bat of the fibers is held by the pressure of the surrounding air, a vibrating concave surface, held by pressure, so as to act on the convex surface of the bat as it is vibrated, by means of which combination a large segment of the bat, along its entire length, is acted upon at once by the concave surface, while, by the rotation, every part of the circumference is brought, in succession, under the hardening operation. .....

Eachus Vs. Broomall

Court : US Supreme Court

..... similar purposes in one direction by means of rolling shears -- that is, revolving circular disks, operated on a shaft, their edges ground to an angle of about sixty degrees, the same as a pair of scissors, and in the other direction by straight shears, acting like ordinary scissors. ..... 4 is a detail of a saw in the act of cutting. .....