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Sep 18 2013 (SC)

Gothamchand JaIn Vs. Arumugam @ Tamilarasan

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... limitation act, 1963 does not and cannot arise.13. we may, in this case, refer to the pondicherry (laws) regulation, 1963 (no.7 of 1963) which deals with the regulation to extend certain laws to the union territory of pondicherry. reference may also be made to the pondicherry (extension of laws) act, 1968. by virtue of those legislations, the indian contract act, 1872, the transfer of property ..... and separate period of limitation for cause of action arising under the indian contract act and other related laws.14. pondicherry (extension of laws) act, 1968, as amended, has adopted several such legislations in the state of pondicherry, but the act which governs limitation is the general law of the land that is the indian limitation act. consequently, it is not article 2262 of the french .....

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Oct 27 1988 (SC)

Brij Sunder Kapoor Vs. I Additional District Judge and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1989SC572; JT1988(4)SC529; 1988(2)SCALE1418; (1989)1SCC561; [1988]Supp3SCR558

..... the contention that the issue of the notification of january 24, 1974 amounted to a further exercise of power conferred by section 3 of the cantonments (extension of rent control laws) act, 1957, under which the earlier notification was issued is without force and must be rejected(underlining ours)this principle will also apply in the present ..... , had completely abdicated its functions to the madras legislature. there was also, it should be remembered, a substantial difference between the madras act to which the pondicherry legislature had applied its mind and the madras act which actually became applicable by a deferment of the date of commencement. such a vast change, within a ..... short time, could not at all have been in the contemplation of the pondicherry legislature and this is perhaps what heavily weighed with the judges. this decision has been distinguished in the gwalior rayon's case : [1974]94itr204(sc) by .....

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Feb 20 1967 (SC)

B. Shama Rao Vs. the Union Territory of Pondicherry

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1967SC1480; [1967]2SCR650; [1967]20STC215(SC)

..... union territories act (no. 20 of 19 63). under section 18(1) of this act, the legislative assembly was given the power of making laws for the territory of pondicherry in respect of matters enumerated in lists 11 and iii of the seventh schedule to the constitution. in pursuance of this power, the legis- lative ..... that there being a precise policy the delegation was not outside permissible limits. we may at this stage observe that such was not the situation in pondicherry as the pondicherry legislature was at all material times already functioning. indeed, it was in the purported exercise of its legislative function that it sought to extend the madras ..... circumstances, mr. setalvad, appearing on behalf of the respondent. relied on the views of this court expressed in in re the delhi laws act'. 1912, the ajmer-merwara (extension of laws) act 1947, the part c states (laws) act, 1950 (1). in that case, the seven learned judges of this court constituting the 'bench' delivered separate opinions, but .....

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Apr 21 1989 (SC)

Ramesh Birch and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1990SC560; JT1989(2)SC483; 1989Supp(1)SCC430; [1989]2SCR629

..... uttar pradesh, the uttar pradesh cantonments (control of rent and eviction) act, 1952 (act 10 of 1952) shall stand repealed.in other words, though extension of local laws to cantonments by notification was allowed, parliament provided for the simultaneous creation of a 'vacuum' in the cantonment area by repeal of the 1952 act which ..... , in effect, helps the respondents to sustain the validity of section 87, though it is true that, on a different, if somewhat analogous, provision in the pondicherry act, their lordships reached the contrary conclusion and held there was an 'abdication or effacement'.23. but, these niceties apart, we think that section 87 is quite ..... challenging the validity of the act. it was contended for the petitioner that the act was void and was a stillborn legislation by reason of the pondicherry legislature having abdicated its legislative functions in favour of the madras state legislature. it was argued that such abdication resulted from the wholesale adoption of the .....

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Dec 21 1973 (SC)

Gwalior Rayon Silk Mfg. (Wvg.) Co. Ltd. Vs. the Asstt. Commissioner of ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1974SC1660; [1974]94ITR204(SC); (1974)4SCC98; [1974]2SCR879; [1974]33STC219(SC)

..... date when it passed the principal act, but in effect also enacted that if the madras legislature were to amend its act prior to the notification of its extension to pondicherry, it would be the amended act that would apply; that the legislature at that stage could 'not anticipate that the madras act would not be amended ..... and to plug possible loopholes.6. there is, in our opinion, marked difference between the enactment of a law which was struck down by this court in the case of b. sharma rao v. the union territory of pondicherry : [1967]2scr650 and that contained in section 8(2)(b) of the central sales tax act. in ..... it really meant that the time had gone by for assigning to the separation of powers in the australian constitution, the effect of restraining parliament from making a law conferring the power of an essentially legislative character on the executive. while logically or theoretically, legislative power belonged exclusively to parliament, the power of parliament to authorise .....

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Dec 19 1996 (SC)

New Delhi Municipal Committee Vs. State of Punjab, Etc. Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC2847; JT1997(1)SC40; 1996(9)SCALE613; (1997)7SCC339; [1996]Supp10SCR472

..... had challenged the vires of a regulation by which the president had, in exercise of powers under article 240, repealed the laws in force in relation to income-tax within the union territory of pondicherry and had made the income-tax act, 1961 applicable to it. explaining that parliament, and through it the president, had ..... principle of immunity from intergovernmental taxation as it stood in the united states of america and the fact of its incorporation in draft article 264; he sought the extension of the doctrine to states as well. while allaying their apprehensions, mr. alladi krishnaswami ayyar noted the fact that the australian, canadian and american constitutions had ..... union and the state legislatures. even if the submission that municipalities now possess, under part ixa of the constitution, a higher juridical status is correct, the extension of that logic to the proposition that they have plenary powers to levy taxes is not, as is clear from a perusal of relevant part of article 243x .....

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Nov 22 1991 (SC)

In the Matter of : Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1992SC522; JT1991(4)SC361; 1991(2)SCALE1049; [1991]Supp2SCR497

..... thereon.71. in support of his contention he also referred us to the opinion expressed by this court in re: the delhi laws act, 1912, the ajmer-merwara (extension of laws) act, 1947 and the pan c states (laws) act, 1950 [1951] scr 747. for the reasons which follow, we are unable to accept this contention. in the first ..... since it was specifically referred to it. the ordinance further has an extra-territorial operation inasmuch as it interferes with the equitable rights of tamil nadu and pondicherry to the waters of the cauvery river. to the extent that the ordinance interferes with the decision of this court and of the tribunal appointed under the ..... of statements of cases and also required the states of karnataka and kerala to submit their replies to the applications for interim reliefs made by tamil nadu and pondicherry. by september 1990, all the disputant states submitted their first round of pleadings or statements of cases. by november 1990, karnataka and kerala also submitted their .....

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Apr 04 1996 (SC)

Mahe Beach Trading Co. and ors. Vs. Union Territory of Pondicherry and ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996IVAD(SC)504; JT1996(4)SC45; 1996(3)SCALE306; (1996)3SCC741; [1996]Supp1SCR1

..... parliament has the power to legislate with retrospective effect and also to pass a validation act. this being so, and the powers of the legislature of pondicherry being co-extensive with the powers of a state assembly, by virtue of section 18 of (the) government of union territories act, 1963, there is no reason ..... article 239a and section 18 of (the) government of union territories act, 1963 together, it is clear that the pondicherry assembly had the power to make laws for the whole or part of pondicherry with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the state list or the concurrent list. levy of sales tax would ..... for this court to hold that the pondicherry legislature could not enact a law with retrospective effect. in other words, by virtue of section 18 of (the) government of union territories act, 1963, the parliament vested with the pondicherry .....

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Apr 20 1995 (SC)

Miss Radha Bai Vs. Union Territory of Pondicherry Represented by Its C ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1995SC1476; JT1995(4)SC34; 1995LabIC1818; 1995(2)SCALE842; (1995)4SCC141; [1995]3SCR561; 1995(2)SLJ235(SC)

..... send the copy of this order to chief secretary and district judge, pondicherry before 9.8.94.3. the enquiry by the district judge, pondicherry, unfortunately took some time and this court granted extension of time for submitting the report. there is only one district judge in pondicherry. he has submitted a report containing 40 pages (56 paragraphs). in ..... be borne in mind in appreciating the testimony of the victims of sexual offences. in bharwada bhoginbhai hirjibhai v. state of gujarat : 1983crilj1096 this court stated the law thus:on principle the evidence of a victim of sexual assault stands on par with evidence of an injured witness. just as a witness who has sustained an ..... learned district judge is to the effect that the evidence (statements) of the appellant are not corroborated by other material. it is rather surprising that the law laid down by this court in a series of decisions from 1952 as to whether there is any need to insist upon corroboration to the testimony of prosecutrix .....

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May 14 2009 (SC)

Villianur Iyarkkai Padukappu Maiyam Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT2009(8)SC339; (2009)7SCC561; 2009(8)LC3627(SC)

..... the union of india under the union list to the pondicherry. it is only an act akin to adaptation act by which the laws of union of india were extended to this union territory, which was incorporated with india after partition. the extension of laws of union of india shall only mean that those laws would be applicable as they are applicable to any other ..... a major port, the legislative assembly of pondicherry has absolute power to make laws in relation to the pondicherry port. article 162 of the constitution provides that the executive power of a state is co-extensive with its legislative powers. therefore, there is no manner of doubt that the government of pondicherry has complete jurisdiction in relation to pondicherry port, which is a minor port. the .....

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