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Madras Bar Association Vs. Union of India and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... 1980 (56 of 1980); or (f) is a person of ability, integrity and standing having special knowledge of, and professional experience of not less than twenty years in science, technology, economics, banking, industry, law, matters relating to industrial finance, industrial management, industrial reconstruction, administration, investment, accountancy, marketing or any other matter, the special knowledge of, or professional experience in, which would be in the ..... recommendation of a selection committee consisting of the following, namely: (i) president of the state commission: chairman (ii) secretary of the law department of the state: member (iii) secretary in charge of the department dealing with consumer affairs in the state: member (2) the salary or honorarium and other allowances payable to, and ..... ; (b) two other members, who shall be persons of ability, integrity and standing and have adequate knowledge or experience of, or have shown capacity in dealing with, problems relating to economics, law, commerce, accountancy, industry, public affairs or administration, one of whom shall be a woman: provided that every appointment under this clause shall be made by the state government on the ..... magistrates under the legislation before the court in thereferencewas analogous to the jurisdiction under the englishpoor laws,a jurisdiction which had belonged to courts of summary nature rather than to superior courts. .....

Tahir HussaIn Vs. District Board, Muzaffarnagar

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1954SC630

..... 2 which is to the following effect:'no person shall establish or maintain or run any cattle market in the district within the jurisdiction of the board'.the question is whether the aforesaid bye-law is 'ultra vires' the powers of the district board and whether it violates the fundamental right of the petitioner to carry on his business within the meaning of article 19(1)(g) of the ..... says that the board may in exercise of the said power make any bye-laws regulating poor houses, orphanages, libraries, asylums, veterinary hospitals, 'markets', staging-houses inspection houses, public parks and gardens, encamping grounds, sarais and paraos, and other public institutions.these provisions show that the power of the board to make bye-laws is to be exercised for the purpose of promoting or maintaining the health, safety ..... section 174 (1) says that 'a board by special resolution may, and where required by the provincial government shall, make bye-laws applicable to the whole or any part of the rural area of the district, consistent with this act, and with, any rule, for the purpose of promoting or maintaining the health, ..... this court had to consider the validity of a more or less similar bye-law made by the municipal board, kairana which provided that no person shall establish any new market or place for wholesale transactions of vegetables without obtaining the previous permission of the board, and another bye-law which permitted the grant of a monopoly to a contractor to deal in wholesale .....

Municipal Council, Ratlam Vs. Vardichan and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1980SC1622; 1980CriLJ1075; (1980)4SCC162; [1981]1SCR97

..... police officer or other information and on taking such evidence (if any) as he thinks fit, considers-(a) that any unlawful obstruction or nuisance should be removed from any public place or from any way, river or channel which is or may be lawfully used by the public; x x xsuch magistrate may make a conditional order requiring the person causing such obstruction or nuisance, or carrying on such trade or occupation, or keeping any such goods or merchandise, or owning, possessing or controlling such ..... 'one man, one value' is the democracy of remedies and rich or poor the law will call to order where people's rights are violated. ..... officers in charge and even the elected representatives will have to face the penalty of the law if what the constitution and follow-up legislation direct them to do are defied or denied ..... the direction because disobedience, if it causes obstruction or annoyance or injury to any persons lawfully pursuing their employment, shall be punished with simple imprisonment or fine as prescribed in the ..... its plea is not that the facts are wrong but that the law is not right because the municipal funds being insufficient it cannot carry out the duties under section 123 ..... the local denizens, driven by desperation, at long last, decided to use the law and call the bluff of the municipal body's bovine indifference to its basic obligations under section 123 ..... the law will relentlessly be enforced and the plea of poor finance will be poor alibi when people in misery cry .....

Hussainara Khatoon and ors. Vs. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Patna

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1979SC1369; 1979CriLJ1045; (1980)1SCC98; [1979]3SCR532

..... .and also recall what was said by lee-man abbot years ago in relation to affluent america:if ever a time shall come when to this city only the rich, can enjoy law as a doubtful luxury, when the poor who need it most cannot have it, when only a golden key will unlock the door to the courtroom, the seeds of revolution wall be sown, the fire-brand of revolution ..... of maharashtra, : 1978crilj1678 : 'judicial justice, with procedural intricacies, legal submissions and critical examination of evidence, leans upon professional experties, and a failure of equal justice under the law is on the cards where such supportive skill is absent for one side, our judicature, moulded by anglo-american models and our judicial process, engineered by kindred legal technology, compel ..... his life or liberty except in accordance with the procedure established by law, it is not enough that there should be some semblance of procedure provided by law, but the procedure under which a person may be deprived of his life or liberty should be 'reasonable, fair sad 'just', now, a procedure which does not make available legal services to an accused person who is too poor to afford a lawyer and who would, therefore, have to go through ..... when, only the rich can enjoy the law, as a doubtful luxury, and the poor, who need it most, cannot have it because its expense puts it beyond their reach, the threat to the continued existence of free democracy is not imaginary but very real ..... law for the poor' rather than law of the poor .....

Delhi Jal Board Vs. National Campaign Etc. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... to point out with all the emphasis at our command that public interest litigation which is a strategic arm of the legal aid movement and which is intended to bring justice within the reach of the poor masses, who constitute the low visibility area of humanity, is a totally different kind of litigation from the ordinary traditional litigation which is essentially of an adversary character where there is a dispute between two ..... ensuring that the right to equality, life and liberty no longer remains illusory for those who suffer from the handicaps of poverty, illiteracy and ignorance and directions are given for implementation of the laws enacted by the legislature for the benefit of the have-nots, a theoretical debate is started by raising the bogey of judicial activism or judicial overreach and the orders issued for benefit of ..... in last 63 years, parliament and state legislatures have enacted several laws for achieving the goals set out in the preamble but their implementation has been extremely inadequate and tardy and benefit of welfare measures enshrined in those legislations has not reached millions of poor, downtrodden and disadvantaged sections of the society and the efforts to bridge the gap between the haves and have- ..... law for the poor' rather than `law of the poor ..... the law will relentlessly be enforced and the plea of poor finance will be poor alibi when people ..... the poor too have civil and political rights and the rule of law is meant for them also, though today it exists .....

Mohd. HussaIn at Julfikar Ali Vs. the State (Govt. of Nct) Delhi.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... 21 provides that no person shall be deprived of his life or liberty except in accordance with the procedure established by law, it is not enough that there should be some semblance of procedure provided by law, but the procedure under which a person may be deprived of his life or liberty should be reasonable, fair and ..... statement under section 313 of the code of criminal procedure is being recorded, of course, the court would be entitled to draw an inference, including adverse inference, as may be permissible to it in accordance with law; (b) right to fair trial; (c) presumption of innocence (not guilty); (d) prosecution must prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. 36. ..... ..............................now, a procedure which does not make available legal services to an accused person who is too poor to afford a lawyer and who would, therefore, have to go through the trial without legal assistance, cannot possibly be ..... now, a procedure which does not make available legal services to an accused person who is too poor to afford a lawyer and who would, therefore, have to go through the trial without legal assistance, cannot possibly be ..... india too when he said : what does it profit a poor and ignorant man that he is equal to his strong antagonist before the law if there is no one to inform him what the law is? ..... a poor and ignorant man if there is none to inform him what the law is. ..... without exception that the poor and ignorant man is equal to a strong and mighty opponent before the law. .....

Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Commit. and anr. Vs. C.K. Rajan and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT2003(7)SC312; 2003(3)KLT618(SC); 2003(6)SCALE401; (2003)7SCC546

..... acting bona fide and having sufficient interest in the proceeding of pil will along have a locus standi and can approach the court to wipe out the tears of the poor and needy, suffering from violation of their fundamental rights, but not a person for personal gain or private profit or political motive or any oblique consideration. ..... the appointment, tenure of office and other conditions of service of the administrator and other officers connected with the guruvayur, as are provided by law, shall be kept in view while passing any orders concerning these officers.the high court is requested to conclude the proceedings expeditiously and if possible ..... rule of locus standi is relaxed so as to enable the court to look into the grievances complained on behalf of the poor, depraved, illiterate and the disabled who cannot vindicate the legal wrong or legal injury caused to them for any violation of ..... nature and was to be a cooperative and collaborative effort of the parties and the court so as to secure justice for the poor and the weaker sections of the community who were not in a position to protect their own interests. ..... the courts exercising their power of judicial review found to its dismay that the poorest of the poor, depraved, the illiterate, the urban and rural unorganized labour sector, women, children, handicapped by 'ignorance, indigence and illiteracy' and other down trodden have either no ..... laws are designed to improve the socio-economic conditions of the poor but making the law .....

Chairman and M.D., B.P.L. Ltd. Vs. S.P. Gururaja and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC4536; [2004(2)JCR248(SC)]; JT2003(Suppl2)SC515; (2004)2MLJ14(SC); 2003(8)SCALE536; (2003)8SCC567

..... speaking for the bench observed:'though the state cannot escape its liability to show its actions to be fair, reasonable and in accordance with law yet wherever challenge is thrown to any of such action, initial burden of showing the prima facie existence of violation of the mandate of the constitution lies upon the person approaching the ..... decision which has been taken after due deliberations and upon due application of mind cannot be held to be suffering from malice in law on the ground that there had been undue haste on the part of the state and the board. ..... was not meant, to be adversarial in nature and was to be a cooperative and collaborative effort of the parties and the court so as to secure justice for the poor and the weaker sections of the community who were not in a position to protect their own interests. ..... that stage, it was intended to vindicate public interest where fundamental and other rights of the people who were poor, ignorant or in socially or economically disadvantageous position and were unable to seek legal redress were required to be espoused ..... laws are designed to improve the socio-economic conditions of the poor but making the law is not enough, it must be ..... the doctrine of 'legitimate expectation' operates in the domain of public law and in an appropriate case, constitutes a substantive and enforceable right ..... instance, in a matter even as between the parties, there must be shown a public law element to the contractual decision before judicial review is invoked. .....

Aluminium Corporation of India Ltd. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1975SC2279; 1978(2)ELT452(SC); (1975)2SCC472; [1976]1SCR400; 1975(7)LC723(SC)

..... if we may anticipate our ultimate conclusion even at the opening stage, this appeal deserves to be allowed as a matter of law, but what is more significant for society are three unhappy features which,we feel confident, the state will seriously consider.they are (a) that good government involves not only diligent collection of taxes, but ..... the life of the ordinary citizen is affected by various provisions of the statute book from cradle to grave.the rule of law is the cornerstone of democracy and how can there be a rule of law society if the members, the bulk of whom are too poor to buy legal services, cannot decode the legislator's law and therefore obey it?15. ..... once we understand this commonsense view, which fits in with fairness and law as expressed in the language of the notification,the resolution of the conflicting contentions becomes easy, since, on the facts, there is no dispute.8. ..... the command of the law can claim the allegiance of the lay only by simplicity in legislation.16. ..... incomprehensible law annoys the administration and estranges the citizen at a time when quick justice and less sterile litigation are the desiderata. .....

Aluminium Corporation of India Ltd. Vs. Union of India and Others.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1976)5CTR(SC)0111B

..... 'the rule of law is the conrerstone of democracy and how can there be a rule of law society if the members, the bulk of whom are too poor to buy legal services, cannot decode the legislators law and therefore obey it incomprehensible law annoys the administration and estranges the citizen at a time when quick justice and less sterile litigation are the desiderata. ..... if we may anticipate our ultimate conclusion even at the opening stage, this appeal deserves to be allowed as a matter of law, but what is more significant for society are three unhappy features which, we feel confident, the state will seriously consider. ..... once we understand this commonsense view, which fits in with fairness and law as expressed in the language of the notification, the resolution of the conflicting contentions becomes easy, since, on the facts, there is no dispute.8. ..... the command of the law can claim the allegiance of the lay only by simplicity in legislation.15. .....