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Raj Kapoor and ors. Vs. State and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1980SC258; 1980CriLJ202; (1980)1SCC43; [1980]1SCR1081

..... 397 overlaps. the opening words of section 482 contradict this contention because nothing in the code, not even section 397 can affect the amplitude of the inherent power preserved in so many terms by the language of section 482. even so, a general principle pervades this branch of law when a specific provision is made; easy ..... has for similar purpose, found. may be, even a rebuttable presumption arises in favour of the statutory certificate but could be negatived by positive evidence. an act of recognition of moral worthiness by a statutory agency is not opinion evidence but an instance or transaction where the fact in issue has been asserted, recognised or ..... sanitizing and even tabooing films so that noxious obscenity may not be foul and erotic aroma make mass appeal15. i am satisfied that the film censor board, acting under section 5a, is specially entrusted to screen off the silver screen pictures which offensively invade or deprave public morals through over-sex. there is no doubt-and .....

Scott Vs. Sandford

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the united states." consequently, the power to make rules and regulations, from the nature of the subject, is restricted to such administrative and conservatory acts as are needful for the preservation of the public domain and its preparation for sale or disposition. the system of land surveys, the reservations for schools, internal improvements, military sites, ..... be seen to scowl upon the justice, the order, the tranquillity, and fraternal feeling which are the surest, nay, the only, means of promoting or preserving the happiness and prosperity of the nation, and which were the great and efficient incentives to the formation of this government. the power of congress to impose ..... . parliament in the time of richard ii, and also of henry viii, refused to adopt a general law of emancipation. acts of emancipation by the last-named monarch and by elizabeth are preserved. the african slave trade had been carried on, under the unbounded protection of the crown, for near two centuries when the .....

United States Vs. Castillero

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the americans." "this unfortunate irregularity cannot be easily repaired, and serious objections might be made even to the legality of our new act of possession." "i need scarcely remind you of the importance of preserving profound secrecy in all these matters, and in case you do not accept my offer, i hope you will not fail to send ..... me your power to act for you in any arrangement i may make." "i send you three vols. of the mechanic and engineers' ..... was more guarded, but the writer recommends that his correspondent and agent should proceed, without fear of disapproval, or waiting for instructions, in taking such measures as shall preserve this valuable "negotiacion" from any risk from those unprincipled claimants who have lately given him so much trouble, or from any other proceedings that may take place. 5 .....

Miller Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... their very nature are incapable of seizure as other property. this species of property does not require to be left in charge of any person for its security and preservation, and it is evidenced by certificates which are presumptively in the possession of the owner of the stock, wherever he may be. how then can it be said ..... , to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes' shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or acts done prior to the passage thereof; nor to include any member of a state legislature or judge of any state court who has not, in accepting or entering ..... evidently, to the preliminary seizure. the marshal returned that he had seized and held the property, referring, as i understand it, to such preliminary seizure. but further, the act of congress declares that the proceedings for the condemnation of the property seized shall conform, as nearly as may be, to proceedings in admiralty or revenue cases. here the .....

Mugler Vs. Kansas

Court : US Supreme Court

..... their chosen representatives. they have nothing to do with the mere policy of legislation. indeed, it is a fundamental principle in our institutions, indispensable to the preservation of public liberty, that one of the separate departments of government shall not usurp powers committed by the constitution to another department. and so if, in ..... distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation." the courts are not bound by mere forms, nor are they to be misled by mere pretenses. they are at ..... if it thinks proper." mr. justice mclean, among other things, said: "a state regulates its domestic commerce, contracts, the transmission of estates, real and personal, and acts upon internal matters which relate to its moral and political welfare. over these subjects, the federal government has no power. . . . the acknowledged police power of a .....

In Re Neagle

Court : US Supreme Court

..... imposing legislative assembly in the world, and which has secured vigor to the practical operations of the government, and at the same time tended largely to preserve the equilibrium of its various powers among its coordinate departments, as partitioned by that instrument. and that clause alone conclusively refutes the assertion of the ..... them with that authority. the constitution does not, of its own force, give to national courts jurisdiction of the several cases which it enumerates; but an act of congress is essential, first, to create courts, and afterwards to apportion the jurisdiction among them. the exceptions are of those few cases of which the ..... chevalier hulseman, representing the austrian government, and the restoration of kozsta to freedom. we are asked upon what express statute of congress then existing can this act of the government be justified? we answer that such action of the government was justified because it pertained to the foreign relations of the united states, in .....

Scott Vs. Donald

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to the power of the commissioner, and surely should not have the sweeping effect of rendering the whole law unconstitutional and void. the main object of the act is to preserve the health and morals of the people by securing to them pure liquors, prohibiting individual dealings in such liquors, and requiring all such traffic to be carried ..... of the act if it did not discriminate against the citizens and products of other states in a matter of commerce between the states ..... of the supreme court of michigan in this case that the tax imposed by the act of 1875 is an exercise by the legislature of michigan of the police power of the state for the discouragement of the use of intoxicating liquors, and the preservation of the health and morals of the people. this would be a perfect justification .....

Bram Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... that it will not force any man to accuse himself; and in this we do certainly follow the law of nature, which commands every man to endeavor his own preservation; and therefore pain and force may compel men to confess what is not the truth of facts, and consequently such extorted confessions are not to be depended on." in ..... the accused. bram had been brought from confinement to the office of the detective, and there, when alone with him, in a foreign land, while he was in the act of being stripped, or had been stripped, of his clothing, was interrogated by the officer, who was thus, while putting the questions and receiving answers thereto, exercising complete ..... that he searched him; that the defendant was then in custody, and did everything the witness directed him to do; that the witness was then a police officer, acting in his official capacity; that all this took place before the defendant had been examined before the united states consul; and that the witness did not know that the .....

Ex Parte Young

Court : US Supreme Court

..... attorney general might institute, conduct, and maintain all suits and proceedings he might deem necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the state, the preservation of order, and the protection of public rights, and that there were no statutory restrictions in that state limiting the duties of the attorney general in ..... from taking any action, step, or proceeding against the railway company, its officers, agents, or employees, to enforce the penalties and remedies specified in those acts. the court gave a temporary injunction as prayed for. the attorney general of minnesota appeared specially, and, without submitting to or acknowledging the jurisdiction of the ..... attorneys of the various judicial circuits of arkansas from instituting any proceeding for penalties for its failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of an act of the legislature of arkansas relating to foreign corporations doing business in that state and fixing fees, etc. the bill charged that the various prosecuting .....

Minnesota Rate Case

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . be deemed navigable waters of the united states, over which congress, under its commercial power, may exercise control to the extent necessary to protect, preserve, and improve their free navigation. but the states have full power to regulate within their limits matters of internal police, including in that general designation ..... state power, independently of federal legislation, is thus limited, the inquiry need proceed no further. otherwise it must be determined whether congress has so acted as to create such a restriction upon the state authority theretofore existing. (1.) the general principles governing the exercise of state authority when interstate ..... respect to grain and livestock, the principal agricultural products of the state, the companies maintained an "inharmonious jumble of arbitrary rates," and that the acts and orders in question were designed to correct inequalities in the intrastate tariffs, and to prescribe charges which, upon thorough investigation and after public .....