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All India Small and Medium Newspapers Federation and anr. Vs. Press Co ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 2000VIIAD(Delhi)120; AIR2000Delhi409; 87(2000)DLT422; 2000(57)DRJ393

..... the number of terms for which a member can be denominated to the press council. the answer to this questions turns on the interpretation of subsection (7) of section 6 of the press council act, 1978 (hereinafter referred to as the 'act'). subsection 7 of section 6 of the act reads as follows: 'a retiring member shall be eligible for renomination ..... for not more than one term.' petitioners contend that the provision bars more than two successive terms, while the stand of the council is that the total ..... it was sought to be explained that in the first case the two terms were prior to the act of 1978 and as regards the third term in respect of mr. chandukar, it is stated that before the press council could take up the matter of his nomination with the central government, the member had expired within one .....

Indian Federation of Small and Medium Newspapers Vs. Press Council of ...

Court : Delhi

Reported in : 1995IIAD(Delhi)496; AIR1996Delhi90; 58(1995)DLT600

..... this court through the present application. the petitioners are also one of the claimants who is also staking a claim to be recognised by the council under section 5(4) of the press council act and thereforee, in our opinion there is a lis between the petitioners and the respondents nos. 2 and 3. we may also emphasise that ..... small and medium newspapers federation, delhi, which are in the same category as the petitioner and entitled to become member of the press council under clause (b) of subsection (3) of section 5 of the press council act.'5. it has been brought to our notice that before the aforesaid inspection as ordered by this court, could be completed, the ..... the respective associations including the respondents nos. 2 and 3 for the purpose of establishing their claims, to be recognised by the council under section 5(4) of the press council act. it is some of these documents which the petitioners seek to inspect so as to enable it to effectively pursue the cause which it has .....

K.K. Birla Vs. the Press Council of India and ors.

Court : Delhi

Reported in : ILR1976Delhi753

..... , inter alia, to safeguard the freedom of the press and to help the press to maintain its independence. the press council bill was later introduced to implement these major recommendations of the press commission concerning the establishment of a press council in india consisting of people principally connected with the press which would safeguard the liberty of the press. the press council act, 1965 received the assent of the president on november ..... maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and news agencies in india was enacted by parliament, being press council act 1965 (act 34 of 1965), (hereinafter called the 'act'). in furtherance or its object the press council is empowered to help newspapers and news agencies to maintain their independence. the jurisdiction of the press council was invoked by two complaints under sections 12(2) (a) and (e) of the .....

Shri Rajan Sharma Vs. Union of India and anr.

Court : Delhi

..... quoted the following passage from cross in statutory interpretation (3rd edn., 1995) and applied the law explained therein in for interpreting the provisions of section 6 of the press council act, 1978: "9. the governing idea here is that if a statutory provision is intelligible in the context of ordinary language, it ought, without more, to be interpreted ..... statute must be given their ordinary grammatical and full meaning. in that case, the supreme court was concerned with the provisions of section 6(7) of the press council act, 1978 which read as under:6(7). a retiring member shall be eligible for renomination for not more than one term.20. the court held that the language ..... for nomination for more than two terms. xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 16. we are clearly of the opinion that sub-section (7) of section 6 of the press council act must be assigned its ordinary, grammatical and natural meaning as the language is plain and simple. there is no evidence available, either intrinsic or external, to .....

Kerala Christian Professional College Management Federation Vs. The Me ...

Court : Kerala

..... government medical colleges. by virtue of the powers conferred under section 33 read with section 20 of the indian medical wpc no.19552/2014 4 council act, the respondent council has framed post graduate medical education regulations 2000 with the previous sanction of the central government. according to the learned senior counsel for the petitioners, ..... utilised in the hospitals attached to the college.7. it cannot be disputed that the respondent is a body constituted and established under the indian medical council act, 1956 and it has been given the responsibility of discharging the duty of maintenance of highest standards of medical education. as an expert body to ..... the first respondent has justified the action on the ground that the respondent being a body wpc no.19552/2014 3 constituted under the indian medical council act, 1956 has the responsibility of discharging the duty of maintenance of highest standard of medical education and this has been endorsed by various decisions of the .....

Central Bank of Nigeria Vs. Williams

Court : UK Supreme Court

..... as well as an express trustee." 23. the leading case on the effect of sections 1(3) and 8(1) of the trustee act 1888 was taylor v davies [1920] ac 636, a decision of the privy council on a canadian statute in the same terms. davies was a secured creditor of an insolvent firm whose property had been the subject of ..... the buying company. a constructive trust was imposed simply to remedy this breach of fiduciary duty. 143. whatever the reason, however, the two privy council cases do not feature as part of the english legal background leading to the 1939 act. the law revision committee report is in contrast a powerful indication of the genesis and aims of section 19 of that ..... taylor v davies was the leading case on the effect of sections 1(3) and 8(1) of the 1888 act. he also suggests (para 27) that "the reason why they [the authors of the law revision committee] ignored the two privy council decisions was not that they were ignorant of them, or that they regarded them as outliers or wrong, but .....

Dainik Sambad and anr. Vs. State of Tripura and ors.

Court : Guwahati

..... that extent it cannot be said to be ousting the jurisdiction of the press council of india. for deciding this question the relevant provisions of the press council act may conveniently be referred to. 6. the press council act, 1978 (act no. 37 of 1978) is an act to establish a press council for the purpose of preserving the freedom of the press and of maintaining and improving the standards of newspapers and news agencies ..... in india. section 4 of the act provides for incorporation of the press council whichis composed of eminent members having .....

Sh. Ravi Kumar Uppal and Others Vs. Press Council of India Through the ...

Court : Central Administrative Tribunal CAT Delhi

..... . 4. shri krishna kumar, learned senior central government standing counsel representing the second respondent would submit that the applicants being employees of the press council of india are governed by the conditions of service spelt out in the press council act, 1978 and press council of india (terms and conditions) regulations, 2002. his contention is that regulation 13 being part of the regulations framed by the pci and ..... the employees) regulations, 2002 has been framed and notified in exercise of the powers conferred by clause(6) and proviso to section 26 read with section 11(2) of the press council act, 1978 and with the prior approval of the government of india. thus, these regulations are statutory in nature and binding on both pci and the government of india. once the policy .....

Present:mr.Akshay Bhan Advocate Vs. the Publisher Times of India Chand ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

..... guidelines for registration of legal correspondents and for reporting proceedings and judgments of this court. in its reply filed by the press council of india, it is stated that the council is established by the parliament of india under press council act, 1978 and its function is to preserve the freedom of press and to maintain and improve the standards of newspapers and news agencies in india. the ..... are backed by moral sanctions only. it is urged that the press council of india does not have any punitive powers for enforcement of these norms. finally, the council has disclosed in the reply that it has approached the government with specific amendments to be incorporated in the press council act, 1978 for suitable empowering the council which were statedly under consideration. on receipt of this reply, union .....

Subharti K.K.B. Charitable Trust Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2000(1)AWC534; (2000)1UPLBEC655

..... staff has been converted into full time.12. the respondent no. 2 in exercise of the power conferred by section 10a read with section 33 of the indian medical council act, 1956 (102 of 1956), with the previous approval of the central government, has made regulations relating to the establishment of new medical colleges. these regulations may be ..... without giving the petitioner trust a reasonable opportunity of being heard in contravention of the first proviso to sub-section (4) of section 10a of the indian medical council (amendment) act. 1993.23. in the case of al-karim educational trust and another v. state of bihar and others. 1996 (8) sco 330, the question was ofwithholding ..... entitled to a declaration to the effect that its medical college was deemed to have been approved under section 10a (5) of the indian medical council (amendment) act, 1993.6. the respondents filed counter-affidavits. this court on 6.5.1998 directed that another inspection be made and in this inspection the medical .....