Court : Kolkata
Reported in : AIR1936Cal593,167Ind.Cas.615
..... are at best equivocal for they leave us where we were, not enabling us to ascertain what exactly was the kind of mischief that was sought to be prevented or remedied by the act.85. the next thing to look into is the preamble. the decisions are quite clear that the preamble may always be referred to for the purpose of ..... disputes and preservation of the raj and with that object in view proceeds to declare and supplement that customary law of succession. does it intend by the act to prevent all kinds of disputes possible and to preserve the raj from all attacks? the answer cannot be in the affirmative; for it undertakes a legislation which covers only one ..... law of succession in the group of estates known as the bijni raj in assam with a view to the prevention of disputes and the preservation of the raj:8. section 1 gives the short title of the act as 'the bijni succession act, 1931' section 2 contains definitions of the following words and expressions: 'the bijni raj' or 'the raj'; 'family'; .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kolkata
Reported in : 2007(4)CHN842
..... in accordance with procedure prescribed by law. in various affidavits and petitions, the state has been accused of state indulging in sponsored terrorism. in this case, the villagers had gathered to prevent the state from taking forcibly acquisition of their lands. this gathering cannot be termed as an unlawful assembly. the allegations are that ..... the order of the special judge, delhi quashing certain criminal proceedings pending before him against the appellant under the penal code and the prevention of corruption act, 1947. the proceedings were quashed on the ground that the investigation had been conducted illegally in contravention of sub-section (4) of section 5 ..... required to control a particular situation. it is quite different from sitting and calculating in a cool and serene atmosphere of a court room dissecting the acts and counter-acts alleged by parties. this observation has been approved by the supreme court in the case of akhilesh prasad (supra). again in the cases of empress .....
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