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Om Narayan Vs. State of U.P. and Others.

Court : Allahabad

..... . removal of social disabilities act, 1947 or the protection of civil rights act, 1955; (m) is debarred from practising as a legal practitioner by order of any competent authority; (n) has been declared under section 23 to have committed any corrupt practice within the meaning of that section and such declaration continues to be effective; or (o) is not ..... holding any office under it; (e) is an undischarged solvent; (f) has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; (g) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months for contravention of any order made under the essential commodities act, 1955; (h) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding six months or to transportation for contravention of any order made under the essential supplies (temporary ..... 7 has incurred a disqualification for the time being, for contesting the election of the state legislature, in view of section 8(3) of the representation of people act, 1951, he would be protected by the provisions of section 8 sub-clause (4) of the act, which provides exemption from the aforesaid disqualifications in case of a sitting member of parliament or state legislature for the period given therein. 16. .....

Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... hatred or ill-will between classes or offence relating to such statement in any place of worship or in any assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies) of the indian penal code (45 of 1860); or (b) the protection of civil rights act, 1955 (22 of 1955) which provides for punishment for the preaching and practice of ".untouchability". ..... for the parties and we do not find any infirmity in the findings of the high court in the impugned common order that a person who has no right to vote by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 62 of the 1951 act is not an elector and is therefore not qualified to contest the election to the house of the people or the legislative assembly of a state.7. ..... because the knowledge that sitting members of parliament or state legislatures will no longer be protected by sub-section (4) of section 8 of the act will be acquired by all concerned only on the date this judgment is pronounced by ..... of a provision in articles 102 and 191 of the constitution conferring power on parliament to make a provision protecting sitting members of either house of parliament or the legislative assembly or the legislative council of a state, from the disqualifications it lays down for a person being chosen as a member of parliament or a state legislature, parliament lacks legislative powers to enact sub-section (4) of section 8 of the act and sub-section (4) of section 8 of the act is therefore ultra vires the constitution.7. mr. .....

Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan Vs. U.O.i. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... the protection of civil rights act 1955, which was enacted to supplement the constitutional mandate of abolishing untouchability in india, contains provisions penalizing hate speech against the historically marginalised dalit communities ..... |protection of civil rights act, |section 7 | | |1955 | | |7 ..... whatcott 2013 scc11 succeeded in bringing out the human rights obligations leading to control on publication of hate speeches for protection of human rights defining the expression hate speech observing that the definition of hatred set out in canada (human rights commission) v. ..... by people representatives/political/religious leaders on religion, caste, region and ethnic lines are violative of articles 14 (equality before law), 15 (prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste or place of birth), 16 (equality in matters of public employment), 19 (protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech etc. ..... ), 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of fundamental rights read with article 38 of the directive principles of state policy and fundamental duties under article 51-a(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (i) & (j) of the constitution and merits stringent pre-emptory action on part of the central and state governments; ..... article 20(2) of the international covenant on civil & political rights, 1966 (iccpr) restrains advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that may result in incitement for discrimination, hostility or violence classifying it as prohibited by .....

State Vs. Kudligere Hanumanthappa and Others

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 1992CriLJ832; ILR1991KAR2033

..... . it is clear that the protection of civil rights act, 1955 is a special act and section 16 of the same lays down that it ..... law itself did not permit the suggested course of demitting a cause of action that had already fructified into a proceedings before the criminal court, it seems to us it would be hazardous to act upon a plea for compounding an offence under the protection of civil rights act without being satisfied that the proposed move for burying the hatchet was indeed genuine, an aspect on which the court cannot possibly be cent percent sure and no one can ..... to the decision sets out the dicta that : 'when the affected parties under protection of civil rights act themselves come before the court and are prepared to compound the offence, there is no reason why the court should not accept the same, since the act itself will be better implemented if compounding of such offences is permitted ..... not wish go into that controversy and suffice it to notice that in any event the offence made punishable under section 7(3) of the civil rights act is per se not compoundable even with the permission of the court for the simple reason neither the protection of civil rights act nor section 320 of the cr.p.c ..... . when the affected parties under the protection of civil rights act themselves come before this court and are prepared to compound the offence, there is no reason why this court should not accept the same, since, in my opinion the act itself will be better implemented if compounding of such .....

Bhola Vs. Secretary, Deptt. of Home, Govt. of M.P. and ors.

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : 2003CriLJ4046

..... convicted--(a) of an offence--(i) under chapter xii, xvi or xvii or under section, 506 or, 509, of the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of i860); or(ii) under the protection of civil rights act, 1955 (22 of 1955); or(b) twice, of an offence under the suppression of immoral traffic in women and girls act, 1956 (104 of 1956); or(d) thrice, of an offence within a period of three years under section 3 or 4 of the public gambling act, 1867 (3 of 1867), in its application to the state of m. p. ..... 6 of the act prescribes the grounds for externment if a person has been convicted of an offence under chapter xii, xvi or xvii or under section 506 or 509 of ipc, under the protection of civil rights act, 1955, twice, of an offence under the suppression of immoral traffic in women and girls act, 1956 and, thrice, of an offence within a period of three years under section 3 or 4 of the public gambling act, 1867 (3 ..... in clause (a), an offence falling under any of the chapters or sections of the indian penal code, 1860 (45 of 1860), mentioned in that clause or an offence falling under the provisions of the act mentioned in sub-clause (ii) of that clause; and(ii) in the case of a person convicted of an offence mentioned in clauses (b) and (c), an offence falling under the provisions of the ..... himself in activities in relation to satta; he was served a show, cause notice under section 6 of the act: 6 covers conviction under section 4a also as it mentions conviction under sections 3 and 4 to be the grounds .....

Manpreet Singh Gill Vs. Kuljit Singh

Court : Punjab and Haryana

..... municipality unless a period of five years has elapsed since his conviction; or (m) if he is registered as a habitual offender under the punjab habitual offenders (control and reform ) act, 1952 (punjab act no.12 of 1952), or any other law for the time being in force; or (n) if he has been convicted of an offence under the protection of civil rights act, 1955 (central act no.22 of 1955) within a period of five years immediately preceding the last date of the filing of the nomination papers; or (o) if he is a whole-time salaried employee of any local authority ..... the provisions of any law relating to corrupt practices and other offences in connection with elections; or (d) has been convicted of an offence punishable under:- (i) the protection of civil rights act, 1955; or (ii) the unlawful offences (prevention) act, 1967; or (iii) the dowry prohibition act, 1962; or (iv) the terrorist and disruptive activities (prevention) act, 1987; or (v) the religious institutions (prevention of misuse) act, 1988; or (vi) any law providing for the prevention of profiteering and hoarding; or (vii) any law relating to the adulteration of food or drugs. 12. .....

Kusum Lata Vs. State and Others

Court : Delhi

..... the sc/st act was enacted as the laws like the protection of civil rights act, 1955 and provisions of the indian penal code was found inadequate to arrest the commission of atrocities against members of scheduled ..... the sc/st act was enacted as the laws like the protection of civil rights act, 1955 and provisions of the indian penal code was found inadequate to arrest the commission of atrocities against members of scheduled ..... the views of the trial judge as to the credibility of the witnesses; (2) the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused, a presumption certainly not weakened by the fact that he has been acquitted at his trial; (3) the right of the accused to the benefit of any doubt; and (4) the slowness of an appellate court in disturbing a finding of fact arrived at by a judge who had the advantage of seeing the witnesses. ..... of civil rights. ..... of civil rights. ..... the relevant portion of his judgment reads as under: "i accordingly hold that expression within 'public view' occurring in section 3(i)(x) of the act means within the view which includes hearing, knowledge or accessibility also, of a group of people of the place/locality/village as distinct from few who are not private and are as good ..... that being so, learned additional sessions judge rightly came to the conclusion that the prosecution had failed to prove that offence under section 3(i) (x) of the act was made out and the accused were entitled to ..... sc/st act was enacted with a laudable object to protect vulnerable .....

Swami Ramdev vs.juggernaut Books Pvt Ltd & Ors

Court : Delhi

..... like the child labour (prohibition & regulation) act, 1986, 71 (1997) 6 scc241105 the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989, protection of civil rights act, 1955, press council act, 1978, the noise pollution (regulation and control) rules, 2000 under the environment (protection) act, 1986 regulate the fundamental rights of citizens vis-a-vis other citizens ..... the court queen s bench division whilst taking into account the human rights act, 1988 and whilst referring to article 10 thereof of the free speech rights and article 8 of the same which deals with the rights of protection and reputation and privacy and integrity of a person ..... with its duties and responsibilities subject to cm(m) 556/2018 & 557/2018 page 132 of 211 such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society inter alia for the protection of the reputation or rights of others and there being no domestic law in violation of the terms of the said international covenant, the said international covenant in terms of the verdict of the hon ble apex court in vishakha s case ..... . the protection of human rights act, 1993, section 2 (d) thereof defines human rights which reads to ..... & 557/2018 page 131 of 211 protection of human rights act, 1993 120 ..... the sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) act, 2013 which empowered individuals to protect their fundamental right to dignity against other citizens .....

K. Anbazhagan and ors. Vs. the Secretary,

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1988Mad275

..... 505 of the indian penal code (45 of 1860) or under the protection of civil rights act, 1955 (22 of 1955) or u/s. ..... house had power to regulate its own proceeding in preventing him from taking his seat, the house went beyond matter of internal regulation and procedure, as they deprived both bradlaugh and the electors of northampton of a right recognized by law, which ought to be protected by the law and conflicted upon him and them wrongs which would be without a remedy if we failed to apply one. ..... his argument was that expulsion of a member from the leislative assembly does not result in any disqualification as contemplated by the provisions of the constitution or by section 8 of the representation, of the act, 1951 and the petitioners were therefore not right when, they argued that by upholding the power of expulsion a new disqualification was being added to those which are originally contemplated by the constitution of india.23. ..... house of commons could not be available to a legislature constituted in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of india and the representation of the people act, the supreme court referred to the privilege of freedom of access which exercised by the house of commons as body and through its speaker 'to have at all times the right to petition, counsel, or remonstrate with their sovereign through their chosen representative and have a favourable construction placed on his words was justly .....

K.P.S.Jeyachandran . Vs. State Represented by Deputy Superintendent of ...

Court : Chennai

..... in any grievous hut to adi-dravidars(xiii) rape in which adi-dravidars are victims(xiv) serious mischief or arson involving properties of adi-dravidars(xv) offences under sections 3 and 4 of the protection of civil rights act, 1955.they shall investigate important cases of lesser gravity which may occur near their halting places. ..... the scene of crime and superintending the enquiry: (i) dacoity(ii) highway robbery(iii) murder(iv) culpable homicide(v) all cases of death mentioned under sub-section (3) of section 174 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (central act 2 of 1974)(vi) robbery of over rs.200 and any case presenting important features(vii) house breaking and theft of specially grave nature(viii) thefts of a specially grave nature(ix) any disturbance, or riot or offray of a ..... deemed to be subordinate to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie from appeal able decrees or sentences of such former court, or in the case of a civil court from whose decrees no appeal ordinarily lies, to the principal court having ordinary original civil jurisdiction within whose local jurisdiction such civil court is situate: provided that-(a) where appeals lie to more than one court, the appellate court of inferior jurisdiction shall be the court to which such ..... of sub-section (1), the term courtmeans a civil, revenue or criminal court, and includes a tribunal constituted by or under a central, provincial or state act if declared by that act to be a court for the purposes of ..... act, 1955 .....