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Dec 21 1984 (HC)

Mohan Mallu Rathod and ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1985(2)BomCR633

..... or section 165 of the indian penal code or under sub-section (2) of section 5 of the prevention of corruption act alleged to have been committed by public servants, while sanction contemplated by proviso to section 161 relates to prosecution against a police officer for offences alleged to have been committed by such police officer by any act done under the colour or in excess of any such duty imposed or any authority conferred on him by any provision ..... amount found there and for demanding and accepting illegal gratification and to let out the persons taken in custody at the gambling den and to accept illegal gratification for releasing the arrested persons on bail and to lodge first information report incorrectly and to carry out gambling raid without panchas and no in accordance with law and to prepare statements of witnesses without questioning them and to manipulate ..... however, must be rejected because in the first paragraph of the preamble the government of maharashtra while according sanction acted on the report that the petitioner committed offences as specified in column ..... the first paragraph of the preamble of the sanction reads as follows :---'whereas it has been reported to the government of maharashtra that the following police officers and men (hereinafter referred to as the accused persons), whose ..... no doubt in para 2 of the preamble of the sanction it is specifically mentioned that the petitioners committed offences punishable under sections 120b, 201, 218, 221, 409, .....

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Mar 19 1948 (PC)

Provincial Government, Central Provinces and Berar Vs. Sheikh Idu S/O ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1949CriLJ174

..... proceedings were accordingly instituted against them under sections 3 and 4, public gambling act, 1867, as amended locally. ..... that we think is a legitimate deduction from the evidence, and that satisfies the definition of 'common gaming house' in section 1 (ii), public gambling act, and that in turn brings this case within the purview of section 4.11. ..... the provincial government relies on section 15, public gambling act because, according to it, there have been several previous convictions of sheikh idu. ..... the question here is whether sheikh idu was using the house in which the gambling was going on as a common gaming house for his own profit or gain. ..... it is for the court to decide whether from this fact and the fact of gambling an inference can properly be drawn that the rs. ..... therefore, all that the circle inspector's evidence establishes is that idu was present, that he was gambling and that he had kept a sum of rs. ..... now in this case the gambling was not of a very heavy nature. ..... he just peeped in according to his own story while the gambling was in progress. ..... sheikh idu and eight others were found gambling in a certain house. ..... 2) to the extent of the presence of the accused sheikh idu and his participation in the gambling. ..... the evidence establishes that sheikh idu was there and that he was gambling. .....

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Oct 06 1964 (HC)

Amichand Valanji and ors. Vs. G.B. Kotak and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1966Bom70; (1965)67BOMLR234

..... of the proclamation of the gold control rules and the other made in the parliaments whe nthe gold control rules were palced on the table under s 41 of the defence of the india act, are relevant i also agree with the view taken by him that neither the speech made by the deputy minister on the floor of the parliament while introducing the new customes bill nor ..... before the federal court that if the legislature of thought the prevention of the particular activity was expedient in the interst of maintenance of the public order, ir was not for court to canvass the degree of connection between the two, as the that was a matter of policy of ..... signs or by visible representations or otherwise instigates expressly or by implications any person or class of persons not to pay or the to deter payments of the liability and whoever to does any act, with intent or knowing it be likely that any words signs or visible representations of containing such instigation of shall thereby person communicated directly or indirectly to any person or class of the ..... . not only is the legislative policy broadly indicated i the preamble to the act, but the relevant provisions oft impugned section itself give such detailed and specific guidance's to the rule - making authority that it would be idle to the contend that the act has delegated essentially legislative function to the rule - making authority'.now these observation have been made ..... act ..... borrowed from s.91 of the british north amercia act, 1867 .....

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Dec 18 1961 (HC)

Collector of Bombay Vs. Burjor Hormusji Poonegar and anr.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : AIR1964Bom7; (1963)65BOMLR191; ILR1963Bom715

..... had never existed in canada; that the privileges of the provinces were surrendered as a preliminary to the confederation effected by the british north america act, 1867; that by that act all duties and revenues were transferred to the dominion and to be appropriated to the public service of canada; and that the act did not confer on the government or legislature of ontario any right to receive or dispose of the revenue arising from escheated estates situate in ..... as follows : -- 'it shall not be necessary in any deed relating to immovable property situate within the said territories (territories in the possession and under the government of the east india company) to be executed after the passing of this act, to add words of limitation to heirs, when the intention is to give the absolute interest to a person and his heirs general; but a gift, grant, or other conveyance of immoveable property to, or in favour of any person, ..... the learned advocate-general, the preamble of the act as quoted above indicated that it was the english law of real property which applied to the lands situated within the port and island of bombay and that accordingly, when a conveyance was executed in relation to any such, land, by virtue of section 16 of the said act, such conveyance only conveyed an ..... the preamble of this act which was relied upon by the learned advocate-general in this behalf runs as follows:--'whe reason it is expedient in cases to which the english law applies, to abolish real actions and .....

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Sep 09 1987 (HC)

Union of India (Uoi) and ors. Vs. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. and ors ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1988(3)BomCR581a; (1987)89BOMLR485

..... but in the case before it, the supreme court was called upon to reconcile the social interest involved in the freedom of speech and expression with the public interest involved if the fiscal levies imposed by the government specially because newspirit constituted the body, if expression happened to be soul. ..... . the two judges of the supreme court who heard the matter observed that constitutional amendments made after april 24, 1973, by which acts, or regulations were included in the ninth schedule, could be challenged on the ground that they damaged the basic or essential features of the constitution or its basic structure ..... thereby, they sought a declaration that the act and section 2(r) thereof in particular, were void and had no effect insofar as they related to the printing of news, the publication of newspapers and periodicals, and the establishment of printing presses for the purpose and incidental reliefs. ..... the preamble to the act states that it is meant' to provide that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of economic power to the common detriment for the control of monopolies, for the prohibition of monopolistic and restrictive ..... in pursuance of the agreement, necessary applications were made under the press and registration of books act, 1867. .....

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Sep 29 1980 (HC)

Controller of Estate Duty, Bombay City-iii Vs. Bhagwandas Velji Joshi ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : [1983]139ITR316(Bom); [1981]6TAXMAN202(Bom)

..... long as the trust is not revoked, the trust would continue and would be binding upon the settlor, the argument on behalf of the trustee, sir robert peel, in the case of sir robert peel's school [1867] 3 ch app 543, referred to above, was that since sir robert peel had reserved to himself under the deed of trust a power to revoke the said trust he was not bound to render accounts to ..... for spending amounts to be spent on charitable objects like feeding the poor, maintenance of a garden, a menagerie of non-carnivorous animals and birds and an art gallery and for payment of certain fixed allowances to acting shebaits as well as to the widows of deceased shebaits, maintenance of horse drawn carriages and motor cars for the use of the shebaits, medical aid to the shebaits and their families, expenses on account of sraddha ..... behalf of both the respondents and the charity commissioner that when a public trust is registered under the bombay public trust act, it cannot thereafter be revoked because though there were provisions authorising the charity commissioner to make changes in the entries in the register of public charitable trusts, there was no provision authorising him or entitling him to delete the entire entry and if a public charitable trust was revoked, the effect would be the deletion of ..... the transfer of property act deals, as its long title and preamble show, with the transfer of property by act of parties or transfers inter vivos, the general rules governing such transfers .....

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Aug 02 1991 (HC)

Suvina B. Redkar Vs. Government of Goa and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 1991(4)BomCR695

..... after the objections are received within the specified time, the planning and development authority is required to appoint a committee for considering the objections from the public as provided in section 35(3) of the act which committee then has to give reasonable opportunity of being heard to the persons including the representatives of the state government departments or local authorities who have submitted their objections and who have made a request to be ..... is placed by the learned advocate general, the supreme court has pointed out that 'the shift now is to a broader notion of 'fairness' or 'fair procedure' in the administrative action and the duty in that regard is not so much to act judicially as to act fairly,' however, it is made clear in the said para 23, that even an administrative decision unless it affects one's personal rights or one's property rights, or the loss of or prejudicially affects something which would juridically be called at ..... 120. the preamble of the act shows that it is enacted to provide for planning the development and use of rural and urban land and for purposes connected ..... legislature. the preamble, the objects, and reasons and the provisions of the act can be looked into to determine whether there is legislative policy or guidance discernible from the ..... the preamble shows that it is enacted to provide for planning the development and use of rural and urban land in the union territory of goa, daman and diu and for the purposes connected there with .....

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Jul 09 2004 (HC)

Neena Murudeshwar Vs. Key Publication Ltd. and ors.

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : [2005(105)FLR505]; (2005)ILLJ918Bom

..... registration of books act, 1867 (hereinafter referred to as the 'press act') defines the term 'newspaper' as under:''newspaper' means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news. ..... filed by the workmen of the appellant company claiming bonus under the scheme framed by the central government under the coal mines provident funds and bonus schemes act, 1948 and railway fares and leave under the award of the industrial tribunal (colliery disputes) which came into effect as from february 22, 1954. ..... an establishment under, the control of any' person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not, for the production or publication of one or more newspaper or for conducting any news agency or syndicate; -and includes newspaper establishments specified as one establishment under ..... rejected the claim for provident fund on the ground that the petitioner cannot raise a claim under section 33-c(2) of the industrial disputes act, as the provident fund authority is a separate and independent authority, entitled to look into the grievance of the petitioner for provident ..... 1 has complied with the provisions of the press act including filing a statement of ownership and other particulars concerning the publication 'hobby, world cuisine', in form iv, containing the following particulars:'statement of ownership and other particulars concerning the hobby world ..... first for determination whether the publication is a newspaper as defined under section 2(d) of the said act. .....

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Mar 22 2007 (HC)

insure Policy Plus Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., a Company Registered Un ...

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : 2007(3)ALLMR462; 2007(3)BomCR98; (2007)109BOMLR559; [2007]79SCL583(Bom)

..... 38 is merely procedural and is governed by the terms of the contract as contended on behalf of the respondent corporation.at this juncture we may mention that in so far as regulatory body under the insurance regulatory and development authority act is concerned a meeting was held of the executive committee of the life insurance council on 9th january, 2004 to consider such an issue, the managing director of the petitioner was present. ..... instructions and directions recognising transfers and assignments of life insurance policies have been framed to deal with such kind of transfers and assignments, as life insurance policies are securities under the public debts act.the petitioners comparison with conditions prevailing in other countries is totally unwarranted and unjustified in fact and in law. ..... considering the law in india and england as noted in gherulal parakh (supra), wagering contracts have been held not to be against the public policy and in the united states it has been held after grisby (supra) that insurable interest mut exist when the initial contract is entered into, but for subsequent assignments there is no ..... the moral prohibitions in hindu law texts against gambling were not only not legally enforced but were allowed to ..... as the preamble states, it is an act to provide for the nationalisation of life insurance in india by transferring all such business to a corporation established for the purpose and to provide for the regulation and control of the business of the .....

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Aug 16 2016 (HC)

Dr. Mahesh Vijay Bedekar Vs. State of Maharashtra and Others

Court : Mumbai

..... we direct that the authorities under the noise pollution rules and the authorities under the rules relating to grant of licenses framed under the said act of 1951 shall verify before the grant of license/ permission to use loudspeakers or public address systems whether the applicant has made any breach of any rules or license conditions when similar license/ permission was earlier granted to such applicant ..... is satisfied from the report of an officer in charge of a police station or other information received by him that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent annoyance, disturbance, discomfort or injury or risk or annoyance, disturbance, discomfort or injury to the public or to any persons who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, be may, by a written order issue such directions as he may consider necessary to any person for preventing, prohibiting, controlling or regulating- (a) the incidence or continuance in or upon any premises of- ..... " "this court is bound to maintain and follow secularism as clearly laid down in the preamble of the constitution of india as hereunder: "we the people of india, having solemnly resolved to constitute india into; sovereign socialist secular democratic republic and to secure to all its citizens: justice, ..... the preamble of the air pollution act reads thus: "an act to provide for the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the aforesaid purposes, of boards, for conferring on and .....

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