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State Election Commissioner, Bihar Patna Vs. Janakdhari Prasad .

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... a three judge bench, while dealing with the office of profit, opined that the expression "office of profit" has not been defined either in the constitution or in the representation of people act. anaylsing further, the court proceeded to state that in common parlance, the expression 'profit' connotes an idea of some pecuniary gain. if there is really some gain ..... timely intimation of cases in which they were involved and on his own initiative apply for an adjournment in proceedings in which the railway had made no arrangement for representation. it is true that he would get a sum of money only if he appeared but the possibility that the railway might not engage him is a matter ..... ajoy biswas and others10, a three judge bench while dealing with the issue whether the respondent no.1 was disqualified for being elected as a member of the house of people as he held an office of profit under the government of tripura within the meaning of article 102(1)(a) of the constitution, for on the 10 (1985) .....

Shaji Poulose Vs. The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... etc. 585.5 sri datar took us through a wide variety of professional work that can be undertaken by a chartered accountant in practice such as statutory corporate audit, representation before tax authorities, consultation, audits under section 44af, audits under section 141(3)(g) of the companies act, etc. it was contended that the ceiling has ..... by this court while trying to protect fundamental rights. furthermore, it was argued that this court should defer to the legislature in appreciating the needs of the people and interfere only when the statute is clearly violative of the right conferred on the citizens under part iii of the constitution. in addition to the foregoing, ..... object and non-imposition of such t.c. (civil) no.29 of 2021 etc. 117 prohibition might result in jeopardizing or seriously affecting the interest of the people in general. otherwise, it would not be a reasonable restriction. we do not have any contrary opinion to what has been observed by this court in the aforesaid .....

Holder Vs. Hall

Court : US Supreme Court

..... cannot challenge districting itself as a dilutive electoral practice. in principle, cumulative voting and other non-district-based methods of effecting proportional representation are simply more efficient and straightforward mechanisms for achieving what has already become our tacit objective: roughly proportional allocation of political power according ..... 1985, respondents (six black registered voters from bleckley county and the cochranlbleckley county chapter of the national association for the advancement of colored people) challenged the single-commissioner system in a suit filed against petitioners (jackie holder, the incumbent county commissioner, and probate judge robert johnson, ..... plan for the county school board. respondents, black voters and the local chapter of the national association for the advancement of colored people, filed this action. the district court rejected their constitutional claim that the single-member commission was enacted or maintained with an intent .....

Skilling Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , about the true performance of enron s businesses by: (a) manipulating enron s publicly reported financial results; and (b) making public statements and representations about enron s financial performance and results that were false and misleading. app. 5, p. 277a. skilling and his co-conspirators, the indictment continued ..... community outrage more readily than crimes involving monetary loss, economic crimes are certainly capable of rousing public passions, particularly when thousands of unsuspecting people are robbed of their livelihoods and retirement savings. indeed, the record in this case is replete with examples of visceral outrage toward skilling and ..... he asserts that 1346 is unconstitutionally vague. to satisfy due process, a penal statute [must] define the criminal offense [1] with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and [2] in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement. kolender v. lawson , 461 u. .....

Union of India Vs. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... all disputes relating to the licence agreement for the period ending 31 7 1999 shall stand abandoned by the operators, there was no room for going back on that representation. (emphasis supplied) 92. once benefit has been drawn, the licensees cannot deny validity or binding effect of contract. in cauvery coffee traders, mangalore v. hornor resources ..... to the 78 licence agreement for the period ending 31 7 1999 shall stand abandoned by the operators, there was no room for going back on that representation. (emphasis supplied) 91. the terms and conditions cannot be said to be oppressive as submitted on behalf of the licensees on the strength of central ..... very high and the telecom service providers consistently defaulted in making the payments, the telecom service providers made a representation to the government of india for relief against the steep license fee. the said representation was considered and keeping the interest of the country, and the telecom sector in mind, a new package, known .....

S.F. Arts and Athletics, Inc. Vs. Usoc

Court : US Supreme Court

..... function" of "represent[ing] this nation to the world community." post at 483 u. s. 550 . but absent the additional element of governmental control, this representational function can hardly be called traditionally governmental. all sorts of private organizations send "national representatives" to participate in world competitions. although many are of interest only to ..... non-gays, and to diminish the ageist, sexist and racist divisiveness existing in all communities regardless of sexual orientation." app. 93. his expectations "were that people of all persuasions would be drawn to the event because of its olympic format and that its nature of 'serious fun' would create a climate of ..... movement, that has as its aims: "to promote the development of those physical and moral qualities which are the basis of sport"; "to educate young people through sport in a spirit of better understanding between each other and of friendship, thereby helping to build a better and more peaceful world"; and "to .....

United States Vs. Booker

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , e.g. , judicial conference of the united states, committee on defender services, subcommittee on federal death penalty cases, federal death penalty cases: recommendations concerning the cost and quality of defense representation 9 10 (may 1998). and, despite the absence of jury determinations, they have found those proceedings fair as long as the convicted offender has the opportunity to contest a claimed ..... acts of congress are presumptively valid. see regan v. time, inc. , 468 u. s. 641 , 652 (1984). a ruling of unconstitutionality frustrates the intent of the elected representatives of the people. ibid. in the past, because of its respect for the coordinate branches of government, the court has invalidated duly enacted statutes or particular provisions of such statutes only upon a .....

Ravindra Ramchandra Waghmare Vs. Indore Mun.Corp. and Ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... re-building, re-housing, street, deferred street schemes and development scheme. 10 types of schemes were provided under section 31. when scheme was proposed, consideration of representation was also provided. the state government had the power to sanction, reject or return the improvement scheme as provided in section 51. in case the state government ..... to deprivation of life or liberty or livelihood, but was dealing with a case, where land was acquired for improving living conditions of a large number of people. the court held that the land ceiling laws, laws providing for acquisition of land for providing housing accommodation, laws imposing ceiling on urban property, etc. cannot ..... for the public good. eminent domain is the highest and most exact idea of property remaining in the government, or in the aggregate body of the people in their sovereign capacity. it gives the right to resume possession of the property in the manner directed by the constitution and the laws of the state .....

Royal Nepal Airline Corporation and anr. Vs. Monorama Meher Singh Legh ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1966Cal319,69CWN767

..... 's immunity from suit. a bank created by the republic of poland as a state institution, but as a distinct legal person possessing the right of autonomous legal representation, whose stock was owned by the state, municipalities and state and municipal enterprises, was not immune from suit on interest coupons attached to bonds issued by it and ..... are. we know of no international usage which regards the maintenance and advancement of the economic welfare of a people in time of peace as any less a public purpose than the maintenance and training of a naval force.' referring to this judgment and several of the english ..... principles of immunity are applicable to all ships held and used by a government for public purpose, and that when, for the purpose of advancing the trade of its people or providing revenue for its treasury, a government acquires, means and operates ships in the carrying trade, they are public ships in the same sense that war ships .....

m.siddiq (D) Thr. Lrs. Vs. Mahant Suresh Das

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... those of eo nomine parties. he submitted that the appellants are not 14 entitled to request for reconsideration of the said judgment on the principle of doctrine of representation. mr. parasaran submitted that to reconsider the judgment in ismail faruqui s case will be an exercise in futility as the judgment therein is binding on the present ..... involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the constitution within the meaning article 145(3) of the constitution. 102. a three judge bench in people s union for civil liberties (pucl) and another vs. union of india and another, (2003) 4 scc399had also occasion to consider article 145(3). submission was ..... persists since time immemorial. once this land is allowed to be lost due to the acts of persons other than hindus, the very right of this section of people, as protected by article 25, shall stand destroyed. this is another reason for not attracting the provisions of limitation in the present case." 26. similarly, justice d .....