Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : (1993)3SCC151
..... c) no. 14014 of 1988 before the supreme court against ch. bhajan lal and it is a gross interference with the administration of justice and that this arrogant act of intimidation and terrorisation merits severest punishment. it is further stated that the serious investigation conducted has been reduced to a farce by purchasing the complainant dharam pal, ..... his abuse of power to amass wealth in the background of his admittedly humble beginning in life. (vide para 9 of the contempt petition)that by the act of intimidation and blackmail unbecoming of member of the central government ch. bhajan lal has committed the gross criminal contempt of this hon'ble court with an intention ..... direct an investigation afresh, if it so desires, through a competent police officer empowered with valid legal authority in strict compliance with section 5-a(1) of the act as indicated supra. no order as to costs.7. while this civil appeal was pending before this court, ch. bhajan lal is stated to have made a .....
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Reported in : AIR1992SC1033; [1992]75CompCas12(SC); 1991CriLJ1391; JT1992(1)SC405; 1992(1)SCALE216; (1992)2SCC343; [1992]1SCR406
..... monetary regulations. the banks or non-banking institutions shall have to regulate their operations in accordance with, not only as per the provisions of the act but also the rules and directions or instructions issued by the rbi in exercise of the power thereunder. chapter 3b expressly deals with regulations of deposit ..... finance and investment co. ltd. and ors. etc., : [1987]2scr1 for short 'first peerless case' while holding that prize chits arid money circulation schemes (banning) act, 1978 does hot attract 'recurring deposits schemes', pointed out that the schemes harshly operate against the poor sections of the society who require security and protection; urgent action ..... premium, bonus or other advantages by whatever name called, accrued on the amount according to the terms of contract. section 45j and 45k of the act do not authorise the reserve bank of india to introduce a concept of liability which is contrary to the accepted commercial practice and trading principles. the impugned .....
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Reported in : AIR2006SC212; (2006)1GLR294; [2006(2)JCR272(SC)]; JT2005(12)SC580; RLW2006(1)SC705; 2005(8)SCALE661; (2005)8SCC534; 2006(1)LC240(SC)
..... slaughter of cows and her progeny which included bulls, bullocks, heifers and cows. in the state of madhya pradesh, it was the c.p. and berar animal preservation act (act lii of 1949) which was amended and applied. it imposed a total ban on the slaughter of cows and female calf of a cow. the male calf of a ..... view taken by the high court. all the appeals are allowed. the impugned judgment of the high court is set aside. the bombay animal preservation (gujarat amendment) act, 1994 (gujarat act no. 4 of 1994) is held to be intra vires the constitution. all the writ petitions filed in the high court are directed to be dismissed.dissenting ..... the slaughter of certain animals were passed respectively by the states of bihar, uttar pradesh and madhya pradesh. in bihar, the bihar preservation and improvement of animals act, 1956 (bihar act ii of 1956) was introduced which imposed a total ban on the slaughter of all categories of animals belonging to the species of bovine cattle. in uttar pradesh .....
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Reported in : AIR2008SC187; 2007(2)BLJR3030; 2007(6)BomCR801; JT2007(11)SC484; (2008)1MLJ51(SC); 2007(11)SCALE630; (2007)8SCC559
..... jurisdictional fact exists, a court, tribunal or authority has jurisdiction to decide other issues. if such fact does not exist, a court, tribunal or authority cannot act. it is also well settled that a court or a tribunal cannot wrongly assume existence of jurisdictional fact and proceed to decide a matter. the underlying principle is ..... said to be a 'preliminary' or 'jurisdictional fact' and said fact would confer jurisdiction on the court to consider the question whether the provisions of the rent act were applicable. the question, however, is whether in the present case, the learned counsel for the appellant tenant is right in submitting that the 'jurisdictional fact' ..... the legislature as of necessity must have a lot of latitude in this regard. whether any particular category of tenants needs to be protected under the rent act is a matter of legislative determination. there is nothing arbitrary if such protection is taken away in case of certain categories of tenants having regard to .....
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Reported in : (2006)205CTR(SC)193; [2006]286ITR89(SC); [2007(1)JCR1(SC)]; JT2006(12)SC121; 2006(9)SCALE320
..... has been shown by an employer in favour of an employee in the matter of rent respecting accommodation. thus, whereas 'charging provision' is found in the act of parliament [section 17(2)(ii)], 'machinary component' is in the subordinate legislation (rule 3). the latter will apply only after liability is created under the ..... aspects, it took a decision, it could not be said to be unlawful or unwarranted. the legislative policy had been reflected in section 17 of the act and the rule making authority, merely implemented the said policy on the basis of essential legislative functions performed by parliament. the court, therefore, negatived the contention ..... constitutionality and the burden is upon the person who attacks it to show that there has been transgression of constitutional principles. for sustaining the constitutionality of an act, a court may take into consideration matters of common knowledge, reports, preamble, history of the times, object of the legislation and all other facts which .....
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Reported in : (1982)3SCC24; 19831SCR145;
..... controversial area of death penalty, with all its complexity, vast implications and manifold ramifications, even all the judges sitting cloistered in this court and acting unanimously, cannot assume the role which properly belongs to the chosen representatives of the people in parliament, particularly when judges have no divining rod to ..... for fair-play of judicial discretion to take care of the variable, unpredictable circumstances of the individual cases, relevant to individualised sentencing. when judges, acting individually or collectively, in their benign anxiety to do what they think is morally good for the people, take upon themselves, the responsibility of ..... vicious and pernicious, which under the english common law were classified as crimes mala in se as distinguished from crimes mala prohibita crimes mala in se embrace acts immoral or wrong in themselves, such as, murder, rape, arson, burglary, larceny (robbery and dacoity); while crimes mala prohibita embrace things prohibited by .....
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..... , and taken appropriate action against such an advocate. under article 144 of the constitution "all authorities, civil and judicial, in the territory of india shall act in aid of the supreme court. the bar council which performs a public duty and is charged with the obligation to protect the dignity of the profession and ..... chamber by police officials for not passing an order they sought. this court held that, "the courts cannot be compelled to give "command orders". the act committed amounts to deliberate interference with the discharge of duty of a judicial officer by intimidation apart from scandalizing and lowering the dignity of the court and interference ..... tactics since long and highlighted all the details about them. (e) the entire incident was published in a local newspaper `mazdoor morcha' which necessitated action under the act against shri satish kumar, owner, publisher, printer and editor of the said newspaper.(f) based on the letter of the district & sessions judge as well as .....
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..... , and taken appropriate action against such an advocate. under article 144 of the constitution "all authorities, civil and judicial, in the territory of india shall act in aid of the supreme court. the bar council which performs a public duty and is charged with the obligation to protect the dignity of the profession and ..... chamber by police officials for not passing an order they sought. this court held that, "the courts cannot be compelled to give "command orders". the act committed amounts to deliberate interference with the discharge of duty of a judicial officer by intimidation apart from scandalizing and lowering the dignity of the court and interference ..... tactics since long and highlighted all the details about them. (e) the entire incident was published in a local newspaper `mazdoor morcha' which necessitated action under the act against shri satish kumar, owner, publisher, printer and editor of the said newspaper.(f) based on the letter of the district & sessions judge as well as .....
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..... and again at page 173, the learned author opines: it must be borne in mind that promoters have no powers, other than those comprised in their special acts and the acts therewith incorporated, to enter upon or take lands against the wish of the owners. it is incumbent on promoters to comply with all conditions and limitations imposed ..... state/authority free from all encumbrances and such status of the property is incapable of being altered by fiction of law either by the state act or by the central act. both these acts do not contain any provision in terms of which property, once and absolutely, vested in the state can be reverted to the owner on ..... become far more numerous than ever before. this not only led to an increase in exercise of executive powers, but also to various legislative amendments to the act. the 1870 act abolished the system of uncontrolled direction by arbitrators and in lieu thereof, required the collector, when unable to come to terms with the persons interested in the .....
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..... 16, attempted to murder the father (informant) and mother who survived the attack with multiple injuries. there was no provocation or reason for committing this ghastly act at a time when the children were sleeping. there were several incised wounds (muscle deep or bone deep) caused to the deceased. considering the brutality, diabolic ..... harmonious coexistence. the court has to further enquire and believe that the accused condemned cannot be reformed or rehabilitated and shall continue with the criminal acts. in this way a balance sheet is to be prepared while considering the imposition of penalty of death of aggravating and mitigating circumstances and a just ..... peaceful and harmonious coexistence. the court has to further enquire and believe that the accused cannot be reformed or rehabilitated and shall continue with his criminal acts. thus a balance sheet is to be prepared in considering the imposition of death penalty of the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and a just balance is .....
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