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..... the collector ultimately granted the permission as directed by the government. thus, as can be seen, that instead of the statutory authority viz. the collector acting in accordance with the statutory mandate, only because a direction was given by the minister that the statutory authority was bypassed, and even the enquiry as ..... chapter viii restrictions on transfers of agricultural lands and acquisition of holdings and lands89transfers to non-agriculturists barred.- transfers to (1) save as provided in this act, non-agricul- turists barred a) no sale (including sales in execution of a decree of a civil court or for recovery of arrears of land ..... for the reliefs as prayed. the petition enclosed the above referred news reports, as also the information obtained through enquiry under the right to information act, 2005 by one shri shashikant mohanlal thakker of madhapur village of taluka bhuj. this information contained the documents incorporating the file notings of the revenue department .....
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..... or the accused being able to manipulate circumstances to his or her advantage.25. in this light, the interplay between section 6a of the act and a constitutional court monitored investigation should be such as to protect senior government officials from frivolous and vexatious complaints and at the same time prevent ..... the level of joint secretary and above; and 2. such officers as are appointed by the central government in corporations established by or under any central act, government companies, societies and local authorities owned or controlled by that government. (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no such approval shall ..... the level of joint secretary and above; and (b) such officers as are appointed by the central government in corporations established by or under any central act, government companies, societies and local authorities owned or controlled by that government. (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no such approval shall .....
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..... or the accused being able to manipulate circumstances to his or her advantage.25. in this light, the interplay between section 6a of the act and a constitutional court monitored investigation should be such as to protect senior government officials from frivolous and vexatious complaints and at the same time prevent ..... the level of joint secretary and above; and 2. such officers as are appointed by the central government in corporations established by or under any central act, government companies, societies and local authorities owned or controlled by that government. (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no such approval shall ..... the level of joint secretary and above; and (b) such officers as are appointed by the central government in corporations established by or under any central act, government companies, societies and local authorities owned or controlled by that government. (2) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no such approval shall .....
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..... state). sexual intimacy is a core aspect of human experience and is important to mental health, psychological well being and social adjustment. by criminalising sexual acts engaged in by homosexual men, they are denied this fundamental human experience while the same is allowed to heterosexuals. the section exposed homosexual persons to ..... as it criminalises activity practiced more often by men or women who are homosexually active. the evidence that refutes the assumption that non- procreative sexual acts are unnatural includes socio-scientific and anthropological evidence and also the natural presence of homosexuality in society at large. (iii) that private, consensual sexual ..... ) 5 scc447 tamil nadu electricity board v. status spinning mills (2008) 7 scc353and seema silk and sarees v. directorate of enforcement (2008) 5 scc580 16.5 that section 377 ipc is gender neutral and covers voluntary acts of carnal intercourse against the order of nature irrespective of the gender of the persons .....
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..... interference and the present letter dated 05.05.2011 intending to cause embarrassment to the applicant and detract him from the ongoing investigation is clearly an act of interference that would jeopardize the ongoing investigation and thus hamper the petitioner from carrying out the directions of this hon ble court. 12 that ..... input, the directorate of enforcement had initiated discreet enquiries against m/s. sahara corporation and m/s. sahara india for alleged violation of foreign exchange management act, 1999. this investigation is handled by the present applicant, who made several enquiries with number of banks by issuing directives on 23.07.2010 and 28 ..... initiates the contempt proceedings in exercise of the powers conferred under article 129 read with article 142 of the constitution, irrespective of the provisions of the act and the rules to regulate proceedings for contempt of the supreme court, 1975. learned senior counsel placed considerable reliance on the judgment of this court in .....
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..... angle that the statutory authorities had failed and/or neglected to enforce the social-welfare legislations enacted in this behalf e.g. payment of wages act, minimum wages act, etc. such welfare activities as adumbrated in part iv of the constitution of india indisputably would cast a duty upon the state being a ..... area lift irrigation corporation ltd. (bhalco) now therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under section 65(1) & (2) of the bihar reorganization act, 2000, the central government hereby directs that government of bihar will initiate liquidation proceedings in respect of bihar hill area lift irrigation corporation ltd. (bhalco) to ..... . a government company was floated by the state of bihar in the name of bihar hill area lift irrigation corporation limited and got it registered under the companies act, 1956. the object of that company was to explore, execute, install, develop, promote, improve, establish, finance, manage, administer and maintain water resources for .....
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..... such disablement. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (6) notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),-- (a) the gratuity of an employee, whose services have been terminated for any act, wilful omission or negligence causing any damage or loss to, or destruction of, property belonging to the employer' shall be forfeited to theextent of the ..... compulsory retirement, removal from service and dismissal. the court thus, held that these major penalties cannot be imposed upon a retired employee. (ii) gratuity act gives right to an employee to receive gratuity on rendition of 5 years continuous service. gratuity become payable as soon as the employee retires. this statutory ..... the director (personnel) for payment of gratuity. on the same date, he also submitted an application before the controlling authority under payment of gratuity act cum-regional labour commissioner for payment of gratuity.4. notice was issued to the appellant to appear. the appellant appeared and stated that the payment .....
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..... event his explanations were to be found unacceptable. the explanation to section 12 of the contempt of courts act, 1971, makes it clear that an apology tendered by a contemnor should not be rejected merely on the ground that it is qualified or conditional so long it is ..... contemnor guilty of commission of contempt by understanding the order dated 18.08.2011 to mean status quo or a restraint in respect of grant of licences under the haryana act of 1975.11. in an earlier part of the present order, we have noticed the unqualified and unconditional apology tendered by the appellant before the high court in the ..... in which he had understood the order dated 18.08.2011, namely, that the said order had not placed any kind of prohibition on grant of licences under the haryana act of 1975. yet, out of deference to the order of high court, no licence either for group housing or commercial activities in either sector 63-a or 67-a .....
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..... earliest point of time and not after the conclusion of evidence and arguments, particularly, on the eve of pronouncement of judgment. in administering justice, judges should be able to act impartially, objectively and without any bias. the only thing which, according to us, is that the special judge has committed an error that after granting time for arguments, ..... the appellant that he may not get fair and impartial trial, it is relevant to point out that cognizance of various offences punishable under the ipc and the pc act was taken against the accused persons in the year 1997 and charges were framed against them in the year 2000. it is further seen that the prosecution took ..... , cbi (ahd), ranchi in the year 1997 and the charges were framed in the year 2000 in respect of various offences punishable under the ipc and the pc act. the prosecution started its arguments and concluded on 10.12.2012 and the arguments advanced on behalf of 43 out of 45 accused persons got concluded on 25.02 .....
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..... work of the commission did not warrant their appointment. the reason given by respondent 1 (union of india), that on account of the constitution (61st amendment) act reducing the voting age and the constitution (64th amendment) and (65th amendment) bills relating to election to the panchayats and nagar palikas, the work of the ..... were enrolled with the employment exchange were called upon and got their option to be enrolled as special police officer (spos) under section 17 of the police act, 1861. those persons who were having armed licence were enrolled as spos and this enrolment was made by the superintendent of police, amritsar. similar orders were ..... but chose to make appointments of persons creating contractual relationship only demonstrates the arbitrary nature of the exercise of the power available under section 17 of the act. the appointments made have never been terminated thereby enabling various banks to utilize the services of employees of the state for a long period on nominal .....
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