Court : Punjab and Haryana
Reported in : AIR1952P& H79
..... non-ancestral, we held that sisters were better heirs than collaterals more remote than the fifth degree in the absence of daughters or daughters' sons, (v) 'sukhwant kaur v. s. bal-want singh', air (38) 1951 simla 242. the parties in this case were twelfth degree collaterals and sisters. the case was from amritsar district. sitting with weston, c. j., i ..... where the property is non-ancestral. certain propositions were laid down at p. 251 of the report: 'the authorities show that; (a) the rule of succession under the punjab laws act, section 5 is personal law unless the person who relies on custom proves that the parties are governed by custom and what that particular custom is; (b) and personal law .....
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Reported in : AIR1960P& H530
..... 214(p) of 1951 smt. kishni inherited her husband's landed property and gifted the same in favour of her daughter before the enforcement of the hindu succession act. kishan singh, a fifth-degree collateral of the deceased husband of the widow, brought the usual suit for declaration that the gift was not binding on his reversionary ..... through her and are estopped as much as she was. secondly, they have not the same right as was possessed by the presumptive reversioners. the hindu succession act makes no provision for an alienation made without legal necessity by a widow before it came into force. therefore, no decree for a declaration about the invalidity of ..... section 15 the reversioners have ceased to exist. head-note (b) runs as follows:'though the alienation by the hindu widow made before the passing of the act is still vulnerable, the widow continues to be estopped from challenging the validity on the ground of want of legal necessity. the reversioners have completely disappeared by virtue .....
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Reported in : AIR1961P& H352
..... of the rights and liabilities of the parties under the contract 13. this brings me to the question of limitation. there is no specific provision in the limitation act which would be applicable in the present situation, and under the residuary article 120, the limitation of six years would run from the time when the right to ..... the municipal committee, the first defendant would have been able to set up by way of defence a case for restitution under section 64 of the indian. contract act. a decree in favour of the plaintiffs in the present suit might preclude the first defendant from claiming compensation from the municipal committee on basis of a quasi- ..... section shall be binding on thecommittee'.admittedly, the contract of sale did not conform to the requirements of sub-section (2) of section 47 of the punjab municipal act. it was proposed bysome municipal commissioners in a resolution, of 16th of october 1954 to file a civil suit against the first defendant to recover the land because .....
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Reported in : AIR1973P& H104
..... negligence' and, what is termed as 'composite negligence'. the term 'contributory negligence' applies solely to the conduct of a plaintiff. it means that there has been an act or omission on his part, which has materially contributed to the damage.'17. i am in respectful agreement with the observations in the above two cases. though this was ..... :--'i award shrimati bhagwanti in her own right and as guardian of minor children rs.31,500/- as compensation under section 110-b of the motor vehicles act against shri darshan singh and krishna roller and flour mills limited jointly and severally.'from the above facts, the learned counsel for the respondents argues that whole ..... , namely:-- (a) where the vehicle is a goods vehicle a limit of twenty thousand rupees in all, including the liabilities, if any, arising under the workmen's compensation act, 1923, in respect of the death of, or bodily injury to employees (other than the driver), not exceeding six in number, being carried in the vehicle; (b) .....
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Reported in : AIR1973P& H320
..... of the supreme court in hazari v. neki, air 1968 sc 1205, which lays down that the right of pre-emption under section 15(1) of the punjab pre-emption act, 1913, can be exercised by the legal representatives of the deceased plaintiff pre-emptor. in that case also the suit had been filed by the uncle of the vendor on .....
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Reported in : (1973)75PLR558
..... that the argument of the learned counsel is clearly wrong. the legislature, while providing exception in clause (b) of section 398(1) of the companies act, clearly visualized that cases might occur in which financially hard-pressed companies might save themselves by arranging with their creditors to become shareholders and directors in lieu ..... the company and the minority shareholders represented by himself, his mother and sister. otherwise, no instances have been stated in the petition as to the acts of mismanagement by the present board of directors except that the appellant has been removed from the directorship of the company and has been deprived of ..... constituted by the existing members, cannot be held to be improperly constituted. it is, therefore, necessary that the petition under section 155 of the companies act should be decided first. as long as the present register of members of the company continues, those members cannot be restrained from exercising their individual and .....
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Reported in : AIR1975P& H160
..... the 'existing state of punjab' which were being divided into four successor states. 'law' has been defined in section 2(g) of the reorganisation act as any act, rule, regulation etc., having the force of law in the whole or any part of the territories of the 'existing state of punjab'. as ..... rule, order, bye-law, scheme, notification or other instrument made under such state act or provincial act, but does not include any law relating to a matter enumerated in the union list :(c) 'law' has the same meaning as in clause ..... 1966.2 (1) in this order--(a) 'appointed day' means the 1st day of november, 1966;(b) 'existing law' means any state act or provincial act in force immediately before the appointed day in the whole or any part of the territories now comprised in the union territory of chandigarh and includes any ..... bal raj tuli, j. 1. these two writ petitions (civil writs nos. 266 and 1924 of 1974) will be disposed of .....
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Reported in : AIR1983P& H406
..... guardian cannot be permitted to play with his property. it was further observed that the permission of the court under s. 8(2). hindu minority and guardianship act, obtained by col. sukhdev singh on april 11, 1979, has become meaningless with the passage the time, change of circumstances and conduct of the guardian. ..... argued that the contract between the parties stands frustrated having become impossible of performance because the competent authority under the urban land (ceiling and regulation) act, 1976(hereafter the act) has not granted permission to the respondent to sell the house. this contention is fallacious and has been rightly repelled by the high court. ..... owns house no. 1577. section 18d chandigarh. on december 18, 1978, his father col. sukhdev singh moved a petition under s. 8. hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956, for the grant of permission for the sale of this house. the petition was disposed of by the senior subordinate judge, chandigarh, vide order dated april 11, .....
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Reported in : AIR1987P& H5
..... (3) whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites. or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to term of life ..... . (3) whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to term of life ..... the following words:'2(c) 'disruptive activity' has the meaning assigned to it in s. 4, and the expression 'disruptionist' shall be construed accordingly; * * * * * * * * * * * (f) 'terrorist act' has the meaning assigned to it in sub-section (1) of s. 3 and the expression 'terrorist' shall be construed accordingly; * * * * * * * * * * * 3. (1) whoever with intent .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Punjab and Haryana
Reported in : 1986CriLJ1757
..... fine.3. whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to term of ..... fine.3. whoever conspires or attempts to commit, or advocates, abets, advises or incites or knowingly facilitates the commission of, a terrorist act or any act preparatory to a terrorist act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to term of ..... following words:2(c) 'disruptive activity' has the meaning assigned to it in section 4, and the expression 'disruptionist` shall be construed accordingly:* * * * * * * * * * * *(f) 'terrorist act' has the meaning assigned to it in sub-section (1) of section 3 and the expression 'terrorist' shall be construed accordingly:* * * * * * * * * * * *3(1) whoever with intent .....
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