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Aug 21 1974 (HC)

The North Arcot District Pawn Brokers' Association represented by Its ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1975)1MLJ290

..... three associations, namely, the north arcot district pawnbrokers association, the pondicherry pawnbrokers association and the south arcot district pawnbrokers association, which are associations registered under the societies registration act, filed writ petitions, w.p. ..... . according to the learned counsel for the respondents, the only obligations which the pawnbrokers had to discharge were those which had been imposed on them by the act and the rules made thereunder and the trade notice did not impose any independent obligation, apart from what had been imposed by the act and the rules made thereunder, and all that the trade notice had done was to invite the attention of the pawnbrokers to the obligations they had to perform under the act ..... filed in these writ petitions, the respondents have set out the earlier history with regard to the previous writ petitions and the stay orders passed by this court and pointed out that the trade notice was issued for the benefit of the trade, drawing the attention of the pawnbrokers to the obligations they have to perform under the provisions of the gold control act and that the trade notice itself did not discriminate between those persons who were covered by the judgment of this court in w. p. .....

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Dec 19 1996 (SC)

New Delhi Municipal Committee Vs. State of Punjab, Etc. Etc.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1997SC2847; JT1997(1)SC40; 1996(9)SCALE613; (1997)7SCC339; [1996]Supp10SCR472

..... subsequently, dadar & nagar haveli became a union territory by the constitution (tenth amendment) act 1961; goa, daman & dm and pondicherry became union territories by the constitution (twelfth amendment) act, 1962; chandigarh became a union territory by the punjab (reorganisation) act, 1966.76. ..... union of india : [1966]1scr430 , the court had to consider whether the word 'state used in article 3(c) of the constitution would include union territories; the constitution bench followed the stipulation in articles 367 and 372 to notice the definition of 'state' in section 3(58) of the general clauses act and the context of article 3 to hold that the word 'state' in article 3(c) would have to be interpreted in the light of section 3(58) of the general clauses act and would include union territories. ..... : [1968]68itr244(sc) , was a case in which the petitioners had challenged the vires of a regulation by which the president had, in exercise of powers under article 240, repealed the laws in force in relation to income-tax within the union territory of pondicherry and had made the income-tax act, 1961 applicable to it. ..... (ii) union territories for which legislatures have been established by acts of parliament under article 239-a pondicherry is the sole occupant of this category. .....

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Apr 06 1966 (HC)

D. Gobalousamy Vs. Union Territory of Pondicherry and ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : AIR1968Mad298

..... shall proceed on the assumption that the writ petitioner has a right to complain, and to seek these reliefs at our hands, if he can show that the orders of appointment infringed a guarantee, which is part of the treaty of cession, and which is so implemented by the poidicherry (administration) act xlix of 1962, that the guarantee is justiciable in the municipal courts of india; again, that he has a right to relief if he can show that the order of the president introducing changes in qualifications for judicial officers of the pondicherry, under the provision to art ..... finally, there is the question of the language of the courts in pondicherry, and the refinement which has now been introduced by the official language act enacted by the pondicherry legislature, act iii of 1965, when the writs were pending; we certainly agree that that is a development that we are bound to take note of, in considering the exercise of our powers ..... 4(2) of the pondicherry (administration) act 1962 dated 12-10-1963 and the second termed the pondicherry judicial officers (qualifications) rules 1963, promulgated by the president of india on 5-10-1963, and that the appointments were based upon the modifications ensuing from ..... the legislative assembly has decided otherwise, and the consequence is the official language act of the pondicherry legislature, that i have referred to earlier, under which the tamil and english have been elevated to the status of official languages, to come into effect upon a date to .....

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May 25 1988 (HC)

Ramesh Birch and ors. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1988P& H281

..... in exercise of the powers under section 1(2), the pondicherry government issued a notification dated march 1, 1966, bringing into force the madras act as extended by the act to pondicherry with effect from april 1, 1966, but in the meantime, the madras legislature had amended the madras act and consequently it was the madras act, as amended up to april l, 1966 which was brought into force under the said notification. ..... the assembly passed the pondicherry general sales tax act x of 1965, hereinafter referred to as the principal act, which was published on june 3, 1965, after receiving the assent of the president on may 25, 1965: section 1(2) of that act provided that the act would come into force on such date as the government may by notification appoint, section 2(1) provided that 'the madras general sales tax act, 1959(act no. ..... the contention of the petitioner in that case was that the principal act was void and was a still-born legislation by reason of the pondicherry legislature having abdicated its ! ..... 2(1) of the principal act the pondicherry legislature abdicated its. ..... section 87 of the punjab reorganisation act, 1966, authorises the central government to extend to the union territory of chandigarh only such enactments as were in existence on the date (1-11-1966) on which the act was enforced. .....

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Apr 21 1989 (SC)

Ramesh Birch and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1990SC560; JT1989(2)SC483; 1989Supp(1)SCC430; [1989]2SCR629

..... it was argued that such abdication resulted from the wholesale adoption of the madras act as in force in the state of madras immediately before the commencement of the pondicherry act, as section 2(1) read with section 1(2) meant that the legislature adopted not only the madras act as it was when it enacted the pondicherry act but also such amendment or amendments in the madras act which might be passed by the madras state legislature up to the time of commencement of the act i.e. ..... the pondicherry government issued a notification on march 1, 1966 appointing april 1, 1966 as the date of the commencement of the pondicherry act. ..... he observed (paras 8 and 9 of : [1967]2scr650 ):the question then is whether in extending the madras act in the manner and to the extent it did under section 2(1) of the principal act the pondicherry legislature abdicated its legislative power in favour of the madras legislature. ..... section 2(1) of the act provided that the madras general sales tax act, 1959 as in force in the state of madras immediately before the commencement of the pondicherry act, shall be extended to pondicherry subject to certain modifications. ..... prior to the issue of the notification, however, the madras legislature had amended the madras act and consequently it was the madras act as amended up to april 1, 1966, which was brought into force in pondicherry. .....

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Apr 28 1970 (HC)

Madan Tarlok Singh and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) Through Home Secy ...

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Reported in : AIR1970P& H471

..... 7 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the professions tax act), the act does riot apply to the union territory of chandigarh, because no change has been made by the adaptation order in the preamble; and the act only applies to the territories of the punjab; (2) that the act has become ultra vires the constitution with effect from the date of formation of the union territory of chandigarh, in view of art, 276 of the constitution of india; and, therefore, no tax can be levied on persons engaged in any trade, calling or profession; and (3) that the employees of the high court are not ..... by the relevant provisions of the punjab reorganisation act 1956 and the notification issued thereunder, this act came to be applied to the union territory of chandigarh on the 1st of november, 1966, at the time of the reorganisation of the erstwhile state of punjab, recoveries. ..... 1963, by the said act vide section 2(h), union territory means any of the union territories of himachal pradesh, manipur, tripura, goa, daman diu and pondicherry. ..... income-tax officer, pondicherry, air 1968 sc 637. .....

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Jul 31 2007 (HC)

The Pondicherry Generators Manufacturers' Association rep. by Its Pres ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2007)6MLJ927

..... relevant provisions of section 118(2) of the pondicherry municipalities act, 1973 is extracted hereunder:section 118(2) : subject to the previous sanction of the government and to any general or special order which the government may make in this behalf, every municipal council may levy for the purposes of this act, any of the following taxes namely:(d) any other tax which the legislature of the union territory has power to impose in the union territory.sub-section 3 envisages that the taxes specified in sub-sections 1 and 2 shall be ..... the learned government pleader appearing for the pondicherry government, on the other hand, submitted that by virtue of provisions introduced under 73rd and 74th amendment, power to levy tax has been conferred on the local authorities such as municipalities and panchayats and such purpose can be achieved through the delegated legislation, as the act itself envisages framing of rules and the rules having been framed only after obtaining the prior sanction of the legislature, must be taken to have become part of the statute ..... of such power conferred under section 118(2)(d) read with section 440 of the act, the lieutenant-governor of pondicherry has framed the pondicherry municipalities (tax on procurement of goods) rules, 1997.as per rule 2(v) 'goods' means goods mentioned in the schedule appended to these rules. ..... the above position receives considerable sustenance from the decision of the supreme court reported in : [1966]1scr865 kalyani stores .....

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Dec 14 1999 (HC)

Anjuman-e-tarreqi-e-funkaran-e-urdu, Bangalore Vs. State of Karnataka ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : ILR2000KAR710; 2000(2)KarLJ456

..... in identical circumstances, sub-section (2) of section 10 of mysore pawnbrokers act, 1961 and rule 15 of the mysore pawnbrokers rules, 1966 provided for maintaining the records of books of accounts and documents either in english or in kannada. ..... in the state of then madras, the state government insisted on the account being written in the local language by amending section 10 of the then madras pawnbrokers act of 1943. in m. ..... , accounts, records and documents relating to their business as pawnbrokers should be maintained in english or kannada, cannot be regarded as coming in the way of their conserving hindi or any particular script.the learned government advocate maintained that there is no bar to the petitioners keeping separate accounts in their language for their own information, without prejudice to the requirement that for the purposes of the act, they should maintain accounts in english or kannada.the word, 'conserve' according to the shorter oxford dictionary, means to keep in safety or from ..... -'the act was designed among other things to control the nefarious activities, if any, of some pawnbrokers, who facilitated the disposal of stolen property. .....

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Dec 14 2007 (HC)

Venkataraman @ Murali @ Raja, Vs. R. Venugopal and R. Ganesan @ Vinaya ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (2008)2MLJ348

..... when civil procedure code, 1908 and the transfer of property act were extended to pondicherry even in 1968 and that the lower court also committed an error that the respondents acquired the right within the meaning of sub-section 2 of section 4 of the pondicherry extension of laws act, 1963.7. the further case of the civil revision petitioners/respondents is that the lower court has overlooked the fact that the right to execute a will arise only on the death of the last life estate holder-radhabai ammal ..... . (1)the tribunal superieur d' appeal, courts of tribuanl de lere instance and juge de paix existing immediately before the commencement of this act shall be respectively the first court of the district judge, subordinate judge's court and munsif's court under this act.moreover, section 8(1) of the pondicherry civil courts act, 1966 states that(1) the jurisdiction of district judge or subordinate judge extends, subject to the rules of procedure contained in the law relating to procedure for the time being in force, to all original suits and proceedings ..... . it cannot be gainsaid that the pondicherry civil courts act, 1966 was amended by act 5 of 2005 on 15.7.2005 which deals about the jurisdiction of district judge, subordinate judge and district munsif ..... the pondicherry civil courts act, ..... . 12 of 1966), an act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the civil courts in the union territory of pondicherry, section 6 refers as follows:courts under the act to be .....

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Sep 27 2011 (SC)

State of Himachal Pradesh. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... liable to compensate and reimburse the money value of the power to the plaintiff state as per statements ii and iv annexed to the plaint; (b) a decree declaring that the plaintiff state is entitled to 7.19% of the power generated in the bhakra-nangal and beas projects from the appointed day (01.11.1966) or from the date of commissioning of the projects, whichever is later, out of the share of the then composite state of punjab on account of the transfer of population to the plaintiff state under the punjab reorganisation act, 1966 and a further decree declaring that the defendants are jointly and severally ..... 2, 3, 4 and 5 is an extremely sensitive issue and experience of controversy surrounding the cauvery dispute between tamil nadu, karnataka, pondicherry and kerala clearly demonstrates that there are grave risks which may give rise to agitation and eventual politicization with regard to river water system, irrigation and electricity and this is an important aspect which has to be borne in the background while dealing with the present dispute. .....

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