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Acting Judge, means a person who was appointed to act as a Judge under sub-s. (2) of section 22 of the Government of India Act, 1935. [High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, (28 of 1954), s. 2(b)]...
Judge
Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a judge but also every person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, is confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive or who is one of a body of persons which body of persons is em-powered by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 19)To secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), that the judges of the Supreme Court (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, who goes out with the Ministry) shall hold their o...
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a great number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this country.In 1844 Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in a remarkable speech in the House of Commons, advocated criminal appeal, the claim to which has also been recognized by Starkie, Sir John Holker, and Chief Baron Pollock; and even Blackstone,with whom, as Mr. Lecky has observed, admiration of our national jurisprudence was almost a foible, passed some severe criticisms on the stateof the criminal law of his day. In more recent times Lord James of Hereford (then Sir Henry James) introduced a criminal appeal bill into the House of Commons,which was supported by Lord Russell of Killowen (then Sir Charles Russell). And in 1889 Lord Fitzgerald, when introducing a measure into the House of Lords, said that the absene of any provision for rectifying errors andmistakes in criminal cases constituted a blot upon the c...
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
Notes, Judge's
Notes, Judge's. a judge usually takes notes of the viva voce evidence given during the trial of an action, and these are in practice always referred to on appeal, although they cannot be obtained as a matter of right. In criminal trials the judge must, it seems, take such notes and furnish them, in cases of appeal, to the Court of Criminal Appeal [(English) Court of Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, ss. 8 and 9(a); and Criminal Appeal Rules, 1908, r. 14]. At the trial or hearing of any action or matter in the county court in which there is a right of appeal, the judge, at the request of either party, shall make a note of any question of law raised, and of the facts in evidence relating thereto, and of his decision thereon, and of his decision of the action or matter. Any party to the action is entitled to a copy at his own expense [(English) County Courts Act, 1888, ss. 120 and 121]. See now County Courts Act, 1934 (c. 53), ss. 105, 108; and McGrah v. Cartwright (1889) 23 QBD 3, as to the dut...
District Judge
District Judge, includes, among other, an additional district judge, State of West Bengal v. Nripendranath Bagchi AIR 1966 SC 447: (1966) 1 SCR 771.See State of Assam v. Kuseswar Saikia, AIR 1970 SC 1616.District Judge shall mean the Judge of a principal Civil Court of original Jurisdiction, but shall not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary or extraordinary original civil jurisdiction. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(17)]--Means the Judge of a principal civil court of original jurisdiction. [Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2(bb)]...
Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874
Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874 (English) (37 & 38 Vict. c. 85). By this Act'which proceeds on the preamble that it is expedient that in certain cases further regulations should be made for the administration of the laws relating to the performance of divine service according to the use of the Church of England'it was provided that whensoever a vacancy should occur in the office of official principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury (see ARCHES COURT), the judge appointed under that Act should become ex officio such official principal, and all proceedings thereafter taken before the judge in relation to mattes arising within the province of Canterbury should be deemed to be taken in the Arches Court of Canterbury. The Court may be set in motion on representation by one archdeacon, or churchwarden, or any three parishioners declaring themselves to be members of the Church of England: (1) that in any church any alteration in or addition to the fabric, ornaments, or furniture thereof...
Acting Chief Justice
Acting Chief Justice, A judge appointed under article 126 of the constitution to perform the duties of the Chief Justice of India. [High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, (28 of 1954), s. 2(a)], [Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, (41 of 1958), s. 2(a)]...
Additional Judge
Additional Judge, A person appointed as an additional judge under sub-section (3) of sec. 222 of the Govt. of India Act, 1935. [High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, (28 of 1954), s. 2(d)]...
Chief Clerks of Judges in Equity
Chief Clerks of Judges in Equity, appointed under 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, s. 16, to act in the place of the abolished Masters in Chancery, They were continued in office, under the judges of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by (English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 77-86. In 1897 the title of 'Chief Clerk' was altered to that of 'Master of the Supreme Court.' See R. S. C., Ord. LV., and (English) Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 110-130....
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