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Newspaper establishment

provided for in s. 10(2), the recommendations and the order made thereon alone indicate the criteria to be adopted by the Board for classifying the various categories of news media specified in the definition, Press Trust of

Contrary to natural justice

exact scope and meaning. When applied to foreign judgments, it merely relates to the alleged irregularities in procedure adopted by the adjudicating court and has nothing to do with the merits of the case. If the proceedings

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

to criminal appeal on a point of law and on a questionof fact, and these proposals have been adopted by most of our colonies; and Lord James of Hereford said (House of Lords,March 27th, 1906) that in

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Criminal negligence

out of which the charge has arisen, it was the imperative date of the accused person to have adopted, Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab, (2005) 6 SCC 1.

Cruel and unusual treatment

2 AC LR 40. No cruel and unusual punishment should be inflicted therefore in itself prevents hanging being adopted as the method of execution for the reasons which he (accused) has put forward and nothing in the

Custom and usage

case of a rule applicable only to a family it has not been discontinued by the family. [Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (78 of 1956), s. 3 (a)]

Customs

c. 13), introduced by Mr. Pitt in 1787, did much to remedy these among other inconvenien-ces. The method adopted was to abolish the existing duties on all articles, and to substitute in their stead one single duty

Cy-pres

as it is seen that the intention cannot be literally executed. In that case another mode will be adopted consistent with the general intention, so as to execute it, though not in mode, yet in substance. If

Date of finalisation of the duly audited accounts

finalisation of the duly audited accounts, means the date on which the audited accounts of the company are adopted at the annual general meeting of the company. [Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, s. 3 (1)

Decree

Acts, 1873 and 1875, the expression judgment, which was formerly used only in Courts of Common Law, is adopted in reference to the decisions of all Divisions of the Supreme Court, and [(English) Judicature Act, 1925, s.

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