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pleading

pleading 1 a : one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations,

Cognizance

the Code of Criminal Procedure a Magistrate may take cognizance of an offence either, (a) upon receiving a complaint, or (b) upon a police report, or (c) upon information received from a person other than a police

Grievance

grievance of the complainant arising out of the failure of the licensee to register or redress of a complaint, and shall include any dispute between the Consumer and the licensee with regard to any complaint or with

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Institution of a case

takes cognizance of the offence alleged therein. When a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitutes such offence a case is instituted in the Magistrates's court and such a case

Original Writ or Original

the sheriff of the county where the injury was committed, containing a summary statement of the cause of complaint, andrequiring him to command the defendant to satisfy the claim, and, on his failure to comply, then to

Libel

Court a libel means the Articles drawn out in a formal allegation setting forth the complainant's ground of complaint, 3 Bl. Com. 100. In Scots law it is the form of the complaint or ground of the

Taking cognizable

1973 which merely means judicial application of the mind of the Magistrate to the facts mentioned in the complaint with a view to taking further action, Tula Ram v. Kishore Singh, AIR 1977 SC 2401 (2403): (1977)

Nuisance

(Smoke), s. 107 (Offensive Trades), s. 108 (Fried Fish), may be dealt with summarily under that Act by complaint before justices of the peace by a local authority, who are bound to inspect their district to detect

Consumer dispute

Consumer dispute, means a dispute where the person against whom a complaint has been made, denies or disputes the allegations contained in the complaint. [Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of

libel

libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the

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