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Payment of Money into Court

Payment of Money into Court, i.e., the deposit of money with the official of or banker to the Court for the purpose of … action is pleaded or in which a plea under the (English) Libel Acts, 1843 and 1845, has been filed, no statement of fact that money has been paid into court under the preceding Rules of this Order

Court subordinate

Court subordinate, the expression 'Court immediately below' used in the Constitution means 'Court subordinate' and a single Judge of … the High Court, whereas a court immediately below is the Court from whose decision the appeal has been filed, Ladli Prasad Jaiswal v. Karnal Distillery Co. Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 1279 (1285): (1964) 1 SCR 270. (Civil

default

may be recoverable for loss caused by the delay. 2 : failure to defend against a claim in court (as by failing to file pleadings or to appear in court) see also default judgment at judgment default

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Step or proceeding

mentioned in the summons, for the reason that, it is permissible under the Code for the defendant to file a written statement even thereafter but prior to the first hearing when the Court takes up the case, … to in the definition should be construed to be a step or proceeding to be taken by the Court for it is, after all, a 'hearing' that is the subject-matter of the definition, unless there be something

fee

civil matters with the filing of the complaint. jury fee : a fee that is assessed in some courts as part of the cost of a civil jury trial orig·i·na·tion fee : a fee charged by a

judgment

judgment entered by a court after an entry of default against a party for failure to appear, to file a pleading, or to take other required procedural steps called also judgment by default compare decree pro confesso … judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule

Arrangements between debtors and creditors

for auditing his accounts, and prescribing his duties and liabilities generally; (5) making certain general provisions as to Courts, procedure, etc., And see the (English) Deeds of Arrangement Rules, 1925, pursuant to (English) Deeds of Arrangement Act, … to meet their engagements with their creditors may, under the Railway Companies Act, 1867, by schemes of arrangement filed in the Chancery Division of the High Court, assented to by three-fourths in value of their creditors, and

Information

particular protection (such as the objects of a public charity), the matter of complaint was offered to the Court by way of information by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit … used to designate an action by the Attorney-General in his official capacity. A crown information (which was formerly filed in the Court of Exchequer, but is now instituted on the Revenue side of the King's Bench Division)

Rejected

Rejected, in a hierarchical system of courts which exists in our country, all courts and tribunals including the High Court exercising judicial and quasi-judicial functions … to pass reasoned orders. There is a growing tendency in some of the High Courts to dismiss petitions filed under Article 226 or 227 of the Constitution in limine without a speaking order just by the use

Petition

corporation is received as the petition of the whole corporate body). In the Chancery Division of the High Court, petitions (as to which see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LII., rr. 16 et seq.) are used for getting

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