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Actual authority

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Freedom of press

SCC 399. Freedom of press, Freedom of press as the petitioners rightly assert means freedom from interference from authority which would have the effect of interference with the content and circulation of newspapers, Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) … Freedom of press, means right of citizen to speak, publish and express their view as well as right or people to read, Bennett Coleman and Co. v. Union of India,

Forthwith

2 Chit. Arch. Prac., 14th Edn., 1435]. Immediately, without delay, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664. The expression 'forthwith' would mean 'as soon as may be', that the action should be performed by the authority with

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Authority competent to remove

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So long as that tax continues to be levied in that State

be levied in that State, the plain and simple meaning which must be culled out from the said expression in the context of the other phraseology in clause (2) is that the local authority can claim protection

Under the authority of any department of the Central Govt

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Common Law

the unwritten law, whether legal or equitable in its origin, which does not derive its authority from any express declaration of the will of the Legislature. This unwritten law has the same force and effect as the

Authority of law

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Toll

10 CB 900. County Courts have no jurisdiction over tolls. [(English) County Courts Act, 1933, s. 40] The expression 'toll' normally means a definite payment exacted by the State or the local authority; by virtue of sovereignty

Direction

the section, ITO v. Murlidhar Bhagwandas, AIR 1965 SC 342: (1964) 6 SCR 411. It must be an express direction necessary for the disposal of the case before the authority or court. It must also be a

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