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Letter of cover

in the trade. It is well known that in order to obtain an insurance against the risk of fire the assured has first to send a proposal to the insurer and then the insurer takes a little … a 'letter of cover', R. Ratilal v. National Security Insurance Co. Ltd., AIR 1964 SC 1396 (1398). (Stamp Act, 1899, s. 35)

Precedent

3512. Precedent, when not binding. If is rendered in ignorance of a statute or a rule having the force of statute, Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd., (1944) KB 729: (1944) 2 All ER 293. Precedents, authorities … AIR 1946 PC 189: 73 IA 231; Vijaya Charari v. Khubchand, AIR 1964 SC 1099. Precedent, are not an immutable dogma. Courts may evolve principles … Pradesh, 1992 Cr LJ 3512. Means every judgment must be based upon facts, declared by the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 to be relevant and duly proved. But when a Judge, in deciding a case, follows a precedent,

Landlord and tenant

reinstate the premises if destroyed or damaged by the act of God, natural decay, or by tempest or fire, see Yellowly v. Gower, (1855) 11 Exch 174; Standen v. Christmas, 10 QB 135. The landlord is not … year; (3) at will; (4) on sufferance; or (5) they may arise upon estoppel; or (6) exist by force of a statute (see LEASE; INCREASE OF RENT). In a narrower sense the words 'tenancy' and 'landlord and

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Magistrate

any of the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(32)] … by notification in the Official Gazette, to exercise jurisdiction under this Act, State of U.P. v. Kaushaliya, AIR 1964 SC 416 (420): (1964) 4 SCR 1002. The expression 'Magistrate' is a compendious term which includes Judicial Magistrate

Existing law

not include administrative orders which are traceables not to any law made by the legislature but derive their force form executive authority and made either for the convenience of the administration or for the benefit or individuals, … v. State of Orissa, AIR 1966 SC 1688. Is the law in force at the passage of an Act, A Dictionary of Law by, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 434. … same authority- the absolute ruler, State of Gujarat v. Vore Fiddali, AIR 1964 SC 1043 (1064). [Constitution of India, Art. 366(10)] The term 'exiting law'

May

2 SCR 964. The word 'may' used in s. 64(1) of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909 acquires the force of 'must', Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs to Government of West Bengal v. Abani Maity, AIR 1979

Jury

the Act of 1870 there was an old rule in criminal cases against allowing jurors food, drink, or fire after the summing up, but now they are allowed reasonable refreshment at their own expense. Except on a … corporations, etc., governors of prisons, superintendents of asylums, registered medical practitioners, chemists, dentists, officers and members of H.M. forces, servants of Post Office, Customs, and Inland Revenue, H.M. Household, Masters of Trinity House and members of the

Final order

an order appealed against cannot be regarded as a final order, where it does not of its own force bind or affect the rights of the parties, Prem Chand Satramdas v. State of Bihar, AIR 1951 SC … 134(1) of the Constitution, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Sujan Singh, AIR 1964 SC 1897 (1901). [Constitution of India, Art. 134(1)] … but the one made by the Income-tax, Office, Kishanlal Harichand v. ITO, AIR 1973 SC 1010 (1011). [Income-tax Act, (11 of 1922), s. 35(5)] Made by the High Court for production of documents from the Union Government

Law

It includes any enactment, proclamation Regulation, rule, notification or other instrument, having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole of any part of the territory now comprised in the state of sikkim. … not, Raj Kumar Nursing Pratap Singh Deo v. State of Orissa, AIR 1964 SC 1793 (1797). It includes any Ordinance, order bye-law, rule, regulation, notification, … lage, lagea, or lah, Sax.; loi, Fr.; legge, Ital.; lex, fr. ligo, Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts

Local authority

Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)] Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat,

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