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Mistake
aside, or cancellation of written instruments is part of the business assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court. [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56, replacing Jud. Act, 1873, s. 34] In criminal cases a mistake … a man, intending to do a lawful act, does that which is unlawful [cf. Proviso, s. 28(1), (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43)], and acting upon an honest and reasonable belief
Inquiries
Parliament, His Majesty or a Secretary of State may appoint a tribunal with all the powers of the High Court, or in Scotland the Court of Session, to inquire into a definite matter of urgent public importance … be instituted, e.g., inquiries under the Factory, Local Government, Merchant Shipping (Wreck Inquiries), Housing, Town and Country Planning, Road Traffic and other Acts. The term 'inquiries', as used in Item 94 of List I and Item 45
bond
: a bond that pays interest at a rate based on the issuer's earnings junk bond : a high-risk bond that offers a high yield and is often issued to finance the takeover of a company mortgage … bond issued by a public agency authorized to build, acquire, or improve a revenue-producing property (as a toll road) and payable solely out of the revenue derived from such property sav·ings bond : a nontransferable registered bond
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Public interest
No stigmas or implication of misbehaviour is intended, and punishment is not the objective, Gian Singh Mann v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana, AIR 1980 SC 1894: (1980) 4 SCC 266. Public interest, takes within its … pollution caused by a larger number of motor vehicles operating in any route or area, the condition of roads and bridges on the routes, uneconomic running of stage carriage services leading to elimination of small operators and
Solicitor
If the solicitor become bankrupt, etc., the Articles may be discharged or assigned to another person by the High Court (s. 24), and if the solicitor die or leave off practice, or the Articles be cancelled by … s. 65. He has a general lien for his costs on the papers of his clients [Re Rapid Road Transit Co., (1909) 1 Ch 96). As to charging order for costs, see s. 69. Communications made to
Information
rules were substantially applicable to each, Story's Eq. Plead. The procedure is now by ordinary action in the High Court; see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. I., r. 1; but the term 'information' is still used to designate … 43), ss. 1, 10, 11; s. 11 is extended as to the time within which proceedings under (English) Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 112, may be brought by
Condition of service
import. As pointed by the Supreme Court in Pradyat Kumar Bose v. Hon'ble the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, (1955) 2 SCR 1331, the dismissal of an official is a matter which falls within 'conditions of … if any such legislative provisions or rule lays down otherwise, it will clearly be ultra vires. Mysore State Road Transport Corporation v. Mirja Khasim Ali Beg, (1977) 2 SCR 282: AIR 1977 SC 747. The expression 'conditions
Competent authority
of a State (ii) Chief Justice of India in case of Supreme Court, (iii) Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of the High Court (iv) the President or the Governor, as the case may … the appointing authority or an authority equivalent to or co-ordinate in rank with the appointing authority, Mysore State Road Transport Corporation v. Mirja Khasim Ali Beg, AIR 1977 SC 747: (1977) 2 SCC 457: (1977) 2 SCR
Copyhold
as he may think proper; and the Court of Queen's Bench (now the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice) will order the lord to allow such inspection, and if the lord then refuse, he … enfranchised owner may disturb or remove the soil so far as is necessary for the purpose of making roads or drains or erecting buildings or obtaining water, (English) L.P. Act, 1922, 12th Sched., s. 5. Notwithstanding enfranchisement
Precedent
on a point of practice. The same rules prevailed in the Courts of Equity. The Divisions of the High Court being parts of one and the same court, each Division ordinarily considers itself bound by the decision … principle on which a question before a court has been decided is alone binding as a precedent, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation v. Mansaram Nainwal, (2000) 6 SCC 366. A precedent acquirers added authority from lapse of time,
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