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Criminal contempt
Act, 1971 (70 of 1971) merely codifies the definition of 'criminal contempt' which had previously been crystallised by judicial decisions. It defines 'criminal contempt' to mean publication of any matter, or the doing of any other act … writing published which is calculated to bring a Court or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court, is a
Certiorari
persons having legal authority to determine questions affecting the rights of subjects and having the duty to act judicially act in excess of their legal authority; it does not lie to remove or adjudicative upon the order
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Information
as to the true and correct state of the law and so would cover information as to relevant judicial decisions, Maharaj Kumar Kamal Singh v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1959 SC 257: (1959) Supp 1 SCR … in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)] Information
Magistrate
Magistrate, means the Judicial Magistrate of the first class, or as the case may be, the Metropolitan Magistrate, exercising jurisdiction under the … place. [Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(i)] Means: (1) A man publicly vested with authority, a governor, an executor of the laws. (2) A paid justice of the peace. See STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE; METROPOLITAN
Judge
Lord Chancellor. See COUNTY COURTS. No action lies against a judge for anything said or done in his judicial capacity; but if a judge act without jurisdiction he may be made to answer for the consequences of … Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every
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Tribunal
includes, within its ambit, all adjudicating bodies, provided they are constituted by the State and are invested with judicial, as distinguished from purely administrative or executive functions, Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh, AIR 1954 SC … 1980 SC 1896: (1980) 2 SCC 593: (1980) 2 SCR 146. The Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner are statutory authorities operating under the 1969 Act. They are quasi-judicial authorities. Therefore, they will be comprehended in the expression 'Tribunal'
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