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judicial conference : a conference of judges and sometimes other concerned individuals (as members of the bar) at which important judicial affairs are reviewed and conducted for the purpose of improving the administration of justice ...
conference
conference 1 : a meeting for consultation, deliberation, discussion, or interchange of opinions [a on environmental law] see also judicial conference, pretrial conference 2 : a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature esp. to adjust differences in the provisions of a bill passed in different forms by the two branches ;also : conference committee 3 : caucus ...
Hague conference
Hague conference. A conference of representatives of different States to consider the question of international peace and kindred subjects. So called because the place of meeting has been The Hague in South Holland (Netherlands). The first Hague Conference was the outcome of a circular letter of the Czar of Russia handed to all the foreign representatives accredited to the Court of St. Petersburg on the 24th August, 1898, and as a result the first Peace Conference met on 18th May, 1899. This conference brought about the creation of a Permanent Court of Arbitration, and each of the Powers signing the Hague Arbitration Convention could appoint four persons, who constituted a panel or general list of arbitrators from which as occasion arises selection can be made. The Hague Arbitration Court has dealt with complicated international disputes. A second Peace Conference met at the Hague on 18th June, 1907. Consult Higgins, Hague Conference.Means the convention on the service Abroad of Judici...
sidebar (or sidebar conference)
sidebar (or sidebar conference) a discussion between the judge and lawyers held out of earshot of the jury and spectators. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Confer 'conferment'
Confer 'conferment', the expression 'confer' is pointer to something done overtly and explicitly, P. John Chandy & Co. (P) Ltd. v. John P. Thomas, (2002) 5 SCC 90....
Judicial proceeding
Judicial proceeding, 'Judicial proceeding' includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath, Suraj Mall Mohta and Co. v. A.V. Vishwanatha Sastri, AIR 1954 SC 545. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(i)]Includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 2 (i)]The investigation made by the junior Inspector of Mines was not a judicial proceeding, Bhurangya Coal Co. Ltd. v. Sahebjan Mian, AIR 1956 Pat 299 (302). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 33)Every investigation or proceeding under s. 40 is deemed to be a judicial proceeding by a legal fic-tion embodied in sub-s. (4) of that s. though the proceedings are neither in nor before any court at that stage. But there is no such deeming provision under s. 39 of FERA bringing every investigation or proceeding in its ambit as 'a judicial proceeding' within the meaning of ss. 193 and 228 of the Penal Code, K.T.M.S. Mohd...
Judicial office
Judicial office, Administrative proximity with judicial work was regarded as an excuse good enough to elevate the administrator into a holder of judicial office, State of Haryana v. Haryana Co-operative Transport, AIR 1977 SC 237 (239): (1977) 1 SCC 271.'Judicial office' is used in the proviso; a person holding judicial office being a member of the Judicial Service, or, in short, a judicial officer. In the matter of enrolment of Sri H.P. Chaudhari, AIR 1959 All 472.'Judicial office' subsisting office with a substantive position which has an existence independent from its holder, Shri Kumar Padma Prasad v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 1213. [Constitution of India Art 217 (2) (a)]...
Judicial office and Judicial officer
Judicial office and Judicial officer, expression 'Judicial Office' has not been defined under the Constitution, nevertheless, it has to be given meaning in the context of the concept of Judiciary as enshrined in the Constitution of India. The scheme under the Constitution for establishing an independent judiciary is very clear. Article 236(b) defines 'judicial service' to mean district Judges and Judges subordinate thereto. Holder of 'judicial office' under Article 217(2)(a) means the person who exercises only judicial functions, determines causes inter-partes and renders decisions in a judicial capacity, Kumar Padma Prasad v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 1213: (1992) 2 SCC 428....
Judicial power
Judicial power, 'judicial power' may be defined as the power to examine questions submitted for determination with a view to the pronouncement of an authoritative decision as to rights and liabilities of one or more parties, Firm of Mohd. Ali and Sons v. V. Madhavarao, AIR 1964 AP 132 (135). (Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. 24)The legislatures in India cannot exercise a power which can be described as essentially judicial and not legislative. There has been a lacuna in creating jurisdiction, supplies it, it acts within the legislative field. Where, however, the legislature goes further than this & compels the determination of a case at the hands of a court taking it completely out of reach of the court to make a contrary decision, the matter is one under judicial and not legislative power, Biharilal v. Ramcharan, AIR 1957 MP 165.Means the judicial power which every authority i.e., courts i.e., High Court and subordinate judiciary, established under Chapters V and VI of Part VI and th...
Judicial, quasi judicial
Judicial, quasi judicial, whether an act is a judicial or a quasi-judicial one or a purely executive act depends on the terms of the particular rules and the nature, scope and effect of the particular powers in exercise of which the act may be done and would, therefore, depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Where an authority is required to act judically either by an express provision of the statute under which it acts or by necessary implication of the said statute the decisions of such an authority generally amount to quasi-judicial decisions. Where, however, the executive or administrative bodies are not required to act judicially and are competent to deal with issues referred to them administratively, their conclusions cannot be treated as quasi-judicial conclusions, Engineering Mazdoor Sabha v. Hind Cycles Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 874 (878); 1963 Supp (1) SCR 625....
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