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Judicial, 'judicial' extends 'to the acts and orders of a competent authority which has power to impose a liability or to give a decision which determines the rights or property of the affected parties'. 'Judicial' embraces even the acts of special tribunals which though administrative in character perform func-tions resembling those of Courts, Bhailal Jagadish v. Additional Deputy Commissioner, AIR 1953 Nag 89.Judicial, does not necessarily mean acts of a Judge or Legal Tribunal sitting for the determination of matters of law, but for the purpose of this question a judicial act seems to be an act done by a competent authority, upon consideration of facts and circumstances and imposing liability or affecting the rights of others, Regina John M'Evoy v. Dublin Corpn., (1878) 2 LR Ir 371.Has two meanings. It may refer to the discharge of duties exercisable by a Judge or by Justices in court or to administrative duties which need not be performed in court, but in respect of which it is nec...
Tribunal
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 520: 1954 SCJ 723: (1954) 2 Mad LJ 385.Tribunal, labour court is not a tribunal, State of Assam v. Harizon Union, AIR 1967 SC 442: (1967) 30 FJR 354.Means a court or other adjudicating body, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1512.Means the Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal constituted under s. 11. [Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002, s. 2(31)]Means the Registrar or, as the case may be, the Appellate Board, before which the proceeding concerned is pending. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2(1)(ze)]1. A court or other adjudicatory body 2. The seat, bench or place where a judge set, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.The seat of a judge; a Court of justice.As defined by s. 2(r) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, as amen...
Judicial authority
Judicial authority, by using the expression 'judicial authority' it was clearly indicated that the appell-ate authority must be one such pre-existing authority which was exercising judicial power of the State. If any other authority as persona designat was to be constituted there was no purpose in qualifying the word 'authority' by the specific adjective 'judicial', Thakur Das v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1978 SC 1 (4): (1978) 1 SCC 27: (1978) 1 SCR 732.Is defined as it is not necessary that it should be a court in the sense in which this court is a court; it is enough if it is exercising, after hearing evidence, judicial functions in the sense that it has to decide on evidence between a proposal and an opposition and it is not necessary to be strictly a court, R. v. London County Council, (1931) 2 KB 215: 100 LJKB 760: 144 LT 464 (CA)...
Judicially
Judicially, merely a standard of conduct and freedom from bias or interest which are the true attributes of a judge. '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 S. Mohd. Ali and Sons v. V. Madhavarao, AIR 1964 AP 132.An authority acts in a judicial capacity when after investigation and deliberation it performs an act or makes a decision that is binding and conclusive and imposes obligations upon and affects the rights of individuals, C.V. Subrahmanyam Sastry v. Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, AIR 1965 AP 69....
Divorce
Divorce [fr. divortium, Lat.], the dissolution of the marriage contract, grantable (after 31st December, 1937) to either a husband or wife under the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 51), amending the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, for (a) adultery, (b) desertion for three years preceding petition, (c) cruelty, (d) incurable unsoundness of mind, and, on the wife's petition, for unnatural offences, subject to the statutory provisions. Petitions may not be presented for three years after marriage.Judicial Separation is grantable on any ground available for divorce, or for non-compliance with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights or any former ground for divorce a mensa et thoro (q.v.); divorce may be obtained on proof of facts which have founded a judicial separation or an order under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, which order may be made for adultery as well as other grounds. See JUDICIAL SEPARATION.Additional grounds for a decree of nullity of marri...
Forum
Forum, a Court; the Court to the jurisdiction of which a party is liable. Forum competens, a Court having jurisdiction over the suit; forum incompetens a Court not having such jurisdiction.1. A public place esp. one devoted to assembly or debate.2. A court or other judicial body; a place of jurisdiction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664....
Australia, Commonwealth of.
Australia, Commonwealth of. The association of the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia in a federal Commonwealth comprising also Papua, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk, Ashmore and Cantier Island in the Pacific (and see MANDATED TERRITORIES), with a Constitution enabling its Parliament, consisting of the Sovereign of the British Empire, a Senate, and a House of Representatives, to legislate for the whole of Australia. The legislative powers of the Parliament, which may be found under 39 heads in the 51st paragraph of the Constitution, extend to trade, taxation, defence, coinage, bankruptcy, copyright, marriage, 'the people of any race other than certain aborigines,' immigrants and emigration, 'external affairs,' railway construction, and other matters too numerous to particularize; see Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (Imperial, 63 & 64 Vict. c. 12); A.-G. for Commonwealth of Australia v. Colonial Sugar R...
justice of the peace
justice of the peace :a local judicial official who is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may have additional judicial powers (as to issue summonses) ...
Court or Tribunal
Court or Tribunal, all tribunals are not Courts, though all courts are tribunals. The word 'Courts' is used to designate those tribunals which are set up in an organised State for the administration of justice. By administration of justice is meant the exercise of judicial power of the State to maintain and uphold rights and to punish 'wrongs', Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Shyam Sunder, AIR 1961 SC 1669 (1680): (1962) 2 SCR 339. (Constitution of India, Art. 136)The Customs Officer is not a Court or Tribunal though in adjudicating upon matters under s. 167 of the Act he has to act in a judicial manner. It may be conceded that neither the Central Board of Revenue, nor the Central Government is a Court within the meaning of Art. 136, Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. v. Jasjit Singh, AIR 1964 SC 1140 (1146): (1964) 4 SCR 594. [Constitution of India, Art. 136, Sea Customs Act, s. 167]. See also Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu, AIR 1993 SC 412...
Ordinary
Ordinary, a judge who has authority to take cog-nizance of causes in his own right, and not by deputation or delegation, Civ. Law. See NOTARY.By the Common Law, one who has exempt and immediate jurisdiction in causes ecclesiastical.Also, a bishop: and an archbishop is the ordinary of the whole province, to visit and receive appeals from inferior jurisdictions. Also, a commissary or official of a bishop or other ecclesiastical judge having judicial power; an archdeacon; officer of the royal household....
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