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Natural justice
2 All ER 66 (HL), it was generally thought that the rules of natural justice apply only to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings; and for that purpose, whenever a breach of the rule of natural justice was alleged, … impugned action was taken by the statutory authority or tribunal in the exercise of its administrative or quasi-judicial power. In India also, this was the position before the decision, dated February 7, 1967, of this Court in
jurisdiction
from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed … contacts within the territory (as a state) of that court. primary jurisdiction : the jurisdiction granted by a judicially created doctrine to an administrative agency to decide certain controversies initially before relief is sought in the courts
Trust
Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; Howe v. Earl Winterton, (1896) 2 Ch 626. See LIMITATIONS. The (English) Judicial Trustees Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 35), provides for the appointment of remunerated 'judicial trustees' by … in contemplation of equity, the substantial ownership of or control over property, the person having the ownership or power can create a trust in favour of another person or in his own favour [Law of Property Act,
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Judicial review
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Magistrate
Magistrate, means the Judicial Magistrate of the first class, or as the case may be, the Metropolitan Magistrate, exercising jurisdiction under the … 914. The word shall include all persons within the general police district, exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate. [Police Act, 1861 (5 of 1961), s. 1] Means--(1) in relation to a metropolitan area
Trial
the conclusion, by a competent tribunal, of question in issue in legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal. Strouds Judicial Dictionary (5th Edn.) Indian Bank v. Maharashtra State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., (1998) 5 SCC 69. Trial, is … criminal, of the issues between the parties whether of law or fact, before a court that has proper jurisdiction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1348; see also C.&.S.F. Rly. Co. v. Smit, Okl, 270 P 2d
power
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Certiorari
Chancery a suit in some inferior court having equity jurisdiction was an analogous procedure inequitable matters. There is power to grant costs to a successful applicant for a certiorari, R. v. Woodhouse, 1906 (2) KB 501. See … 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
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 … Lord Chancellor, who goes out with the Ministry) shall hold their office during good behaviour, subject to a power of removal by the Crown on an address by both Houses of Parliament; prior to the Act of
Proceeding
is a step in the judicial process. It marks a stage in litigation. The legislature has given ample power to the court to allow amendment of the plaint at any stage, including the execution proceedings, Babu Lal … Means a prescribed course of action for enforcing a legal right. It indicates a prescribed mode in which judicial business is conducted, Babu Lal v. Hazari Lal Kishori Lal, AIR 1982 SC 818: 1982 (1) SCC 525;
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