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Home Dictionary Name: judicial review Page 1 of about 52 results (0.004 seconds)Appeal and memorandum of appeal
Appeal and memorandum of appeal, the word 'appeal' is defined as the judicial examination of the decision by a higher court of the decision of an inferior court. The appeal is the judicial examination; the memorandum of appeal contains the grounds on which the judicial examination is invited, Lakshmiratan Engineering Works v. Assistant Commissioner, AIR 1968 SC 488 (492). (Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 41)...
Judicial review
Judicial review, is not only concerned with the merits of the decision but also of the decision-making process. It intends to protect the individual against the misuse or abuse of the power by a wide range of authorities. Judicial review is a protection to the individual and not at weapon, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (738).Means to look again main object of granting a review of judgment in reconsideration of the same matter by the same judge under certain conditions (CPC, 1908, s. 114)Judicial Review, is the power of the court to review statutes or administrative acts and determine their constitutionality. The examination of Federal and State Legislative Statutes and the acts of executive officials by the courts to determine their validity according to written Constitution, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 285.In England the judiciary has no power to review the laws made by Parliament, Limited Government and Judicial Review, D.D. Basu, p. 2...
Claim for judicial review
Claim for judicial review, means a claim to review the lawfulness of (1) an enactment; or (2) a decision, action or failure to act in relation to the exercise of a public function Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules, 2000, 54.1 (2) UK, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), para 159, p. 302....
judicial review
judicial review 1 : review 2 : a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional ;also : the process of using this power see also checks and balances Marbury v. Madison in the Important Cases section ...
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction, is a verbal coat of many colours. Jurisdiction originally seems to have had the meaning which Lord Reid ascribed to it in Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147, namely, the entitlement 'to enter upon the enquiry in question, M.L. Sethi v. R.P. Kapur, (1972) 2 SCC 427: (1973) 1 SCR 697.Jurisdiction, legal authority; extent of power; declaration of the law. Jurisdiction may be limited either locally, as that of a County Court, or personally, as where a Court has a quorum, or as to amount, or as to the character of the questions to be determined.By 'jurisdiction' is meant the extent of the power which is conferred upon the court by its constitu-tion to try a proceedings, Raja Soap Factory v. S.P. Shantharaj, AIR 1965 SC 1449 (1451): (1965) 2 SCR 800.The word 'jurisdiction' is a verbal coat of many colours. Jurisdiction originally means the entitle-ment 'to enter upon the enquiry in question'. If there was an entitlement to enter upon an enquiry, ...
Appeal
Appeal [fr. appellatio, Lat.; appeller, Fr.]. the judicial examination of the decision by a higher Court of the decision of an inferior Court. Thus there is an appeal from the High Court to the Court of Appeal (see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 27), from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords (see s. 3 of the (English) Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, c. 59), from the Petty Sessions to Quarter Sessions, where the appeal is by way of retrial (see s. 19 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, also Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933, and SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), from the County Courts to the Court of Appeal (see s. 105 of the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78). Appeals to the House of Lords in forma pauperis are checked by the (English) Appeal (Forma Pauperis) Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 22)...
review
review : a judicial reexamination and reconsideration of the legality or constitutionality of something (as the proceedings of a lower tribunal or a legislative enactment or governmental action) see also judicial review vt : to reexamine judicially re·view·abil·i·ty [-vyü-ə-bi-lə-tē] n re·view·able [ri-vyü-ə-bəl] adj ...
order
order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement [an administrative may not be inconsistent with the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order final order : an order of a court...
court of appeals
court of appeals often cap C&A : a court hearing appeals from the decisions of lower courts: as a : an intermediate court of the U.S. federal judicial system b : a state appellate court called also court of appeal see also the Judicial System in the back matter NOTE: Not all of the states have intermediate-level courts but of those that do, many are called the Court of Appeals or, in California and Louisiana, the Court of Appeal. In Hawaii, such a court is called the Intermediate Court of Appeals. In some states, appeals are divided between a court of criminal appeals and a court of civil appeals. In the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New York the court of last resort is called the Court of Appeals, and the intermediate court in Maryland is called the Court of Special Appeals. In West Virginia the court of last resort is called the Supreme Court of Appeals. In England the Court of Appeal is a division of the Supreme Court of Judicature. ...
Special Leave to Appeal
Special Leave to Appeal, in England, the judicial committee of the Privy Council possesses the power to grant special leave to appeal, a petition for special leave lies where the court below lacks the power to grant leave to appeal or possessing that power has declined to exercise that power, in criminal cases, leave is granted only when some substantial or gross injustice has been done; in civil cases, on a question of general interest or public importance, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p. 305.Is exercisable outside the purview of the ordinary law relating to appeal and in cases where needs of justice demand interference by the highest court of the land; to be exercised only under exceptional circumstances, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p. 305.The Supreme Court of India possesses the power to grant special leave to appeal from any judgment, decree, determination, sentence or order in any caus...
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