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Substantial and compelling reasons
should also express those reasons in its judgment, which lead it to hold that the acquittal was not justified, Sanwat Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1961 SC 715 (719): (1961) 3 SCR 120.
Smallness of profit
assessable income' and there is noth-ing in the context in which the expression 'small-ness of profit' occurs which justifies equation of the expression 'profit' with 'assessable income.' Smallness of the profit in s. 23A has to be
Course of public justice
Course of public justice, particularly in the criminal sphere, was not confined to the process of adjudication and included functions of the police such as the investigation of offence and the arrest of suspected persons, that...
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Pawn or Pledge
such a nature that the due preservation of it requires some use, there such use is not only justifiable, but it is indispensable to the faithful discharge of the duty of the pawnee. (2) If the pawn
Scandal
Scandal, a report or rumour, or an action whereby one is affronted in public. Disgraceful, shameful, or degrading acts or conducts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the...
Satisfied
Satisfied, means, free from anxiety, doubt, per-plexity, suspense or uncertainty. In order that a magistrate be relieved of all doubts or uncertainties and for his mind to be reasonably certain or free from doubt, it is...
Right of private defence
Right of private defence, the right of private defence of person and property is recognised in all free, civilised, democratic societies within certain reasonable limits. Those limits are dictated by two considerations: (1) that the same...
Retributivism
Retributivism, means the legal theory by which criminal punishment is justified, as long as the offender is morally accountable, regardless of whether deterrence or other good consequences would result,
Reasonable grounds
Reasonable grounds, means something more than prima facie grounds. It contemplates substantial probable causes for believing that the accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. The reasonable belief contemplated in the provision requires existence of...
Qu' est eadem
phrase was used by a defendant in a trespass action to show that the trespass the defendant was justified in committing was the same as that alleged in the plaintiff's pleading, that is, the plaintiff gave the
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