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Reception order

by a judicial authority, i.e., a justice of the peace specially appointed, a county court judge, a stipendiary magistrate, or by two commissioners in lunacy (ibid., ss. 1, 9, 10 and 23). It is only effective for

Suit

not only a civil action, but also a criminal prosecution, as, indictment, information and a conviction by a Magistrate (Bouvier's Law Dictionary) See also BSI Ltd. v. Gift Holdings Pvt. Ltd., (2000) 2 SCC 737. Suit, is

Substantive due process

person of his life, liberty or property must be fair, just and reasonable, Ganesh Chandra Bhatt v. District Magistrate, Almora, 1993 All Cr Cas 204.

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Subjective satisfaction

Subjective satisfaction, means that 'satisfying oneself', Yakub Ismail Chhipa v. District Magistrate, Bharuch, 1996 Cr LR Guj 4.

Stipulation

Courts. It is the highest and most authentic contract known to the Civil Law, entered into before the magistrate or public officer, through the medium of interrogatories and answers calculated to explain the nature and extent of

Stipendiary Magistrates

Stipendiary Magistrates, paid magistrates ap-pointed in the Metropolis under the (English) Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839; in municipal boroughs, on

Specific provision to the contrary

contemplates is that a child under the age of sixteen years may be tried by a Chief Judicial Magistrate or any court specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960. It is an enabling provision, and, in our

Specially empowered

is within its competence to confer powers under s. 2(c) of the Act on some or all the Magistrates of the First Class in the State, in any of the modes known to law, and the Magistrate

Special empowered

Special empowered, the word 'specially: is an adverb to the verb 'empowered' and not an adjective to the noun 'magistrate' and this word means 'specially' or 'for a particular purpose'. The word 'specially' connotes that it...

Save with the authority of law and except by authority law

of law' in art. 31(1) or the expression 'except by authority of law' in art. 265, Additional District Magistrate v. Shivakant Shukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207: (1976) 2 SCC 521: (1976) Supp SCR 172. (Constitution of India,

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