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Obstruction, a wider meaning than mere physical obstruction. Any tangible or identifiable, obstruc-tion would also satisfy the requirement of s. 16 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, Arammanavara Aswathappa v. Karnataka Electricity Board, AIR 1987 Kar 282 (284). [Telegraph Act, 1885, s. 16]Obstruction to search is to the act of the person conducting a search. It is a defensive act but where search has ended and the persons conducting the search have left the premises, to bring them back and to make them do things against their will is not an obstruction to an act but a compulsion to make them act, CCE v. Pradip Fort Trust, AIR 1990 SC 1897 (1900). (Customs Act, 1962, s. 133)Obstruction is not confined to physical obstruction and it includes anything which makes it more difficult for the police or public servant to carry out their duties, Shyam Lal Sharma v. State of Madya Pradesh, (1972) 1 SCC 764 AIR: (1972) SC 886. (Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 165)...
Obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice, means interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1105.Means the goal, to proscribe every wilful act of corruption, intimidation or force which tends in any way to distort or impede the administration of law either civil or criminal -- has been very largely attained, partly by aid of legislation. And any punishable misdeed of such a nature which is not recognised as a distinct crime, is usually called 'obstruction of justice', or 'obstructing justice, -- a common -- law misdemeanor Criminal Law Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, 552 (3rd Edn., 1982)....
Obstructive building
Obstructive building. A building which by reason of its contact with or proximity to other buildings is dangerous or injurious to health (Housing Act, 1936, s. 54). For powers of local authorities in regard to obstructive buildings, see that Act, and Jackson v. Knutsford Urban D.C., (1914) 2 Ch 686....
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Obstructive
Tending to obstruct presenting obstacles hindering causing impediment...
Obstructer
One who obstructs or hinders...
Criminal contempt
Criminal contempt, any act done or writing published which is calculated to bring a Court or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court, is a contempt of Court. Any episode in the administration of justice may, however, be publicly or privately criticised, provided that the criticism is fair and temperate and made in good faith. The absence of any intention to refer to a Court is a material point in favour of a person alleged to be in contempt, Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh v. Sitamarhi Central Co.-op. Bank Ltd., AIR 1967 SC 1494 (1497): (1967) 3 SCC 163. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, s. 3]Clause (c) of S. 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971) merely codifies the definition of 'criminal contempt' which had previously been crystallised by judicial decisions. It defines 'criminal contempt' to mean publication of any matter, or the doing of any other act which(i) scandalises or tends to sca...
Quare obstruxit
Quare obstruxit, a writ which lay for him who, having a liberty to pass through his neighbour's ground, could not enjoy his right because the owner had obstructed it, Fleta, 1. 4, c. 26.Means why he obstructed. A writ for one who could not enjoy a privilege to pass though a neighbour's land because the neighbour had obstructed the path, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1256....
Contempt of court
Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt.--A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of the judges who preside there; or consequential, which, without such gross insolence or direct opposition, plainly tend to create a universal disregard of their authority. Contempts may be divided into acts of contempt committed in the Court itself (in facie curi') and out of Court. Among the former are all unseemly behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1888), as talking boisterously, applauding any part of the proceedings, refusing to be sworn or to answer a question as a witness, interfering with the business of the Court on the part of a person who has no right to...
Airway
Airway, a passage for the admission of air into a mine. To maliciously fill up, obstruct, or damage, with intent to destroy, obstruct, or render useless the airway to any mine, is a felony punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment at the discretion of the Court (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97, s. 28)....
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