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civil [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1 : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole [a duty] see also civil right 2 : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior 3 : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law as opposed to the English common law see also the Judicial System in the back matter 4 : relating to private rights and to judicial proceedings in connection with them ;esp : relating to legal matters other than those characterized as criminal [a action] [a infraction] 5 : defined by law : legal [a disability] 6 : of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (as military or religious) affairs [the authorities] [the service] civ·il·ly adv ...
Programme
That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement a scheme a prospectus especially a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued or the subjects embraced in any public exercise performance or entertainment a preliminary sketch...
Terrorist activity
Terrorist activity, a 'terrorist activity' does not merely arise by causing disturbance of law and order or of public order. The fallout of the intended activity is to be one that it travels beyond the capacity of the ordinary law-enforcement agencies to tackle it under the ordinary penal law. It is in essence a deliberate and systematic use of coercive intimidation, Madan Singh v. State of Bihar, (2004) 4 SCC 622 (633)....
Fact
Fact, question of. See QUESTIONS OF FACT.Something that actually exists; as aspect of reality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p 610.The word 'fact' means some concrete or material fact to which the information directly relates, Earabhadrappa alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1983 SC 446: (1983) 2 SCC 330: (1983) 2 SCR 552.Means and includes:(1) anything, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the senses;(2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious; (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 3)A fact discovered within the meaning of s. 27 must refer to a material fact to which the information directly relates. In order to render the information admissible the fact discovered must be relevant and must have been such that it constitutes the information through which the discovery was made, H.P. Administration v. Om Prakash, AIR 1972 SC 975 (984). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 27)Fact, should be given a broad and not a narrow or pedantic meaning. The word co...
Religious denomination
Religious denomination, different sects and sub-sects of the Hindu Religion having a common faith and a common spiritual organisation come under the definition of denomination, Shirur Math v. Commission of Endowment, (1952) 1 MLJ 557.Religious denomination, enjoys certain rights per-taining to the establishment, management etc., of its own religion and charitable institutions, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 159.Religious denomination, in India, subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof enjoys the fundamental right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and acquire movable and immovable property and to administer such property in accordance with law, Constitution of India, Art. 26.Religious denomination, is a religious sect or body having a common faith and organization and designated by a...
Violence
Violence, means 'unlawful exercise of physical force, intimidation by exhibition of this'. And violence involves 'great physical force, intense vehement passionate furious impetus and vivid, Ibrahimkutty v. State of Kerala, (1984) Ker LT 700.Means any violent conduct, so that-(a) except in the context of affray, it includes violent conduct to-wards property as well as violent conduct towards person, and (b) it is not restricted to conduct causing or intended to cause injury or damage but includes any other violent conduct (for example, throwing at or towards a person a missile of a kind capable of causing injury which does not hit or falls short, (English) Public Order Act, 1986 (cl 64, s. 8)....
Special occasions
Special occasions, the occasion must be special from the point of view of the broad considerations of national solemnity, public order, homage to national figures, the likelihood of eruption of inebriate violence on certain days on account of melas, festivals or frenzied situations or periods of tension. 'Special occasions' cannot be equated with fanciful occasions but such as promote the policy of the statue, P.N. Kaushal v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 1457: (1978) 3 SCC 558: (1979) 1 SCR 122....
Punitive and preventive detention
Punitive and preventive detention, 'punitive deten-tion' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention' is not by way of punishment at all, but it is intended to pre-empt a person from indulging in conduct injurious to the society. The power of preventive detention has been recognised as a necessary evil and is tolerated in a free society in the larger interest of security of the State and maintenance of public order. It is a drastic power to detain a person without trial and there are many countries where it is not allowed to be exercised except in times of war or aggression. Our Constitution does recognise the existence of this power, but it is hedged-in by various safeguards set out in Articles 21 and 22; Francis Coralie Mullion v. Administrator, AIR 1981 SC 746: (1981) 1 SCC 608: (1981) 2 SCR 516....
Preventive detention and punitive detention
Preventive detention and punitive detention, there is a vital distinction between these two kinds of detention. 'Punitive detention' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention' is not by way of punishment at all, but it is intended to prevent a person from indulging in conduct injurious to the society. The power of preventive detention has been recognised as a necessary evil and is tolerated in a free society in the larger interest of security of the State and maintenance of public order. It is a drastic power to detain a person without trial and there are many countries where it is not allowed to be exercised except in times of war or aggression, Francis Coralie Mullin v. Adm UT of Delhi, AIR 1981 SC 746 (749): (1981) 1 SCC 608....
Jus non sacrum
Jus non sacrum, means 'non-sacred law'. The body of law regulating the duties of a civil magistrate in preserving the public order, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 866....
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