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Scandalising
of people in the Courts which are of prime importance to the litigants in the protection of their rights and liberties, Brahma Prakash Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1954 SC 10: 1953 SCR 1169. … Such conduct is punished as contempt for this reason that it tends to create distrust in their popular mind and impair confidence of people in the Courts which are of prime importance to the litigants in the
Divorce
is grantable on any ground available for divorce, or for non-compliance with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights or any former ground for divorce a mensa et thoro (q.v.); divorce may be obtained on proof of … Act, 1925, for (a) adultery, (b) desertion for three years preceding petition, (c) cruelty, (d) incurable unsoundness of mind, and, on the wife's petition, for unnatural offences, subject to the statutory provisions. Petitions may not be presented
Reasonable
have a bear-ing on the reasonableness of the law in question'. Reasonableness of restriction depends upon nature of right claimed, object to be achieved, means employed and limitation imposed, M/s Kelvin Cinema v. State of Assam, AIR … absurd, it must he held to be reasonable. 'The action is called reasonable which an informed, intelligent, just minded, civilized man could rationally favour. The concept of reasonable-ness does not exclude notions of morality and ethics. In
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Torture
is also used in the secondary sense of those 'cruel and unusual punishments' which, by the Bill of Rights of 1688, 'ought not to be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is also a … 4 (repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863). The infliction of intense pain to body or mind to punish; to extract a confession or information, or to obtain sadistic pleasure, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
Innkeeper
provided by the (English) Innkeepers Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 38), that in addition to his right of lien, the innkeeper may, after six weeks sell by public auction all goods (advertised at least one … safe custody with the innkeeper. By 'expressly' is meant that the bailor's intention must be brought to the mind of the bailee or his agent in some reasonable and intelligible manner, Whitehouse v. Pickett, 1908 AC 357.
Execution
of writs and orders, see (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, and as to equitable charges on land in right of judgment debt, etc., see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 195. Registration is effected in the … of capias ad satisfaciendum, see Hulbert v. Cathcart, 1896 AC 470; and it is to be borne in mind that by the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), imprisonment for debt has been
Inquisition
in a derogatory sense (3) A persistent, grueling examination conducted with-out regard for the examinee's dignity of civil rights, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 796. … which is an inquiry directed by the judge in lunacy, as to whether a person is of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs. It is held before a jury, if the person alleged to be
Landlord and tenant
from agreement or condition terminating the lease or proviso for re-entry, a lessee or tenant has an exclusive right to possession of the premises for the whole term, even against the lessor, and when the latter is … age, character and locality of the house would make it reasonably fit for the occupation of a reasonably minded tenant of the class who would be likely to take it. For the effect of the exception for
Gavelkind
all sonnes alike,' which, until then, was generally received, Co. Litt., 140 a. Gavelkind land descended in the right line to all the sons equally, being an exception to the law of primogeniture. In default of sons, … of all deaths after 1925 except in regard to entailed estates, and descent from a person of unsound mind, as provided by s. 51 (ibid.), and see (English) L.P. Act, 1922, 12th Sched. (1)(d), and Re Price,
Suit
pursues that remedy which the law affords. The modes, of proceedings may be various but that if a right is litigated between parties in a court of justice the proceeding by which the decision of the Court … do suit and service in his lord's Court. (4) Suit Custom, where service is owed time out of mind. (5) Suithold, a tenure in consideration of certain services to the superior lord. (6) The following one in
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