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Suit
plaint and the claim should be one triable by a court, Maharana Bhagwat Singh Bahadur of Udaipur v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1964 SC 444: (1964) 5 SCR 1: (1964) 1 SCWR 258: (1963) 25 FJR 171: … Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:- (1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a
bill
required in federal practice under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but they are still used in some state courts. bill of interpleader : a bill brought by a plaintiff who seeks a court determination of the conflicting
Reasonableness and in public interest
and animates the directive principles. It has been laid down by this court in E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu, (1974) 2 SCR 348: (1974) 4 SCC 3) and Maneka Gandhi case, (1978) 2 SCR … Reasonableness and in public interest, the integra-tion of Articles 14, 19 and 21 analysed by this Court in Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, (1978) 2 SCR 621: (1978) 1 SCC 248, clearly demonstrates that
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Demurrer
Demurrer [fr. demoror, Lat.; or demorrer, Fr., to wait or stay], a pleading which admits the facts as stated in the pleading of the opponent, and referring the law arising thereon to the judgment of the Court, … stated in the pleading of the opponent, and referring the law arising thereon to the judgment of the Court, waits until by such judgment the Court decides whether he is bound to answer. 'The office of a
Winding-up
and the powers of the Court in connection therewith, and, among supplementary provisions, any company in liquidation must state on every invoice or order or business letter in which the name of the company appears that the … If the assets are not sufficient to meet the liabilities, a company is usually wound up by the Court. In other cases the winding-up is usually voluntary and conducted by the company itself either with or without
Sentence
been awarded that punishment even in the case where the sentence is suspended for some reason or other, State of Maharashtra v. Chandrabhan Tale, AIR 1983 SC 803: (1983) 3 SCC 387. Sentence, denotes the action of … Maharashtra v. Chandrabhan Tale, AIR 1983 SC 803: (1983) 3 SCC 387. Sentence, denotes the action of the court before which the trial is held, declaring the consequences to the convict of the fact thus ascertained. Any
Presumption
rebutted by 'proof' and not by a bare explanation which is merely plausible, Ram Kishan Bedu Rane v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1973 SC 246: (1973) 1 SCC 366. Presumption is an inference of a certain fact … a certain fact drawn from other proved facts. While inferring the existence of a fact from another, the court is only applying a process of intelligent reasoning which the mind of a prudent man would do under
precedent
of law and factual situation. If the precedent is from the same or a superior jurisdiction (as the state's supreme court), it is binding upon the court and must be followed; if the precedent is from another … and factual situation. If the precedent is from the same or a superior jurisdiction (as the state's supreme court), it is binding upon the court and must be followed; if the precedent is from another jurisdiction (as
federal courts
term usually refers to courts of the federal judicial branch, which include the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. courts of appeals, the U.S. district courts (including U.S. bankruptcy courts), and the U.S. Court of
Colonial Attorneys Relief Acts (English)
Court in a British possession His Majesty in Council is satisfied on the report of a Secretary of State- (a) That the regulations respecting the admission of solicitors of that Court are such as to secure that … & 48 Vict. c. 24). These Acts provided for the admission, to practise as solicitors in the Supreme Court in England, of all persons, being subjects of the British Crown, who have been duly admitted and enrolled
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