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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
are:-(1) Appeals from the Courts in the Dominions, Colonies and other Dependencies, e.g., Canada, Ceylon, India, Irish Free State, Australia, Channel Islands, etc. (2) Ecclesiastical appeals. (3) All appeals in prize cases from all Admiralty Courts. (4)
Sedition
House of Parliament,' or to excite the public 'to attempt the alteration of any matter in Church or State as bylaw established, otherwise than by lawful means,' the Court may make an order for the seizure of … that the vagueness of the charge is a danger to the liberty of the subject, especially if the courts of justice can be induced to take a view favourable to Government, the Book of English Law, 1967,
Transfer
persons during life; will take effect after demise of the testator and transfer in that perspective becomes incongruous, State of West Bengal v. Kailash Chandra Kapur, (1997) 2 SCC 387. Transfer, Decrees which would have the effect … Transfer, cannot have the widest comprehension, and does not indicate or include compulsory transfer or forced transfer, like court auction sale, Kharva Gigabhai Mavji v. Soni Jagjivvan Kanji, 1979 (20) Guj LR 256. Transfer, connotes, normally, between
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Affirmation
a State, Ministers of a State Government, Members of State Legislatures, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, candidates for election to Parliament and State Legislature. [Constitution of India, Articles 60, … Geo. 5, c. 20), which consolidates and simplifies the law of Scotland relating to false oaths, declarations and statements. Means a positive declaration, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 35. In Parliament of India members are allowed to be
supreme court
supreme court 1 : the highest court in a nation or state ;specif cap S&C : the highest court in the judicial branch of the U.S. government that has original … supreme court 1 : the highest court in a nation or state ;specif cap S&C : the highest court in
Denial of justice
Justice refers to internationally wrongful acts done in the course of the operation of the courts of a state. Courts capable of administering justice effectively for the protection and enforcement of the rights of private persons constitute a
district court
one of the federal trial courts sitting in a federal district b : a trial court within a state court system see also the Judicial System in the back matter
additur
U.S. 474 (1935) that additur violates the Seventh Amendment and so is not permissible in federal courts. Many state courts allow additur, however, when the defendant agrees to the increased award on the condition that the court deny
legislative court
legislative court : a court (as the United States Tax Court and the territorial courts) created by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution whose judges
Petty Sessions
Act, 1925, s. 25]. An alternative method of appeal on a point of law only is by case stated to the High Court. Appeals to petty sessions are provided for by a number of Acts, e.g., Public … that more than one justice should deal. The expression is, however, often used to denote a Petty Sessional Court, which is defined as 'a Court of summary jurisdiction, consisting of two or more justices, sitting in a
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