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Procedure established by law
Procedure established by law, does not mean due process of law, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1980 SC 27. In India as in UK, the legislature is free to lay down … of the meaning given to the expression 'due process of law' in the American Constitution, by the Supreme Court of America, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27: (1950) SCR 88. (ii) The expression
War Office
War Office, the address and offices of the Secretary of State for War and Army Council. A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the … offices of the Secretary of State for War and Army Council. A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the protection of the High Court. An infant is constituted a ward of Court
Wilful disobedience
the contemner to comply with the order, the Court may not punish the alleged contemner, Niaz Mahammed v. State of Haryana, AIR 1995 SC 308 (311). [Contempt of Courts Act (70 of 1971), s. 2(b)]
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Public servant
of a muni-cipality is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the s. 2; Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. State of Mysore, AIR 1961 SC 785: (1962) 1 SCR 129. (ii) The Minister is a 'public servant'. In … Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 21). Means a person who is in service at the time when the court is called upon to take cognizance of the offence, State of Bombay v. Viswakant Srikant Pandit, (1954) 55
Chancellor, Lord
JUDICATURE. The Chancellorship of Scotland was abolished at the Union, and that of Ireland by the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions Act, 1922, s. 2. The multifarious duties of the Lord Chancellor and the excessive work entailed … justices of the peace throughout the kingdom, and the appointment and removal of county court judges (see COUNTY COURTS), and [see s. 8 of the (English) Coroners Act, 1887] the power to remove coroners. He is one
inferior court
and whose decisions are subject to review by the highest court in a judicial system (as of a state or country) ;specif : a court having limited and specified jurisdiction rather than general jurisdiction … inferior court : a court that is subordinate to and whose decisions are subject to review by the highest court
exhaustion of remedies
district court) until the remedies or claims have been exhausted in the forum having original jurisdiction (as a state court, tribal court, or administrative agency) compare primary jurisdiction at jurisdiction NOTE: The doctrine of exhaustion of remedies … applied when an administrative agency has original jurisdiction over a claim. It is used in proceedings in tribal courts.
proceeding
to a bankruptcy case but that does not arise under bankruptcy laws, that could be adjudicated in a state court, and over which a bankruptcy court has limited authority special proceeding : a proceeding (as for condemnation … administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, or writ deriving from or sought in
case
questions of law c : the evidence and arguments presented by a party in court see also case stated case in chief : the main part of a party's case including arguments for which the party bears … rules of law determined and in the principles declared that it becomes well-known and is frequently cited by courts and lawyers as settling the points of law ruled upon and as useful in resolving new questions of
justice of the peace court
courts were formerly common but now are used or remain active to some extent in only a few states.
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