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High Court

any court which is deemed for the purposes of this Constitution to be a High Court for any State and includes-- (a) any Court in the territory of India constituted or reconstituted under this Constitution as a … High Court, means any court which is deemed for the purposes of this Constitution to be a High Court for

Extradition

Extradition, the surrender by a foreign state of a person accused of a crime to the state where it was committed, in order that he … dealt with for crimes of which he has been accused or convicted and which are justiciable in the courts of the other State. Surrender of a person within the State to another State - Whether a citizen

Tribunal

Tribunal, includes, within its ambit, all adjudicating bodies, provided they are constituted by the State and are invested with judicial, as distinguished from purely administrative or executive functions, Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur … v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh, AIR 1954 SC 520: 1954 SCJ 723: (1954) 2 Mad LJ 385. Tribunal, labour court is not a tribunal, State of Assam v. Harizon Union, AIR 1967 SC 442: (1967) 30 FJR 354.

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Award

valid award is ordinarily final and conclusive on all matters referred by the submission, but it may be stated in the form of a case for the High Court, unless the submission exclude such power. The arbitrator … referred by the submission, but it may be stated in the form of a case for the High Court, unless the submission exclude such power. The arbitrator himself may correct any clerical error or omission in his

fair play and substantial justice

Cases section NOTE: In International Shoe Co. v. Washington, the Supreme Court held that in order for a state court to exercise jurisdiction over a defendant whose residence is elsewhere, the court must establish that the defendant … fair play and substantial justice : a requirement or standard of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the

appellate court

the federal courts, the primary appellate courts are the U.S. courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. State courts also have a court of appeals and a high appellate court (usually called the state's Supreme Court). Source:

Arbitration

the appointment of an umpire (s. 5), the powers of arbitrators and of the Court (s. 8), the statement of a special case (s. 9). Arbitrators have power to order specific performance (s. 7), an amount will … both necessitate arbitration and specify the procedure excluding the Arbitration Act, e.g., Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923; the Industrial Courts Act, 1919; and the Workmen's Compensation Acts, which provide for arbitration in accordance with Sched. II. of the

order

order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 … the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court

Record

proceedings; anything entered in the rolls of a court, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs on behalf of State of West Bengal v. Sardar Bahadur Singh, AIR 1969 Cal 451 (455). In Part II of these rules, … a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the

Proceeding

AIR 1980 Cal 328; Babu A. v. Bhaskar Shetty, 1982 (2) Kant LJ 43; P.L. Kantha Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 1995 (29) ATC 301 (SC): 1995 (2) SCC 471: AIR 1995 SCW 590: AIR 1995 … requisite steps to be taken whether procedural or substantive. Also means forms in which relief is sought before courts of law or before other bodies or authorities determining rights and liabilities and in which actions are brought

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