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State Information Commission

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Jus

jus) is distributed into two parts--Jus Gentium and Jus Civile--and the whole body of law peculiar to any state is its Jus Civile (Cic. De Orat. I. 44). The Roman Law, therefore, which is peculiar to the … have been a theory of the progress of mankind from what is commonly termed a state of nature; first, to a state of society, and then to a condition of independent states. This division had, however, no

De lunatico inquirendo, writ

by special authority from the sovereign, the custody of idiots and lunatics is entrusted may, upon petition or information, grant a commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo (which is analogous to the obsolete … writ de lunatico inquirendo (which is analogous to the obsolete de idiota inquirendo), to inquire into the party's state of mind. If the party be found non compos, the care of his person, with a suitable allowance

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Fiscus

was so used (Juv. Sat. iv. 54). Ultimately the word came to signify, generally, the property of the State, the C'sar having concentrated in himself all the sovereign power; thus the word had finally the signification of

Fact discovered

the place from which it is produced and the knowledge of the accused as to this, Prabhoo v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 1113 (1115). [Evidence Act 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 27] It is … place from which the object is produced and the knowledge of the accused as to this, and the information given must relate distinctly to this fact. Information as to past user, or the past history, of the … and if the knife is proved to have been used in the commission of the offence, the fact discovered is very relevant. But if to

Cognizance

of proceedings in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge … of an offence either, (a) upon receiving a complaint, or (b) upon a police report, or (c) upon information received from a person other than a police officer or even upon his own information or suspicion that … occurs as soon as a Magistrate applies his mind to the suspected commission of an offence. Cognizance, therefore, takes place at a point when a

Letters of marque

extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable by the Secretaries of State, with the approbation of the Sovereign and Council; and usually in time of war, etc., ex Merc. 173. … to fit out privateers or armed ships in time of war, the Lords of the Admiralty have been informer times empowered by various Acts of Parliament, and some times by proclamation of the Sovereign in Council, to … Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers

Appropriate government

or indirectly-- (i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government, (ii) by the State Government, the State Government [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(a)] The Appropriate Government means, … Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (a)] Means--(i) the Central Government, in relation to a Commission appointed by it to make an inquiry into any matter relatable to any of the entries enumerated in

Prerogative of mercy

than of a public wrong. The King cannot pardon some offences against a popular or penal statute, after information brought: 3 Inst. 238. By the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), … letter to the Home Secretary by the judges who formed the Special Commission before whom Frost and others were tried for high treason in 1839, … for an oath that, though not false, was fatuous: ibid. p. 661. The power of pardoning offences is stated by Blackstone to be one of the great advantages of monarchy in general above every other form of

Person accused of an offence

or notice served on that person, which ordinarily results in his prosecution in court, Balkishan A. Devidayal v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1981 SC 379: (1980) 4 SCC 600: (1981) 1 SCR 175. … an offence, only a person against whom a formal accusation of the commission of an offence has been made can be a person 'accused of … offence' within the meaning of Article 20(3). Such formal accusation may be specifically made against him in an FIR or a formal complaint or any other formal document or notice served on that person, which ordinarily results

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