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Blighted land
Blighted land, means the land which is identified in ways to which the statutory provisions apply as being affected by the planning proposals of public authorities, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), … identified in ways to which the statutory provisions apply as being affected by the planning proposals of public authorities, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), 4th Edn., Para. 90, p. 75. Means the land which is defined
Other authorities
SC 1857 (1862): (1967) 3 SCR 377. (Constitution of India, Article 12) The expression 'other authorities' includes all statutory authorities and other agencies and instrumentalities of the State Government/Central Government, Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, 1992 … Other authorities, the expression 'other authorities' is wide enough to include within it every authority created by a statute and functioning within the territory of India, or under the control of the Government
Natural justice
natural justice was alleged, courts in England used to ascertain whether the impugned action was taken by the statutory authority or tribunal in the exercise of its administrative or quasi-judicial power. In India also, this was the position
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Case, action on the
except to land, in which case the limit was six. But another instance of the exercise of the statutory authority was the issue of the writ 'indebitatus assumpsit, and although this cause of action has been assigned to
Chancery
the Chancery Division. To this Division are assigned (1) matters in which the court of Chancery had exclusive statutory jurisdiction (except County Court appeals), of these, the jurisdiction under the (English) Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853-1869, is practically … distinct from law, was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom next to Parliament. Its powers and jurisdiction were in 1875 transferred to (I.) The High Court of Justice, and (II.) The Court of Appeal [(English)
Existing law
include only passed by a competent authority as well as rules, bye-laws and regulations made by virtue of statutory power. It would therefore not include administrative orders which are traceables not to any law made by the
Municipal corporation
1936], and functions conferred by other public and local Acts with powers to make bye-laws in pursuance of statutory duties, authorities an discreations, and by virtue of the charter (if any) of its constitution, including powers for … corporations existed in the chief towns of England (as of other countries) from very early times, deriving their authority from 'incorporating' charters granted by the Crown. The Municipal Corporations Act,1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 76),
Prohibition
that to proceeding is without or in excess of jurisdiction or contrary to the laws of the land, statutory or otherwise, East India Commercial Co. v. Collector of Customs, AIR 1962 SC 1893. Prohibition, is a writ … AIR 1962 SC 1893. Prohibition, is a writ which can be issued not merely to court, but to authorities exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions, Harivishnu Kamath v. Ahmad Ishaque, AIR 1955 SC 233.
Public sewer
include combined drains which would have vested in a local authority as sewers but for some Act or statutory scheme for the construction of combined drains or order made thereunder; all sewers and sewage disposal works constructed
Person interested
Means the beneficiary i.e. local, authority or company, a co-operative society registered under the relevant state law, or statutory authority is a person interested to determine just and proper compensation for the acquired land and is an aggrieved
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