The Prisons Act, 1894. Section 3(5A) defines the term “furlough system” which means the system of releasing prisoners in jail on furlough in accordance with the rules for the time being in force. The rules 11 wp.2343.09.sxw regarding furlough...
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Bail, in English Common law, is the freeing or setting at liberty of one arrested or imprisoned upon any action, either civil or criminal, on surety taken for his appearance on a certain day and at a place named...
On a careful reading of Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code; it is difficult to hold that this section empowers a police officer to seize immovable property like plots of land, residential houses, mountains, rivers streets or similar...
In The State of Rajasthan and Another Vs. Fateh Chand[ AIR 1970 SC 1099] and Another, Rule 23 A came for consideration. It purports to hold that the expression “qualification” occurring in the said rule means qualification on the...
As has been held by this Court in Diamond Sugar Mills Ltd. and Another Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Another, when a similar point arose for consideration with the U.P. Sugarcane Cess Act, 1956, the proper meaning...
Challenging the validity of a Statute on the ground that it is a colourable piece of legislation

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The challenged to the validity of a Statute on the ground that it is a colourable piece of legislation is often made under a misconception as to what colourable legislation really means. As observed by Mukherjea J. in K....
(Ordinance No. 8 of 2005) Promulgated by His Highness under section 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution Act, 1996 and published in Government Gazette dated 12th Magh, 2005. An Ordinance to provide for the trial and punishment of...
The Easements Act, 1977 (1920 A.D.) Act No. 14 of 1977 [Sanctioned by His Highness the Maharaja Sahib Bahadur per Chief Minister’s endorsement No. 8372. dated 11th September, 1920 read with State Council Resolution No., dated 8th April, 1925...
(1949 A. D.) Act No. 1 of 2006 Promulgated by His Highness the Maharaja Bahadur under section 5 of the Constitution Act, 1996, and published in the Government Gazette dated 20th Jeth, 2006. An Act to validate certain orders...
Kashmiri terrorist organization which in 1989 shut down all cinemas in the Kashmir valley for being un-Islamic. Most of the theatres closed in October 1989. Some were burnt down in 1991.
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