The Calcutta Weekly Notes. Monday July 31 1939

But in his judgment the present Lord Chancellor the Chairman of the Committee of Privleges referred to the special facts of the case and ultimately expressed the view that the Petitioner had established that he was “ the heir male of the body of the late Sinha lawfully begotten.” The late Lord Sinha had adopted the Brahmo faith and one of the tenets of that faith was monogamy; he had not in [...] In cases where the question of the sentence of death does not come in it may perhaps be said that the High Court in considering the question of sentence is equally limited by the findings of fact made by the jury or the Judge as the case may be. [...] It is plainly inequitable that if the case had come up for confirmation of a sentence of death the accused would be entitled to a rconsideration of the facts by the High Court but if the High Court has to pass a sentence of death in the first instance by way of ehancement it will not go into the facts. [...] In the absence of specific provision for deposit of fresh fees by the decree-holder anywhere in the Act or in the High Court Civil Rules and Orders can the Civil Courts enforce the deposit of fresh fees by the dcree-holder? [...] 21 r. 15 of the Civil Procedure Code the Court can allow the application to be amened so as to make it comply with the rule when the attention of the Court is drawn to the defect subsequently.