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The Calcutta Review An Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) June 1945

1945

But as has already been pointed out in contempt cases the bone of contention is not whether the allegations are true but whether they have the effect of abating the confidence of the public in the incorruptibility of justice. [...] In order to maintain the dignity of the judges and preserve the majesty of law it was imperative he said "to keep a blaze of glory around them and to deter people from attempting to render them contemptible in the eyes of the people."' High authorities are of opinion that the ordinary criminal procedure is not only too slow to afford adequate protection to the court it is also derogatory to the [...] In the case of Rainy v Justices of Sierra Leon" (1858) with reference to the application of the defendant for leave to appeal to Her Majesty in Council against the order of the Supreme Court of Sierra Leon the Judicial Committee held that the law of contempt in the colony was the same as in England and accordingly the Supreme Court concerned as a court of record had the final authority to determ [...] The lonlooked for opportunity to annex to the British dominion in India the kingdom of Ranjit Singh had at last presented itself and undoubtedly the imagination of the Governor-General was warmed by bright visions of standing triumphant on the Indus and of numbering the remotest conquests of Alexander among the provinces of Britain." 2° But it soon became clear to him that this long-cherishe [...] This work has been possible due to the generous help on the part of the authorities of the Calcutta University and the financial help of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research India for the last eight years.
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Pages
47
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
The Press and the Law of Contempt of Court in India
85-89 Nikhil Ray view
The Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-46: A Re-Orientation
89-96 Jagmohan Mahajan view
Fisheries in India
97-101 H.K. Mookerjee view
An Analysis of Implication
102-107 Chandrodaya Bhattacharyya view
The Pamirian Alpines in the Indus Valley in Chalcolithic Times
107-113 Nanimadhab Chaudhury view
Miscellany
113-114 Benoy sarkar view
Round the World
114-116 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
116-119 unknown view
Ourselves
119-121 unknown view
Obituary
121-121 unknown view
Official Notifications University of Calcutta
122-124 unknown view

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