The Calcutta Weekly Notes Monday March 8 1943

The first duty of the Judge is to summon as jurors twice the number of persons required for the trial. [...] at the end of the drawing he finds that by reason of absences and objections the number requisite for the trial have not been empanelled then he will have reached the stage where a deficiency has transpired and he will have to consider the question of supplying the deficiency. [...] The judgment; delivered in the case are also valuable.1s containing an analysis made by both their Lordships of the whole body of previous decisions on the question of the effect of a defective constitution of the jury on murder trials. [...] 66 of the Income Tax Act is that a question of law that is common to both the Assistant Commissioner's and the Commissioner's orders is not a proper subject-matter of reference unless the question of law is raised on a reference from the decision of the Assistant Commissioner. [...] 55 (4) of the Civil Procedure Code lays down that if the judgment-debtor fails to appear on the date fixed the Court may either direct the security to be realised from die surety or commit the debtor to the Civil Prison in execution of the decree.