I have in my earlier posts,( here , here and here ) proposed argumets which may be made in favour of the the presumption being irrebuttable. I will now present the arguments from the other side. Argument 1- Presumption Rebuttable . One of the principles of Interpretation of Statutes is that another statute may be referred to while interpreting a statute when the two are similar i.e. when they are statutes in pari materia ( Harshad S. Mehta v. State of Maharashtra , (2001) 8 SCC 257) It has been held by the Supreme Court in State of Madras v. A Vaidyanath Aiyer , AIR 1958 SC 61, that it is not necessary that the entire subject-matter in the two statutes should be identical before any provision in one may be held to be in pari materia with some provision in the other. In this case, Section 4 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 which directs that on proof that the accused has accepted any gratification other than the legal remuneration, it shall be presumed unless the con
The Hon'ble Bombay High Court in its very recent decision, Harsha Nitin Kokate Vs. The Saraswat Co-op. Bank Limited & Others , held that position of a nominee under section 109A of the Companies Act is not merely that of a trustee for the estate of the deceased, and it further held that, " on the death of the share holder, the nominee would become entitled to all rights in the shares to the exclusion of all other persons ." This means that, the nominee will be made the beneficial owner thereof and all the rights incidental to ownership of shares would follow i.e. the right to transfer, pledge or hold the shares. The court based its decision on the express provisions of the section which provide as follows: S. 109A. Nomination of shares – (1) Every holder of shares in, or holder of debentures of a company may, at any time, nominate, in the prescribed manner, a person to whom his shares in or debentures of, the company shall vest in the event of his death. (2)
Amongst the many conflicting decisions arising out the application of Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, one of them, is in respect of the operation of the Act. The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that the PWDV Act does not apply retrospectively and that an action under the Act can lie only if the acts of domestic violence are committed on or after 26 Oct 2006, i.e. the date on which the Act came into force. Similarly, a Delhi Metropolitan Court and a JMFC in Goa also took the view that this Act will not be applicable if the acts complained of have been committed prior to the passing of the Act. On the other hand the Bombay High Court and Madras High Court have taken a different view. They held that, the court is competent to take cognizance of the act of domestic violence committed even prior to the Act came into force and pass necessary protection orders. The Act can be applied retrospectively to take cognizance of the act of violence alleged to have been committed
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