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Section 2 Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 2 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Punishment of offences committed within India It is under PREAMBLE of CHAPTER I of the Code. CHAPTER I is titled INTRODUCTION. Punishment of offences committed within India Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or…
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Section 1 Indian Penal Code Section 1 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is about Title and extent of operation of the Code. It is under PREAMBLE of CHAPTER I of the Code. CHAPTER I is titled INTRODUCTION. Title and extent of operation of the Code. This Act shall be called the Indian Penal Code, and shall [extend to the whole…
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Why Multinational Companies Do Not Make Nigeria The Venue And Seat Of Arbitration Despite the numerous advantages of Arbitration and ADR to the global economy, Nigeria has steadily witnessed a slow-paced development in the settlement of commercial disputes through arbitration and other ADR mechanisms, majority of the Multinational companies with huge transactions and high-profile Commercial…
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Ajayi-obe Vs The Executive Secretary (1975) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, CJN. The plaintiff claimed in Suit No. LD/627/72 an injunction restraining the defendant, its servants or agents from committing a breach of their Contract of Employment with the plaintiff. Adedipe, J., gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff in the High Court of Lagos…
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The State V. Dr. Muhtari Kura (1975) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. The respondent, Dr. Muhtari Kura, was tried in the Kano Judicial Division on two heads of charge framed thus:- Head of Charge No. 1 – “That you, Doctor Muhtari Kura, on or about the 17th day of March, 1973 at Rano within…
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Mrs. Lily Uyanne Vs Ofor Asika (1975) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report DAN. IBEKWE, J.S.C. This case originated in the Chief Magistrate Court, Onitsha, and it was, therefore, tried without pleadings. The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for the sum of 120 being arrears of rent in respect of the property situate at No. 10…
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The Estate Of Alhaji N. B. Soule V. Oluseye Johnson & Co. & Anor (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. This is an appeal from the judgment of Taylor, C.J. in which he allowed the appeal of the first Objector (Oluseye Johnson & Co., the Provisional Liquidators of the Muslim Bank (W.A. Ltd.) from…
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Shell Bp Petroleum Dev. Co. V. Jammal Engineering(Nigeria) Limited (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C. This appeal involves two cases which were consolidated for hearing by the High Court, Lagos State (Dosunmu, J.). The parties to both cases are the same save for the fact that the plaintiffs in one are the defendants in…
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Jackson I. Sanya v. M.A.O. Johnson (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. IBEKWE, J.S.C. One Madam Dorcas Folashade Agbeke seems to be the central figure around whom the web of litigation in this case is woven. The Plaintiff claims his title to the land through her. The defendant, who is one of her children, also…
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Mallam Muhamadu Abubakar & Ors v. Baba Nana (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. A. COKER, J.S.C. This appeal resolves itself on the facts of the case. The issue always was and is whether the property of the appellant’s father was rightly sold to the respondent’s father by the Native Court, the records of which…