Calcutta
place · 2 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Bengal · H. C. of Calcutta
in the texts
The Law of Torts
City given as the setting for an illustration on nuisance from noise, where habits of city life affect the standard applied.
, living in a street in Calcutta, complains of noises proceeding from the house of his neighbour Z.
of Calcutta, as long ago as 1866, decided against its adoption in India;
The Bengal case is the later (1874), and the Madras cases were cited in it.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
City named as the seat of the High Court applying Hindu inheritance doctrine.
There are few more curious meetings of the Past and Present than when an English Judge, in the High Court (let us say) of Calcutta, carefully weighs the exact amount of Spiritual Benefit derived by a deceased Hindu from the sacrifices of a descendant or collateral, and the exact degree of blessing reflected on the kinsman who has offered the sacred water and the sacred cake.