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The Indian High Courts Act of 1861[1] (24 & 25 Vict. c. 104) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony.[2] Queen Victoria created the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay by Letters Patent in 1865. These High Courts would become the precursors to the High Courts in the modern day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The Act was passed after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and consolidated the parallel legal system of the Crown and the East India Company.
Contents
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1 Abolishing Existing Courts
2 Qualifications of High Court Judges
3 Judicial Tenure and Seniority
4 Jurisdiction
5 References
Abolishing Existing Courts[edit]
The Act abolished the Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay; the Sadar Diwani Adalat and the Sadar Nizamat Adalat at Calcutta; Sadar Adalat and Faujdari Adalat at Madras; Sadar Diwani Adalat and Faujdari Adalat at Bombay (§8).
Qualifications of High Court Judges[edit]
Each High Court could consist of a chief justice and up to 15 judges. Under §3 of the Act, judges could be selected from barristers (with 5 years of experience), civil servants (with 10 years of experience including 3 years as a zillah judge), judges of small cause courts or sudder ameen (with 5 years of experience), or pleaders of lander courts or High Courts (with 05 years of experience).
The High Court of a State is the highest court of the State and all other courts of the State work under it. Normally there is one High Court in every State but there can be only one High Court for two or more States as well, according to the constitution. There is one High Court at Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh. Similarly there is one High Court at Guwahati which serves Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland.
Composition:
In every High Court, there is a Chief Justice and many other judges whose number is defined by the President of India.
Appointment of the Judges: The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by the President with the consultation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Governor of the State. The other judges are appointed by the will of President, Governor and the Chief Justice of High Court.
Qualifications for the Judges
(a) He should be a citizen of India.
(b) He should have been (I) a judge for 10 years of Subordinate court under the Judicial Service of the State or (ii) an Advocate for 10 years in a High Courts in India (Article 217).
Tenure: Originally the age of the retirement of the judges of the High Courts was fixed at 60 but it was raised to 62 in 1963 according to the 15th amendment of the Constitution.
Removal of the Judges: A judge may leave his office by resigning. He will send his letter of resignation to the President. His office would be considered to have been vacated if he is appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court or is transferred to some other High Court. A judge of a High Court may also be removed like a judge of the Supreme Court. A judge of High Court may be removed by the President if the Parliament passes a motion against him by an absolute majority and 2/3rd majority of the members present and voting, both the Houses sitting separately.
Salary:
The pay of the Chief Justice of a High Court is rupees 90,000/- per month and that of the other judges is rupees 85,000/- per month.
Powers and Functions
Original Jurisdiction:
The original jurisdiction of the High Court is restricted.
(a) Every High Court under Article 226 is empowered to issue writs, orders, directions including writs in the nature of Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Quo-warranto and Certiorari or any of them to any person or authority with in its territory for the enforcement of the Fundamental Rights and for any other purpose.
(b) The original jurisdiction of High Court extends to matters of admiralty, matrimonial, contempt of court and cases ordered to be transferred to High Court by lower court.
(c) The High Courts of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai have original jurisdiction on hearing straightway cases involving the Christians and Parsies.
(d) The High Courts of Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai exercise original civil jurisdiction when the amount involved is more than two thousand rupees.
Appellate Jurisdiction:
The appellate jurisdiction of the High Courts extends so:
(a) The High Court can hear appeals in civil cases if the amount involved in the case is at least Rs. 5000.
(b) The High Court in criminal cases hears the appeal in which the accused has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Sessions Judge. v
(c) The death sentence awarded by Sessions Judge is subject to approval by the High Court.
(d) The High Court hear the cases involving interpretation of the Constitution or Law.
(e) The High Court hears the cases on income tax, sales tax etc.
Power of Judicial Review:
The States High Courts like the Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review. A High Court has the power to strike down any law of the State or any order of the executive if it violates any provision of the constitution or curtails or takes any of the Fundamental Rights of the people.
Administrative and Supervisory Power:
The State High Court performs many administrative functions within its Territorial Jurisdiction. It exercises the power of superintendence and control over all courts and tribunals throughout the territory except the military tribunals.
Judicial Tenure and Seniority[edit]
Under §5 of the Act, judges served at the pleasure of Her Majesty. The chief justice had precedence over judges, whereas judges had seniority based on appointment. Under §14, the chief justice had the power to form divisions of two or more judges to hear cases.
Jurisdiction[edit]
Under article 9 of the Act, each High Court had "all such powers and authority for and in relation to the administration of justice" including original and appellate jurisdiction over civil, criminal, admiralty, vice-admiralty, testamentary, intestate, and matrimonial matters.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Indian High Courts Act 1861". GKToday. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
Jump up ^ Criminal Justice India Series: Punjab, 2002. Allied Publishers. 2002. p. 233. ISBN 978-81-7764-490-6.
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Fish Heads (song)
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"Fish Heads"
Single by Barnes & Barnes
from the album Voobaha
B-side
"High School Gym"
Released
1978
Label
Lumania Records
Songwriter(s)
Kevin Stevenson
"Fish Heads" is a novelty song by comedy rock duo Barnes & Barnes, relesaed as a single in 1978 and later featured on their 1980 album Voobaha.[1] It has often been played on the Dr. Demento show, and is the most honored song in Demento show history.[2]
The song is about fish heads and all the things they are not able to do, such as playing baseball, wearing sweaters, dancing, playing drums, or being seen "drinking cappuccinos in Italian restaurants with Oriental women" (the song also notes that fish heads can do some unique things, like get into movies without having to buy tickets). It is accompanied by a high-pitched chorus, achieved by speeding up the tape, which repeats the original's chorus: "Fish heads! Fish heads! Roly poly fish heads! Fish heads! Fish heads! Eat them up! Yum!".
The song was featured on Barnes & Barnes' 1982 Fish Heads (Greatest Hits) 12-inch on Rhino Records.[3]
Actor Bill Paxton, a filmmaker at the time, directed and appeared in the music video for the song, along with cinematographer Rocky Schenck and Robert Haimer's girlfriend at the time, Joan Farber, who designed the costume look. The video aired on NBC television on Saturday Night Live, on December 6, 1980 and the following week. Dr. Demento had a cameo as the bum.
The song is featured in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror VII." Alan Arkin sings the song in the 1993 movie Indian Summer.
Covers[edit]
Wild Man Fischer released a cover of "Fish Heads" on his album Pronounced Normal.
Eagle-Eye Cherry released a cover of "Fish Heads" as a Desireless B-side.
Buck 65 recorded a cover of "Fish Heads" set to the music of Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba". The cover appears on a 2007, tour-only CD-R titled, Heck.
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Get Here
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For the album, see Get Here (album).
"Get Here"
Single by Brenda Russell
from the album Get Here
B-side
"Le Restaurant"
Released
September 13, 1988
Format
7"
12"
CD single
cassette single
Recorded
1985–87
Genre
Pop
soul
Length
4:06
Label
A&M
Songwriter(s)
Brenda Russell
Producer(s)
André Fischer, Brenda Russell, Peter O. Ekberg
Brenda Russell singles chronology
"Gravity"
(1988) "Get Here"
(1988) "Kiss Me with the Wind"
(1990)
"Get Here" is a pop ballad written by American singer and songwriter Brenda Russell. The title track of her fourth studio album Get Here (1988), it became a moderate hit on the Billboard R&B chart on the heels of the album's massive first hit, "Piano in the Dark". American vocalist Oleta Adams recorded the song in 1990, making it a major international hit that reached the top 5 in both the US and the UK.[1][2] Adams' version of "Get Here", co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single, "Woman in Chains" a year earlier), became her signature song.
Contents
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1 Composition and first release
2 Oleta Adams version
2.1 Charts
2.2 Release history
3 Other versions
4 References
Composition and first release[edit]
Brenda Russell had written the song while staying at a penthouse in Stockholm: the tune came to her as she viewed some hot air balloons floating over the city, a sight Russell recalls set her "really tripping on how many ways you can get to a person" (the eventual song's lyrics include the line: "You can make it in a big balloon but you'd better make it soon"). Although Russell did not pursue the musical ideas that came to her as her current record label saw her as a dance artist and she thought would not be interested in a song such as the one which became "Get Here", the song was still in the singer's mind when she woke up the next day: "I don't read or write music [therefore] it's extraordinary if a song is still in my head that I haven't jotted down or recorded. So if it's still in my head overnight, I think that’s something extra special, it's like somebody trying to tell me something."[3] Russell recorded the song as the title cut of her 1988 album from which it was issued as a single - the album's third - reaching #37 on the Billboard R&B charts.[4]
Oleta Adams version[edit]
"Get Here"
Single by Oleta Adams
from the album Circle of One
B-side
"I've Got to Sing My Song"
Released
January 1, 1991 (UK)
March 15, 1991 (US)
Format
7"
12"
CD single
Cassette single
Recorded
1990
Genre
Pop
soul
Length
4:37
Label
Fontana
Songwriter(s)
Brenda Russell
Producer(s)
Roland Orzabal
David Bascombe
Oleta Adams singles chronology
"Circle of One"
(1990) "Get Here"
(1991) "You've Got to Give Me Room"
(1991)
"Circle of One"
(1990) "Get Here"
(1991) "You've Got to Give Me Room"
(1991)
It was while Oleta Adams was visiting Stockholm that she heard Russell's song playing in a record store and was sufficiently impressed with the song to record it for her 1990 album Circle of One.[3] Adams' version of "Get Here" was issued as a single in early 1991. World events at this time gave the song a resonance as an anthem for the US troops in the Gulf War—underscored by the lyrics "You can reach me by caravan / Cross the desert like an Arab man"—which sent Adams' single into the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1991.
Charts[edit]
Chart (1991)
Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5]
27
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[6]
3
Germany (Official German Charts)[7]
80
Ireland (IRMA)[8]
4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9]
27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10]
28
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11]
43
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12]
4
US Billboard Hot 100[13]
5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14]
3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15]
8
Release history[edit]
Country
Release date
United Kingdom January 1, 1991
Canada January 1991
Sweden February 11, 1991
United States March 15, 1991
Other versions[edit]
An uptempo cover version was released in the UK in 1993 by the dance act Q featuring Tracey Ackerman and reached number 37 in the UK Top 40.
A signature number of Justin Guarini during season one of American Idol and included on the Justin Guarini album.
"Get Here" has also been recorded by Vanessa Amorosi, Paul Anka, David Archuleta, Alexia Gardner, Salena Jones, Patti LuPone,[16] Barbara Mandrell, Omar Chakil (who wrote French lyrics for his version: "Tu m'as tout donné"), Jennifer Rush, Livingston Taylor, Siti Nurhaliza, Jonalyn Viray, and Susan Wong.
Also Edsilia Rombley recorded "Get Here" for her 1998 album Edsilia from which it was taken as a single reaching #88 on the Netherlands charts: previously Rombley had recorded a Dutch rendering of the song entitled "Zorg Dat Je Er Bent" which had appeared on the singer's 1997 Thuis album.
Australian born Irish singer Johnny Logan recorded the song as "Get Here If You Can" for his album, We All Need Love (2003).
A humorous cover of "Get Here", which featured comedy sound effects after each method of transport mentioned, was performed by fictional singer Michelle Coffee in the Peter Kay series Phoenix Nights.
The song was performed by Andy Hallett as his character Lorne on the series Angel, in the season 2 episode "First Impressions".
During American Idol's American Juniors, Lucy Hale sang "Get Here" in the top-20 semi-final 2. She was chosen as one of the 5 contestants who advanced to the next competition.
Nils Landgren recorded a cover of the song on his album Chapter Two (2009).
Lulu Roman (of Hee Haw fame) recorded a cover for her 2013 album At Last.
Will Downing covers the song on his album Black Pearls (2016).
Sam Smith recorded a cover for his Spotify Singles release in 2018.
The Beautiful South's album Gaze included a song with the same title and, partially, similar lyrics - but reversed the theme, with Paul Heaton protesting his unwillingness to travel any distance at all for his lover. (Sample lyric: "You can get here by helicopter"/"I can barely make Blackpool sands").
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