https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276613 The Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1925 was analysed against the Governor-General's legislative power for peace and good government, and the challenge based on affecting Acts of Parliament was rejected because the restriction was read as preserving direct parliamentary operation, not freezing historically received English law. The discussion further treated the statutory criminal procedure framework as displacing the old common-law writ of habeas corpus for the field covered by the Code, so an independent civil-side writ was not available as an alternative remedy. On the facts, the respondent was also not shown to have the custody or control needed to justify issuance of the writ. en-us Wed, 30 Mar 1927 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:44:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276613 The Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1925 was analysed against the Governor-General's legislative power for peace and good government, and the challenge based on affecting Acts of Parliament was rejected because the restriction was read as preserving direct parliamentary operation, not freezing historically received English law. The discussion further treated the statutory criminal procedure framework as displacing the old common-law writ of habeas corpus for the field covered by the Code, so an independent civil-side writ was not available as an alternative remedy. On the facts, the respondent was also not shown to have the custody or control needed to justify issuance of the writ. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Mar 1927 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276613