Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya ... vs Secretary Of State For India In Council on 30 August, 1920
3. It is contended by Mr. Subimal Roy the learned counsel for the petitioner that the findings of the Rent Controller and the Judge of the Small Causes Court that the two sums of Rs. 1,000/-were received by way of Salami are erroneous and the Rent Controller and the learned Judge had no jurisdiction to direct refund of the said sums or to impose any penalty as they have purported to do. The learned counsel has referred me to Ayers Law Lexicon page 1144 and Wilson's Glossary page 730 for the meaning of the word "salami." In Mr. Ayer's book "salami" is stated to be "A free gift made by way of compliment or in return for a favour." In Wilson's Glossary it has been pointed out that the word is used in different senses including its being used in the sense of gratuity or offering on receiving a lease or settling for the revenue or on receiving a favour real or implied. Reference was also made to the decisions of this Court reported in 'Birendra Kishore Manikya v. Secy, of State', 32 Cal L Jour 433 at pp. 444 (Bot.