Court : Supreme Court of India
..... and reasons of the central excise tariff (amendment) act, 2004 reads as under:- (a) (b) (c) (d) to accommodate more prominently the commodities which are of significance to the country's needs; to adopt a common commodity classification for the purpose of levy and collection of duties of customs and central excise and for purpose of import trade control policy and collection of statistics; to accommodate the demand from the trade ..... appearing for the appellant union of india has urged that a process of interpretation and consideration of the rules of general interpretation and relevant chapter notes contained in the act alongwith the results of the market survey undertaken by the revenue would lead to the conclusion that classification claimed by the revenue is fully justified and learned tribunal ( ..... different purpose and, therefore, the specific purpose of tariff classification for which the internationally accepted nomenclature in hsn has been adopted, for enacting the central excise tariff act, 1985, must be preferred, in case of any difference between the meaning of the expression given in the hsn and the meaning of that term given ..... different purpose and, therefore, the specific purpose of tariff classification for which the internationally accepted nomenclature in hsn has been adopted, for enacting the central excise tariff act, 1985, must be preferred, in case of any difference between the meaning of the expression given in the hsn and the meaning of that term given .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... and reasons of the central excise tariff (amendment) act, 2004 reads as under:- (a) (b) (c) (d) to accommodate more prominently the commodities which are of significance to the country's needs; to adopt a common commodity classification for the purpose of levy and collection of duties of customs and central excise and for purpose of import trade control policy and collection of statistics; to accommodate the demand from the trade ..... appearing for the appellant union of india has urged that a process of interpretation and consideration of the rules of general interpretation and relevant chapter notes contained in the act alongwith the results of the market survey undertaken by the revenue would lead to the conclusion that classification claimed by the revenue is fully justified and learned tribunal ( ..... different purpose and, therefore, the specific purpose of tariff classification for which the internationally accepted nomenclature in hsn has been adopted, for enacting the central excise tariff act, 1985, must be preferred, in case of any difference between the meaning of the expression given in the hsn and the meaning of that term given ..... different purpose and, therefore, the specific purpose of tariff classification for which the internationally accepted nomenclature in hsn has been adopted, for enacting the central excise tariff act, 1985, must be preferred, in case of any difference between the meaning of the expression given in the hsn and the meaning of that term given .....
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..... after the commencement of the proposed legislation; (g) establishment of an indian institute of legal metrology for imparting training in legal metrology to inspectors and other persons; (h) surveys and collection of statistics for facilitating planning and enforcement of the proposed legislation; (i) punishment for offences against the proposed legislation. ..... learned single judge 13 was absolutely correct in his conclusion that despite the constitutional amendment having been passed, the definition of sale contained both in the 1976 act and now in the 2009 act would go to show that composite indivisible agreements for supply of services and food and drinks would not come within the purview of either enactment, and that ..... by the federation of hotel and restaurant associations of india in the high court of delhi, seeking a declaration that the provisions of the standards of weights and measures act, 1976, the standards of weights and measures (enforcement) act, 1985 and the standards of weights and measures (packaged commodities) rules, 1977 are not applicable 2 to services rendered in the premises of hotels/restaurants.3) the appellant ..... would not apply for the reasons given herein above.17) we are, therefore, of the view that neither the standards of weights and measures act, 1976 read with the enactment of 1985, or the legal metrology act, 2009, would apply so as to interdict the sale of mineral water in hotels and restaurants at prices which are above the mrp.18) the appeals .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : UK Supreme Court
..... ?, given on 13th march 2008, professor john spencer qc explained that the collection of statistics in preparation for his lecture was "not easy, because there has been so much criminal justice legislation over the last 10 years ..... this section 'the requisite custodial period' means (a) in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more or any determinate sentence of detention under section 91 of the sentencing act, one-half of his sentence, (b) in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than twelve months (other than one to which an intermittent custody order relates), the custodial period ..... to the wording of paragraph 14, and in particular the words in brackets, it should be read as follows: the coming into force of sections 244 to 268 [of, and paragraph 30 of schedule 32 to, the 2003 act], and the repeal of sections 33 to 51 of the 1991 act, is of no effect in relation to any sentence of imprisonment of less than twelve months (other than a sentence which is imposed to run concurrently or consecutively with a sentence of twelve months or more). ..... . further, under sections 244(1) and 249(1), the licence remains in force for the whole nominal period of any sentences (in contrast to the position under the 1991 act, which entitles a prisoner serving a sentence or sentences constituting a single term of less than 12 months to be released unconditionally after serving one-half of that term and under which the .....
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Reported in : (2009)223CTR(SC)321; JT2009(11)SC151; 2009(7)SCALE341(1); (2009)12SCC209; [2009]17STJ237(SC); 2009[14]STR593; [2009]20STT203; 2009(6)LC2739(SC); (2009)24VST1(SC); 2009AIRSCW5301
..... it is a constant endeavour of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, charged as it is with the responsibility for setting standards for collection, compilation and dissemination of statistical data in india, to establish classification systems as well as updating ..... whether sale, promotion and marketing of lottery tickets would be exigible to `service tax' within the meaning of the provisions of section 65(105) of the finance act, 1994 (hereinafter called and referred to for the sake of brevity as `the act') is the question involved in this appeal which arises from a judgment and order dated 18.9.2007 passed by the high court of sikkim in writ petition (c) ..... right, privilege or power, of public concern, which ought not to be exercised by private individuals at their mere will and pleasure but should be reserved for public control and administration either by the government directly or by public agents acting under such conditions and regulations as the government may impose as the public interest and for the public security. ..... 'business auxiliary service' includes services as a commission agent, but does not include any information technology service or any activity that amounts to 'manufacture' within the meaning of clause (f) of section 2 of the central excise act, 1944.clause (zzb) of section 65(105) of the act defines 'taxable service' to mean any service provided to a client, by a commercial concern in relation to business auxiliary service. ..... air 1953 mad .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1960SC675; (1960)ILLJ523SC
..... shortly stated, the act creates the corporation a juristic person capable of holding and disposing of property, confers power on it to impose and collect taxes and licence fees, to borrow money, to decide disputes in the first instance in respect thereof, constitutes the amounts so collected as the fund of the municipality from and out of which the liabilities of the corporation are met and the salaries of its employees are paid, imposed on it duties to carry out ..... are not simply a claim to share the material wealth jointly produced and capable of registration in statistics. ..... [1953]4scr302 , the chairman of a municipality dismissed two of its employees, namely, the sanitary inspector and the head clerk, and the municipal workers' union questioned the propriety of the dismissal and claimed that they should be re-instated and the matter was referred by the government to the industrial tribunal for adjudication under the industrial disputes act. ..... mukherjee : [1953]4scr302 does not indicate that this court would have come to a different conclusion if the word 'undertaking' in the industrial disputes act was qualified by the words 'manufacturing ..... mukherjee : [1953]4scr302 has held that neither the investment of capital or the existence of profitearning motive seems to be a sine qua non or necessary element in the modern ..... mukherjee : [1953]4scr302 that a municipal undertaking of the nature we have under consideration here is an 'industry' within the meaning of the definition of that .....
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Reported in : 2010ACJ455; 2010(2)ALT1(SC); 2010(1)AWC636(SC); 2010(1)SCALE8; (2010)2SCC607
..... completing the treatment at his own cost.4.2) the legislature tried to reduce the period of pendency of claim cases and quicken the process of determination of compensation by making two significant changes in the act, by amendment act 54 of 1994, making it mandatory for registration of a motor accident claim within one month of receipt of first information of the accident, without the claimants having to file a claim petition. ..... made available to the owner, he shall also within thirty days of receipt of such report, forward the same to such claims tribunal and insurer.sub-section (4) of section 166 of the act reads thus:the claims tribunal shall treat any report of accidents forwarded to it under sub-section (6) of section 158 as an application for compensation under this ..... is directed to instruct all claims tribunals in his state to register the reports of accidents received under section 158(6) of the act as applications for compensation under section 166(4) of the act and deal with them without waiting for the filing of claim applications by the injured or by the family of the deceased. ..... involves the collection of a one time (life time) third party insurance premium by a central insurance agency in respect of every vehicle sold (in a manner similar to the collection of life ..... but the feedback from operational statistics relating to such funds is that the scheme, while successful in smaller countries, may encounter difficulties and financial deficits in larger countries like south .....
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..... undercut the force of professor sellin's statistical studies, are collected in national commission, supra ..... 2.8 1 3.5 3.1 1924 1.5 1.6 .6 2.7 1 2.0 3.5 1925 2.2 1.3 .6 2.7 1.8 3.7 1926 1.1 .9 2.2 2.0 1 3.2 2.9 1 1927 1.9 .7 .8 2.1 6 2.7 2.3 2 1928 l.6 1.3 1.4 1.9 3 2.7 2.7 1929 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.7 6 2.3 2.6 1 1930 1.8 .9 1.4 1.8 2.0 3.2 2 1931 1.4 2.1 1.1 1 2.0 2 2.2 2.7 1932 2.0 .2 1.1 2.1 1 l.6 2.9 1933 3.3 2.7 l.6 2.5 1.9 1.8 1934 1.1 1.4 1.9 2.2 4 1.8 2.4 1935 1.4 1.0 .3 1.8 4 1.0 1.9 1936 2.2 1.0 2.1 l.6 2 1.2 2.7 1 1937 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.0 1 1938 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.3 3 1.2 2.1 1 1939 1.2 2.3 1 .8 1.4 2 l.6 1.3 1940 1.5 1.4 .8 1.5 1.4 1.8 2 1941 1.1 .4 2.2 1.3 1 .8 2.2 1942 1.7 .2 .9 1.3 2 1.2 2.5 1943 1.7 .9 .6 .9 3 1.5 l.6 2 1944 1.5 1.1 .3 1.4 .6 1.9 1 1945 .9 .7 2.9 1.5 1.1 1.5 1 1946 1.4 .8 1.7 1.4 1 1.5 l.6 3 1947 1.2 .6 1.1 1 l.6 2 1.5 1.9 1948 1.7 1.0 .8 1.4 2.7 1.7 1 1949 1.7 1.5 .5 1.1 .5 1.8 1950 1.5 1.3 .5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1951 2.3 .6 .5 1.0 .9 2.0 1952 1.0 1.5 .5 1.0 1.5 1.7 1953 1.4 .9 .3 1.0 .6 1.5 1954 1.7 .5 l.6 2 1.0 1.3 1.3 1955 1.2 1.1 .5 1.2 1.7 1.3 3 ewm: * maine has totally abolished the death penalty, and rhode island has severely limited its imposition ..... . 436 (1890), even while stating the narrow, "historical" interpretation of the clause: "this [english] declaration of rights had reference to the acts of the executive and judicial departments of the government of england; but the language in question as used in the constitution of the state of new york was intended .....
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..... we need say only that in this instance, where all efforts have been made to reach every household, where the methods used consist not of statistical sampling but of inference, where that inference involves a tiny percent of the population, where the alternative is to make a far less accurate assessment of the population, and where consequently manipulation of the method ..... it need say only that in this instance, where all efforts have been made to reach every household, where the methods used consist not of statistical sampling but of inference, where that inference involves a tiny percent of the population, where the alternative is to make a far less accurate assessment of the population, and where consequently manipulation of the method is ..... language of the census clause leaves any room for doubt, the historical context, debates accompanying ratification, and subsequent early census acts confirm that the use of estimation techniques-such as "hot-deck imputation," sampling, and the like-do not comply with the ..... hogan); (2) in respect to methodology, the librarian's sampling focuses on using statistically valid sample-selection techniques to determine what data to collect, ~~ 29-30, id. ..... 1953) (describing the use of sampling to estimate survey nonresponse); ante, at 471 (describing the sampling at issue in house of representatives as one ..... 1953 ..... a 1953 treatise, to which utah refers, says that a broader definition of "sample" is imprecise, adding that the term "should be reserved for a .....
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..... (t) the manner of accessing the identity information by the aadhaar number holder under the proviso to sub-section (5) of section 28; (u) the manner of sharing the identity information, other than core biometric information, collected or created under this act under sub-section (2) of section 29; (v) the manner of alteration of demographic information under sub-section (1) and biometric information under sub-section (2) of section 31; (w) the manner of and the time for ..... survey emphasized the need to build state capacity and that the state will still have to enhance its capacities to provide a whole range of public goods .492 the survey has recorded the statistics of authentication failures of aadhaar in several regions of the country: while aadhaar coverage speed has been exemplary, with over a billion aadhaar cards being distributed, some states report ..... of sub-section (2) of section 23; (q) the procedure for issuance of new aadhaar number to existing aadhaar number holder under clause (n) of sub- section (2) of section 23; (r) manner of authorising registrars, enrolling agencies or other service providers to collect such fees for services provided by them under clause (o) of sub-section (2) of section 23; (s) policies and practices to be followed by the registrar, enrolling agencies and other service providers under clause (r) of sub-section (2) of section 23; ..... , 202 f2 866 (2d cir 1953) penned by jerome frank, j.defined the right to publicity as the right to ..... 1953 .....
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