Poor
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Poor, means lacking material possession having little or no means to support oneself, needy, and impoverished. The expression refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and on their own cannot make arrangements for reasonable accommodation, Corporation Jabalpur v. Kishan Lal, AIR 1966 SC 207: (1966) 1 SCJ 566: (1966) SCD 179: (1965) 2 SCWR 1119: (1965) MPLJ 987: 1966 Jab LJ 1.
The word 'poor' lexically means 'having little or no money, goods or other means of support' (Webster's Enyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) or 'lacking financial or other means of subsistence' (Collins English Dictionary), Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 (623).
The word 'poor' lexically means 'having little or no money, goods or other means of support' (Webster's Enyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) or 'lacking financial or other means of subsistence' (Collins English Dictionary), Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 (623).
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