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Definition :

Telegraph line, 'telegraph line' means a wire or wires used for the purpose of an appliance or apparatus for receiving telegraphic or other communications by means of electricity. The wires of the aerial as well as of the apparatus are used for the purpose of the apparatus receiving communications. If so, it follows that the receiving apparatus employs 'telegraph lines' within the meaning of s. 3(4) of the Telegraph Act, Senior Electric Inspector v. Laxminarayan Chopra, AIR 1962 SC 159 (161): (1962) 3 SCR 146. [Telegraph Act, 1885, s. 3(1) 2(4)]

Means a wire or wires used for the purpose of a telegraph, with any casing, coating, tube or pipe enclosing the same, and any appliances and apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of fixing or insulating the same. [Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885), s. 3 (4)]

Telegraph line, is comprehensive to take in the wires used for the purpose of the apparatus of the post and telegraph wireless station, Senior Electric Inspector v. Laxminarayan Chopra, AIR 1962 SC 159.