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Category

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Category [fr. Karnyopia, Gk.], a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under a genus.

Word 'category' used in r. 8(3)(a) of the Central Health Services (Amendment) Rules, 1966 has to be understood to mean the post included in that category and consequently service in that category would mean service in a post created by the 1963 rules which was included in that category, Dr. N.C. Singhal v. Union of India, (1980) 3 SCR 44: (1980) 3 SCC 29: AIR 1980 SC 1255 (1266).

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