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Definition :

Charges, expenses, costs. A trustee is entitled as a matter of right to his costs, charges and expenses properly incurred in relation to the trust, and they constitute a first charge on the trust property, both capital and income; see Stott v. Milne, (1884) 25 Ch D 710.

Means any amount which may be demanded as a price for the rendering of some service or as price of some goods. Sree Gajanana Motor Transport Co. Ltd. v. State of Karnataka, (1977) 1 SCR 665: (1977) 1 SCC 37: AIR 1977 SC 418 (419).

Includes all taxes, Shroff and Co. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, 1989 Supp (1) SCC 347.

--The term 'charges' must be read ejusdem generis taking colour from the succeeding terms- rates, duties and taxes, Nagrik Upbhokta M. Manch v. Union of India, (2002) 5 SCC 466: AIR 2002 SC 2405 (2411). [Kerosene (Restriction on Use and Fixation of Ceiling Price) Order, 1993, clause 2(d)]

The word 'charges' in Rule 7(1) should be given a wider meaning as denoting the accusations or imputations against the member of the Service, S. Govinda Menon v. Union of India, AIR 1967 SC 1274 (1283): (1967) 2 SCR 566. [All India Services (Discipline and Appeal), Rules (1955), r. 7(1)]

The term 'charges' must be read ejusdem generis taking colour from the succeeding terms -- rates, duties and taxes, Nagrik Upbhokta M. Manch v. Union of India, (2002) 5 SCC 466.

Means any charges with the exception of light dues, local light dues and any other charges in respect of lighthouses buoys or beacons and of charges in respect of pilotage, u/s. 22(2), Supreme Court Act, 1981 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), para 313, p. 431.

Airport charges in relation to an airport means (a) charges levied on operators of aircraft in connection with the landing, parking or taking-off of aircraft at an airport, including charges that are to any extent determined by reference to the number of passengers on board the aircraft, but excluding charges payable by virtue of regulation under the Civil Aviation Act, s. 73 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1157, p. 559.