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Communication, means that the electrical impulse or signal transmitted by a telephone call was in itself a communication and any intentional interception of that signal in the course of its transmission through a public telecommunication system was subject to the provisions, Morgans v. D.P.P. [HL(E)], (2000) 2 WLR 386. [Interception of Communication Act, 1985, s. 1(1) (UK)]

A communication did not take place until the subscriber's telephone was answered at the destination and the calling parties communicated with each other. In other words, the digits dialed were a means to an end in the making of a communication, Morgans v. DPP (DC), (1999) 1 WLR 981.

Means information imparted by one person to another, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 213.

In Indian Parliament Communications are ex-changed between the President and either House of Parliament and between both the Houses of Parliament. The President may send a message to either House of Parliament with respect to a Bill pending before it or otherwise and a House which receives such message shall consider any matter required by the message with all convenient dispatch, Constitution of India, Art. 86(2).

Communication, in respect of order of dismissal would mean that the same is served upon the delinquent officer, State of Punjab v. Amar Nath Harika, AIR 1966 SC 1313.