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In Pursuance Of

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

In pursuance of, 'in pursuance of' would mean under the authority of or by virtue of or in the course of carrying out in accordance with the scheme or plan or direction or order or anything in consequence or conformable to or according to; act of pursuing, carrying out and performance, prosecution, Aircraft Employees' Housing Co-op. Society Ltd. v. Secy. Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, AIR 1996 SC 3501 (3503): (1996) 11 SCC 475. [Land Acquisition Act, (1 of 1984), s. 6(1), Expl. I.]

In pursuance of used in a notification do not mean what would be conveyed in exercise of powers conferred by. Thus it may appropriately, in parti-cular case, mean 'conformable to' or in accordance with, Sadaria v. Rajasthan Board of Revenue, 1954 Raj 224 (DB).

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