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Definition :

In respect of, the expression 'in respect of' means relating to, with reference to, Tolaram Relumal v. State of Bombay, AIR 1954 SC 496: (1955) 1 SCR 158 [Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, (57 of 1947), s. 98 (9)]

The words 'in respect of' used in s. 3(14) of Railways Act 1890, may be taken to mean for the provision of and not for the user of, Shahdara (Delhi) Saharanpur Light Railway Company Ltd. v. Upper Doab Sugar Mills Ltd., AIR 1960 SC 695: (1960) 2 SCR 926.

The words 'in respect of' admit of a wide connota-tion. In the context of s. 23 (I-B) of Foreign Ex-change Regulation Act, the expression means 'being connected with', Union of India v. Vijay Chand Jain, AIR 1977 SC 1302 (1304): (1977) 2 SCC 405: (1977) 2 SCR 952.