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Pecuniary advantage

are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is an agreement

Weapon

'weapons of offence' fall within the class of object which may be prohibited, Emperor v. Abdul Latif, AIR 1947 Bom 438: (1947) 49 Bom LR 340. Includes ammunition, bows and arrows, explosives, firearms, hooks, knives, nets, poison,

Means

1, Civil Procedure Code, covers all realisable assets within the applicant's reach, Tej Dat Singh v. Yuvraj Datt, 1947 AWR (CC) 275: 1947 OA (CC) 275. (See Civil Procedure Code, 1908) Means, When a statute says that

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Khadi

in clause (d) of s. 2 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (kka)] Khadi means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk

In discharge of his duty

with the words 'in the discharge of his duty' in s. 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, an offence under that section requires that the public servant should misconduct himself in the discharge of his

In accordance with law

accordance with law' in cl. 3 of Schedule 2 of the C.P. and Berar Industrial Disputes Settlement Act, 1947 is used, they did not intend to exclude the law as settled by the Industrial Courts. Provincial Transport

Estate

v. State of Rajasthan, (1955) 2 SCR 303: AIR 1955 SC 504. [Jaipur State Grants Land Tenures Act, 1947 (1 of 1947), s. 4(7)] The amount, degree, nature and quality of a person's interest in land or

Closure

CLOTURE. Means the permanent closing down of a place of employment or part thereof. [The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (cc)] Closure, in the House of Commons a member may rise in his

At any given time

Ltd. v. Workers Union, (1970) 1 SCC 225 (231): AIR 1970 SC 1205. [Uttar Pradesh Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (28 of 1947)] Exercise of suo motu power 'at any time' only means that no specific period such

Arbitrator

Arbitrator, includes an umpire. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (aa)] Arbitrator is a neutral person who resolves disputes between parties, esp. by

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