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Preliminary point

for determining other points or issues which have, therefore, been left undetermined, Vassantimal Devaldas v. Hiromal Mohammal, AIR 1947 Sind 94: 1946 ILR Kar 380: 227 IC 633. Means a point, the decision of which is sufficient

Premises

expression 'premises' in s. 5(8) of the Bombay Rents Hotel and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act 57 of 1947, does not include premises used for agricultural purposes, Vasudev Dhanjibhai Modi v. Rajabhai Abdul Rehman, (1970) 1SCC 670:

Premium

Income Tax Commissioner (Central Calcutta) v. Standard Vacuum Co., AIR 1966 SC 1393 (1397). [Business Profits Tax Act, 1947, Sch. II, R. 2(1)]

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Promise

for the performance or non-performance of some particular thing, A Verbal Covenant, Shratya Begum v. Hamid Ali Khan, 1947 All WR CC 268.

Penalty

Director of Enforcement v. M.C.T.M. Corporation (P) Ltd., AIR 1996 SC 1100 (1104): (1996) 2 SCC 471. [FERA, 1947, s. 23 (i) (a)] In the common parlance the word 'penalty' is understood to mean; a legal or

Officer

of a society or institution, Sarbeswar Bardoloi v. U.K. Gohain, AIR 1955 Assam 148 (149). [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 36(2)] The individual who is invested with the authority and is required to perform the duties incidental

Payable

Finance v. K.O. Krishnaswamy, AIR 1979 SC 1969 (1971): (1980) 1 SCC 280: (1980) 1 SCR 1092. [FERA. 1947, s. 12(2)] The word 'payable' is a descriptive word, which ordinarily means 'that which must be paid or

Paramountcy

sovereignty and authority of the States chose to exercise. But that paramountcy lapsed with the Indian Independence Act, 1947. It is difficult to conceive of the government of a democratic Republic exercising against its citizens 'paramountcy' claimed

Palm kernal

Union of India, 1991 Supp 7 SCC 102: AIR 1991 SC 583 (592). [Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947]

Overtime

India Ltd. v. Labour Court, AIR 1985 SC 1034 (1039). [Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishment Act (36 of 1947), s. 14(1)]

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