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Motor Car

Motor Car, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and of which the weight unlades: (1) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description does not exceed 3,050 kilograms, or 3,500 kilograms, if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding, for the purpose of its propulsion; any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5' Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and material for producing such fuel; or (3) in a case falling within neither head (1) nor head (2) above, does not exceed 2,540 kilograms, See Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th...


Possession

Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152.Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or of occupation alone, but the occupation must be with the intention of exercising some claim or right in respect of the property occupied. A person who has no claim to the property but succeeds by show of force in acquiring physical control over the same cannot be treated to be in its possession, notwith-standing his physical control over it, Ram Krishna v. Bhagwan Baksh Singh, (1961) All LJ 301.Possession, implies dominion and control and the consciousness in the mind of the person having dominion that he has it and can exercise it, Chhedi Ram v. Mahngoo Tiwari, 1969 All WR (HC) 230.Possession, in common parlance denoted to occupy, to have or hold as owner, to obtain, to maintain, Krishna Prasad Jaiswal v. Kanti...


Employee

Employee, includes not only persons employed directly by the employer but also persons employed through a contractor. Moreover, they include not only persons employed in the factory but also persons employed in connection with the work of the factory, P.M. Patel and Sons v. Union of India, (1986) 1 SCC 32: AIR 1987 SC 447: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 55.A person who works in the service of another person (the employer) under an express or implied contract of hire under which the employer has the right to control the details of work performance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 543.Means a person appointed to or borne on thecadre of staff of the Corporation, other thanperson on deputation. [Employees' State Insurance Corporation (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1995, s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed by the University and includes teachers and other staff of the University, Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(k).In relation to the University, means a person other than a teacher or an office...


Law

Law [fr. lage, lagea, or lah, Sax.; loi, Fr.; legge, Ital.; lex, fr. ligo, Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38. A principle of conduct may be observed habitually by an individual or a class. When sufficiently formulated or defined to be observed uniformly by the whole of a class it may become a custom; or it may be imposed on all individuals who consent or are unable to resist its application and the sanction or penalty which is imposed for non-compliance, and in that case it becomes a law. If, in addition, the law and its sanction are imposed by, or by authority of a sovereign, the law becomes 'positive' (see Austin's Jurisprudence). Short of positive law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive law, and law in its ordinary legal sense mean...


Those goods

Those goods, the words 'those goods' in s. 5(3) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 are clearly referable to 'any goods' mentioned in the preceding part of the sub-s. and it is therefore obvious that the goods purchased by the assessee and the goods exported by him must be the same, Sterling Foods v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1986 SC 1809 (1811): (1986) 3 SCC 469: (1986) 3 SCR 367....


In the interest of general public

In the interest of general public, the expression 'in the interest of general public' is of wide import comprehending public order, public health, public security, morals, economic welfare of the community and the objects mentioned in Part IV of the Constitution. in respect of legislations and notifications concerning the wages, working conditions or the other amenities for the working class, the courts have adopted a liberal attitude and the interest of the workers has been protected notwithstanding the hardship that might becaused to the employers, Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad v. Jan Mohammad Usmanbhai, AIR 1986 SC 1205 (1212): (1986) 3 SCC 20: (1986) 2 SCR 700.The phrase 'in the interest of the general public' is the phrase of a definite connotation and a known concept. This phrase, as used in amended s. 25-O, has been bodily lifted from Article 19(6) of the Constitution of India, Orissa Textile and Steel Co. v. State of Orissa, AIR 2002 SC 708 (725): (2002) 2 SCC ...


Reserve and provision

Reserve and provision, the expression 'reserve' has not been defined in the Act and therefore one would be inclined to resort to its ordinary natural meaning as given in the dictionary but it seems to us that the dictionary meaning, though useful in itself, may not be sufficient, for, the dictionaries do not make any distinction between the two concepts 'reserve' and 'provision' which giving their primary meanings, whereas in the context of the legislation with which we are concerned in the case a clear distinction between the two is implied. According to the dictionaries (both Oxford and Webster) the applicable primary meaning of the word 'reserve' is: 'to keep for future use or enjoyment; to set apart for some propose or end in view; to keep in store for future or special use; to keep in reserve', while 'provision' according to Webster means: 'something provided for future'. In other words according to the dictionary meanings both the words are more or less synonymous and connote the...


Royalty

Royalty, a payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine or similar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. It is usually a payment of money, but may be a payment in kind, that is, of part of the produce of the exercise of the right, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, 2nd End., p. 1595.In the legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights and prerogatives of a sovereign are covered thereunder. In its secondary sense, the word 'royalty' would signify, as in mining leases, that part of the reddendum, variable thought, payable in cash or kind, for rights and privileges obtained, Inderjeet Singh Sial v. Karam Chand Thapar, (1995) 6 SCC 166.Royalty, is not a tax. Simply because the royalty is levied by reference to the quantity of the minerals produced and the impugned cess too is quantified by taking into consideration the same quantity of the mineral produced, the latter does no...


Cables

Cables, the reference in item 7 to cables must mean cables identifiable as a complete self-contained unit in themselves and as a distinct unit of equipment when employed in the generation and transmission of electricity, Hindustan Wire Products Ltd. v. C.I.T., (1986) 3 SCR 478: AIR 1987 SC 566: (1986) 3 SCC 689). (Income-tax Act, 1961)...


Casual employee

Casual employee, Casual employees are employees within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in s. 2(9) of the E.S.I. Act, 1948 and, accordingly, come within the purview of the Act, Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation v. South India Flour Mills Ltd., (1986) 2 SCR 863: AIR 1986 SC 1686 (1689): (1986) 3 SCC 238....


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