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Subsistence allowance

Subsistence allowance, the dictionary meaning of the word 'Subsist' as given in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Vol. II at p. 2171 is 'to remain alive as on food; to continue to exist'. 'Subsistence' means - means...

Status quo as in the High Court

the scope and effect of the status quo order, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. v. State of Bihar, AIR 1988 SC 127 (129): 1987 Supp SCC 394.

Shop

constitute the said premises into a 'shop', International Ore and Fertilizers (India) (P) Ltd. v. E.S.I. Corporation, AIR 1988 SC 79 (81); see also Cochin Shipping Co. v. ESI Corporation, AIR 1993 SC 252 (258). [Employees State

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Seminary

Seminary, run by the petitioners are mainly institutions for the training of candidates for the priesthood or ministry, Social SG of Assisi Sisters v. K.S.E.B., (1988) 1 Ker LT 727.

Sale price

Sale price, 'Sale Price' means the amount payable to a dealer as consideration for the sale of any goods, less any sum allowed as cash discount according to the practice normally prevailing in the trade, but...

Quasi-contract

Quasi-contract, an act which has not the strict form of a contract, but yet has the effect of it; an implied contract. Means that a man in certain cases is bound as if he had made...

Public duty

an interest', P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State, AIR 1998 SC 2120. [See Prevention of Corruption Act, (49 of 1988), ss. 2(b), 2(c)]

Physically handicapped person

a person suffering from malignancy is a physically handicapped person within the meaning of s. 23J (iv), AIR 1988 MP 232(235). [Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961, s. 23J(iv)]

Pertaining to

to' an expression of expansion and not of contraction, Doypock Systems Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 782 (800). [Swadeshi Cotton Mills Co. Ltd. (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1986, s. 3]

Landlord

Landlord, he of whom land or tenements are holden; who has a right to distrain for rent in arrear, etc., Co. Litt. 57. See Foa or Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant, and also the (English) Rent...

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