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Estimates

are sub-mitted to the House of Commons in the form of estimates, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine, May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 745. Is the annual detailed statements of the public expenditure proposed to be undertaken by the Government,

Expenditure

future cannot be considered as expenditure, Madras Industrial Investment Corpn. Ltd. v. CIT, (1997) 4 SCC 666: AIR 1997 SC 2063. 'Expenditure' is equal to 'expense' and 'expense is money laid out by calculation and intention though

Family

by blood depending upon the context in which the word is used, K.V. Muthu v. Angamuthu Ammal, AIR 1997 SC 628: (1997) 2 SCC 53. A son-in-law can be regarded as a member of the family because

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Forest land

recorded as forest in the Government record irrespective of the ownership, T.N. Godavarman v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 1228 (1230). [Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, s. 2] See also W.L. Wadhera v. Union of India, (2002)

Foster child

nursed, reared and brought up by another person as his own son, K.V. Muthu v. Angamuthu Ammal, AIR 1997 SC 628 (632): (1997) 2 SCC 53.

Confession

by the promptings of truth and conscience, Sahib Singh v. State of Haryana, (1997) 7 SCC 231: AIR 1997 SC 3247 (3254). [Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention), Act, 1987, s. 15] The word 'confession' as used in

Quasi order

Quasi order, must disclose reasons for the conclusions reached by the authority, K.G. Majithia and Co. v. Union of India, (1997) 1 Pat LJR 403.

Public utility

in which it is used in a statute, rules or regulations, Earth Builders v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1997 Bom 148

Religious denomination

Religious denomination, different sects and sub-sects of the Hindu Religion having a common faith and a common spiritual organisation come under the definition of denomination, Shirur Math v. Commission of Endowment, (1952) 1 MLJ 557. Religious...

Reading of a Bill

its final form with amendments earlier made. No debate may takes place. Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 494. In India three readings are done for a Bill for facilitating adequate scrutiny and debate. First

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