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Contumace capiendo

3 & 4Vict. c. 93, and Clergy Discipline Act, 1892, s. 7. See Ex parte Bell Cox, (1887) 20 QBD 1; CONTEMPT OF COURT.

Employer

or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within

Includes

or 'consists' of or 'means and includes', depending on the content, N.D.P. Namboodripad v. Union of India, AIR 2007 SC 1782; see also Reserve Bank of India v. Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd., 1987 (1)

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power

power 1 : capability of acting or of producing an effect [parties of unequal bargaining ] 2 a : authority

Vest

1987 SC 802 (805): (1987) 1 SCC 568: (1987) 2 SCR 107. [Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, s. 202(1)] The word 'vest' is normally used where an immediate fixed right in present or future enjoyment in respect

cause

cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's

accept

accept 1 a : to receive with consent [ a gift] [ service] b : to assent to the receipt

specific

specific 1 : relating to a particular thing 2 : intended for or restricted to a particular end or object

president

president 1 : an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly 2 : an appointed governor of a

Occupier

owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)] Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors … or upon any house, land, or place; formerly rateable to the poor rate under the Poor Relief Act, 1601, 43 Eliz. c. 2, and as 'inhabitant occupier' and entitled to the parliamentary franchise, under the Representation of

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