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Slime

Slime, is the term used in milling practice to describe a suspension, in water of the fully divided fraction of pulverized ore; also solid, whether suspended or after setting out to drying, Handbook of Mineral Dressing...

Cause of action

cause of action, Kusum Ingots & Alloys Ltd. v. Union of India, (2004) 6 SCC 254 (259): AIR 2004 SC 2321. [Constitution of India, Art. 226(2)] To mean a situation or state of facts that entitles a

Cognizance

discharge of his official duty, State of Orissa v. Ganesh Chandra Jain, (2004) 8 SCC 40 (48): AIR 2004 SC 2179. (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 197) When Magistrate applies his mind for the purpose of proceeding

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Discretion

the Legislature concedes discretion it also imposes a heavy responsibility, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Keshav Bahadur, AIR 2004 SC 1581 (1584): (2004) 2 SCC 37. See JUDICIAL DISCRETION. 'Discretion', said Lord Mansfield in R. v. Wilkes,

Food

Adulteration Act, 1954, Godawal Pan Masala Products Ltd. v. Union of India, (2004) 7 SCC 68 (101): AIR 2004 SC 4057. Food. In the Sale of Food and Drugs Act (see ADULTERATION) the word includes 'every article

Any person

as a medium of conveyance, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Baljit Kaur, (2004) 2 SCC 1 (5): AIR 2004 SC 1340. [Motor Vehicles Act, s. 147(1)(b) (as amended in 1994)] The expression 'any person' can be restricted

Electoral roll

and control of the Election Commission, by Electoral Registration Officer of each Constituency, Law of Elections, P.D.T. Achary, 2004, p. 7. Of every Parliamentary Constituency consists of the rolls of all Assembly Constituencies. No separate roll is

Modesty

Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v....

Jurisdiction

law has not conferred it can exercise, CIT v. Pearl Mech Engineering & Foundry Works (P) Ltd., AIR 2004 SC 2345: (2004) 4 SCC 597 (603). (Income-tax Act, 1961) The expression 'jurisdiction' does not mean the power

Warehouse

Warehouse, in common parlance, certainly means a place where a man stores or keeps his goods which are not immediately wanted for sale, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 3rd Edn. See also Goa Urban Co-op. Bank Ltd. v....

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