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Local authority

Act, 1875, s. 4) The (English) Local Authorities (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 43), defines (s. 2 (a)) a 'local authority' as meaning:- A council of a county, county borough, … degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321. Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village

Any Liability

Any Liability, the words 'any liability' in sub-s. (7) of the said s. 3 are of wide amplitude to cover every liability that was incurred by the textile company in relation to

Hindu Law

(FB) [See Travancore Nair Act (2 of 1100 K); Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, (1975), ss. 3, 7(1); Hindu Succession Act, 1956, ss. 17, 30; Constitution of India, Art. 254(1)]. … Act to any person who is a Hindu by religion, Yagnapurushodasji v. Muldas, AIR 1996 SC 1109. S. 7(1) of Joint Family Abolition Act and s. 4(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act are identical in words. The

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Property

property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70. In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in … a going concern as a unit, Shri Krishna Gyanoday Sugar Ltd. v. State of Bihar, AIR 2003 SC 3436. Property, in indicative and descriptive of every possible interest which a party can have, State of Manipur v.

Treason

not able to make laws and statutes, to bind the crown and the descent thereof, 6 Anne, c. 7. By 36 Geo. 3, c. 7, made perpetual by 57 Geo. 3, c. 6, compassing the death or

Pawnbroker

may be afterwards repurchased on any terms, is a 'pawnbroker', Karnataka Pawnbrokers' Assn. v. State of Karnataka, (1998) 7 SCC 707. One who lends money on goods which he receives upon pledge. The rate of interest which … upon pledge. The rate of interest which pawnbrokers may take has been fixed by law since 1800, by 39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 48, which Act placed their whole business under various other restrictions. By the

Equitable mortgage

in the Chancery Division to redeem the estate. Now under the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, Sched. I., Parts VII. (1), (3), and VIII. (1), (3), and see ss. 85, 86, ibid., a mortgagor retains a legal estate

Administration of justice

Narottamdas Jethabhai, AIR 1951 SC 64 (95): 1951 SCR 51. (Constitution of India, Sch. VII, List II. Entry 3) … the State; the State's application of the sanction of force to the rule of right, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 45. Administration of justice has a wide meaning and includes administration of civil as well as

Habitual criminal

69: (2006) 6 SCALE 385: (2006) 5 Supreme 116: (2006) 5 SLT 321: (2006) 6 SCJ 69: (2006) 7 SCJD 583: (2006) 8 SRJ 57: (2006) 3 SCC (Cri) 11: (2006) 3 Crimes 7 (SC): (2006) 2

Local Government

Acts. Transfer of Imperial Powers to County Councils.--The (English) Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 15), though permissive only, extended general, tentative, unsued and almost unknown powers of decentralization which had previously

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