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Contract carriage
Contract carriage, means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for...
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
(English) Civil Procedure Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v. Price, (1909) 2 KB 724], and 37 & 38 Vict. c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed
Freedom of speech and expression
SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate one's ideas, opinions and views, Sakal Papers
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Costs
Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1, … Thomas v. Pritchard, (1903) 1 KB 212; Johnson v. King,1904 AC 824; Rwland v. Air Council, 1923 WN 72; Re Carbonit, 1923, WN 208. Several Acts (English) have also been passed to restrain the bringing of vexatious
Tax
direction of the Treasury, of excise, by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise: see Finance Act, 1908, s. 4, and Orders in Council made thereunder. As to the collection of taxes for a limited period under the … A monetary charge imposed by government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469. Some general principles of taxation have been said to be:- (1) The subjects of every
Workshop
Workshop, for the purpose of (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), means hat works, rope works, bakehouses, lace warehouses, shipbuilding works quarries, pit banks, dry-cleaning, carpet-beating, and
Wharf
shore of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading or unloading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1589. There are two kinds-1st, legal, which are certain wharves in all seaports, appointed by commission … Crown for that purpose, 2 Steph. Com. See as to both kinds, Customs (Consolidation) Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36). As to larcenies from a wharf, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 15. As to implied
Valuation list
1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67), and amending Acts (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 44, s. 7 (2); 19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 18; and 7 Edw. 7, c. cxi., s. 29), … are quinquennial and conclusive evidence of the value of the hereditaments therein included. In the metropolis, by s. 43 of the Metropolis Valuation Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67), and amending Acts (18 & 19
Payee
to whose order the money is, by the instrument, directed to be paid, Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, s. 7. One to whom a bill of exchange or promissory note or cheque is made payable; he must be
Turnover
valuable consideration, State of Andhra Pradesh v. H. Abdul Bakhi and Brothers, AIR 1965 SC 531 (532): (1964) 7 SCR 664. [Hyderabad General Sales Tax Act (14 of 1950), s.2 (m)] The expression 'turnover' is defined in … consideration, Joint Commercial Tax Officer v. Young Men's Association (Regd.), AIR 1970 SC 1212 (1215): (1970) 1 SCC 462: (1970) 3 SCR 680. Turnover means an aggregate amount for which goods are either bought by or sold
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