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Look-at-able, something which is capable of being looked at. 'This court has come to the conclusion that whatever is logically relevant is legally look-at-able' [Union of India v. Sankalchand, AIR 1977 SC 2328 (2373), para 80]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
able
able 1 : possessed of needed powers or of needed resources to accomplish an objective [ to perform under the contract] 2 : having freedom from restriction or obligation or from conditions preventing an action [ to vote] 3 : legally qualified : possessed of legal competence [ to inherit property] ...
Able-bodied man
Able-bodied man, defined in (English) Corn Production Act, 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 46) (repealed), as 'any male workman who is not incapable, by reason of age or mental or other infirmity or physical injury, of performing the work of a normally efficient workman.' In the (English) Relief Regulation Order, 1930 (S.R.&O. 1930, No. 186), s. 6, 'Male person capable of work.'...
Able-bodied seaman
Able-bodied seaman. See A.B....
Being able to seek
Being able to seek, used in proviso to section 34 predominantly governs the operation of entire section which in its turn provides for discretionary power of the court, Arnab Kumar Sarkar v. Reba Mukherjee, AIR 2007 Cal 79....
Have not been able to live together
Have not been able to live together, seems to indicate the concept of brokern down marriage and it would not be possible to reconcile themselves, Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904 (1907): (1992) 2 SCC 25. [Hindu Marriage Act, (25 of 1955), s. 13B]...
disable
disable dis·abled dis·abl·ing 1 : to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity 2 : to make incapable or ineffective ;specif : to cause to have a disability dis·able·ment n ...
remove
remove re·moved re·mov·ing vt : to change the location, position, station, status, or residence of: as a : to have (an action) transferred from one court to another and esp. from a state court to a federal court see also separable controversy NOTE: Section 1441 et seq. of title 28 of the U.S. Code allows a defendant who is brought into a state court to remove the action to federal district court when diversity of citizenship exists, when the action involves a claim or right arising under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of the U.S. for any act under color of office may also be removed. b : to dismiss from office [an independent counsel…may be removed from office…only by the personal action of the Attorney General "U.S. Code"] c : to take away [should his incapacity be remo...
Reasonable opportunity
Reasonable opportunity, the broad test of 'reason-able opportunity' is, whether in the given case, the show cause notice issued to the delinquent servant contained or was accompanied by so much information as was necessary to enable him to clear himself of the guilt, if possible, even at that stage, or, in the alternative, to show that the penalty proposed was much too, harsh and disproportion-ate to the nature of the charge established against him, Uttar Pradesh Government v. Sabir Hussain, AIR 1975 SC 2045 (2048): (1975) 4 SCC 703: (1975) Supp SCR 354. [Government of India Act, 1935, s. 240(3)]The reasonable opportunity envisaged by Article 311(2) of the Constitution of India, 1950, includes: (a) an opportunity to deny his guilt and establish his innocence, which he can only do if he is told what the charges leveled against him are and the allegations on which such charges are based; (b) an opportunity to defend himself by cross-examining the witnesses produced against him and by exa...
Vagrants
Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds.The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83). It has been extended by the Vagrancy Act, 1838, as to re-commitment on failure to prosecute, appeal, and exhibition of obscene prints; by the (English) Vagrant Act Amendment Act, 1873, as to gambling and betting in streets; by the Vagrancy Act, 1898, amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7, as to men living on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by falsehood. It points out three classes of persons:-1st, idle and disorderly persons; 2nd, rogues and vagabonds; 3rd, incorrigible rogues.First. Idle and Disorderly Persons.-The following are, under the Vagrancy Act, 1824, s. 3, to be deemed 'idle and disorderly persons,' so that any justice of the peace may commit them (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labou...
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