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Cause of action estoppel

litigated between the same parties or their privies and having involved the same subject-matter. Ishwar Dutt v. Land Acquisition Collector, (2005) 7 SCC 190.

Charitable purpose

(1980) 2 SCC 31: AIR 1980 SC 387. The definition of 'charitable purposes' in the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 follows, though not quite, the well-known definition of charity given by Lord Macnaghten in Commissioners for

Charity

Mahomedan Law, Fazlul Rabbi Pradhan v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1965 SC 1722 (1727). [West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 (1 of 1954), s. 6(1)(i)] Aid given to the poor, the suffering, or the general community

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Citizen

of persons born in another State, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 95. The modes of acquisition of Indian citizenship are (a) Birth, (b) Descent, (c) Registration, (d) Naturalisation, (e) Incorporation of territory, and (f)

Date of the Collector's award

party or is known by him either actually or constructively, Raja Harish Chandra Raj Singh v. Deputy Land Acquisition Officer, AIR 1961 SC 1500 (1504): (1962) 1 SCR 676.

Citizen of India

of the Citizenship Act, 1955 is a complete code as regards the termination of Indian citizenship on the acquisition of the citizenship of a foreign country, Bhagwati Prasad Dixit 'Ghorewala' v. Rajeev Ghandhi (1986) 2 SCR 823:

Clients' money

pre-contract deposit received by an estate agent in the course of estate agency work in respect of the acquisition of an interest in land, Estate Agents Act, 1979, s. 12(1) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2),

Collector

officer specially appointed by the [appropriate Government] to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (10 of 1894), s. 3 (c)] Collector,-- (a) means, within the limits of the towns of

Compensation

compulsorily by a Government Department or any local or Public Authority the compensation is regulated by the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57) and Rules of 1919,

Construction

in all contingencies, Jnanedaya Yogam v. K.K. Pankajashy, AIR 1999 SC 3891 (3895): (1999) 9 SCC 492. [Land Acquisition Act, (1 of 1894), s. 40(1)(b)] As to construction of statutes, see ACT OF PARLIAMENT; and of contracts,

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