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Incorporated Law Society

Charters in 1872, 1903, and 1909, the Society now remains constituted. The Society was incorporated 'to facilitate the acquisition of legal knowledge, and for better and more conveniently discharging the professional duties of the members of the

In respect of any reference made to the court

v. Union of India, AIR 1966 SC 1538 (1540): (1966) 3 SCR 141. [West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, (2 of 1948), s. 8(2)]

Qui prior est tempore potior est jure

a better and superior, because a prior, equity, Phillips v. Phillips, (1862) 4 De GF&J 215. But the acquisition of the legal estate may make a most material alteration in the rights of the parties, Bailey v.

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Urgently

urgency according to dictionary means 'immediate, 'very important; that requires immediate attention, AIR 1985 All 158 (159). (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 5A)

Repatriation outside India

Repatriation outside India, means the buying or drawing of foreign exchange from an authorised dealer in India and remitting it outside India through normal banking channels or crediting it to an account denominated in foreign currency...

Tenure

military, given militi' gratia to persons qualified for military service; or improper, which did not, in point of acquisition, services, and the like, strictly conform to the nature of a mere military feud, such as those that

Years

singular, Bhairendra Narayan Bhup v. State of Assam, 1956 SCR 303: AIR 1956 SC 503 (512). [Assam State Acquisition of Zamindari's Act (18 of 1951), s. 11]

Wrongful gain, wrongful loss

It is further clear from the definition that the gain or loss contemplated need not be a total acquisition or a total deprivation but it is enough if it is a temporary retention of property by the

Work

etc., mere fencing a vacant plot is not within the expression 'work', Kantaben M. Amin v. Special Land Acquisition Officer, Baroda, AIR 1990 SC 103. [Defence of India Act, 1962, s. 36(5)] 1. Physical and mental exertion

Whenever the appropriate Government so directs

v. State of Bihar, AIR 1972 SC 1363 (1366): (1972) 1 SCC 714: (1972) 3 SCR 193. [Land Acquisition Act (10 of 1894), s. 17(1)]

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