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Active-operations duty, in relation to Maritime Law, means a shipowner's obligation to provide safe working conditions, in the work areas controlled by the shipowner, for the Stevedore and Loughoremen who are loading or unloading the ship, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 33....
Active duty
Active duty, in relation to a person subject to this Act, means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of Force-(i) which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (ii) which is operating at a picket or engaged on patrol or other guard duty along the borders of India, and includes duty by such person during any period declared by the Central Government by notifica-tion in the Official Gazette as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving. [Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1)(a)]Means the duty to restore and preserve order in any local area in the event of any disturbance therein. [Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949), s. 2 (a)]Means, in relations to a person subject to this Act means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of the For...
Active politics
Active politics, 'Active politics' means almost whole time in politics, Pyare Lal Sharma v. Managing Director AIR 1989 SC 1854 (1859): (1989) 3 SCR 428: (1989) 2 SCC 448. [J&K Industries Employees Service Rules and Regulation Reg 16, R. 14 (as amended in 1983)]Means service at outposts, or against hostile tribes or other persons in the field. Assam Rifles Act, 1941.As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4(2)Means service or duty--(a) during the period of operation of a proclamation of emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the constitution; or (b) during any peri...
Active service
Active service. 'on active service,' as applied to a person subject to military law, is defined by the (English) Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. C. 58) as meaning 'whenever he is attached to or forms part of a force which is engaged in operations against the enemy or is engaged in military operations in a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy or is in military occupation of any foreign country.'As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) in attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy; or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (i)] See also (5 of 1941), s. 2(a); (46 of 1950), s. 3(a)...
Mining operations
Mining operations, means any operations undertaken for the purpose of winning any mineral. [Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), s. 3 (d)]Mining of operations and 'winning of minerals' The expression 'winning of mineral'in the definition of 'mining operations' is spacious enough to comprehend every activity by which the mineral is extracted or obtained from the earth irrespective of whether such activity is carried out on the surface or in the bowels of the earth, Shri Shri Tarakeshwar Sio Thakur Jiu v. Bar Dass Dey & Co., AIR 1979 SC 1669: (1979) 3 SCC 106....
Operation
Operation, it is not every business activity of a manufacturer that comes within the expression 'operation' to which the provisions of s. 42(3) are attracted. These provisions have no application unless according to the known and accepted business notions and usages the particular activity is regarded as a well defined business operation, Anglo French Textile Co. v. C.I.T., AIR 1953 SC 105 (108). (Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 42)...
trespasser
trespasser : one who trespasses ;esp : one who enters or remains on the real property of another wrongfully or without the owner's or possessor's authority or consent compare invitee, licensee NOTE: The general rule is that the owner or possessor of real property has the duty merely to refrain from willfully, wantonly, or recklessly injuring a trespasser whose presence is known. This rule is usually applied to licensees as well, although a licensee is usually owed a higher degree of care when an entrance fee is charged or when active operations (as of machinery) are taking place on the property. ...
Official duty
Official duty, implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should have been in discharge of his duty, B. Saha v. M.S. Kochar, (1979) 4 SCC 177: 1979 SCC (Cri) 939.The use of the expression 'official duty' implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should have been in discharge of his duty. The section does not extend its protective cover to every act or omission done by a public servant in service but restricts its scope of operation to only those acts or omissions which are done by a public servant in discharge of official duty, S.K. Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31(38); see also State of Orissa v. Ganesh Chandra Jain, (2004) 8 SCC 40. (Cr. P.C., 1973, s. 197)It implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should fall within scope of range of his official duty, Rak...
operating
operating 1 : engaged in active business 2 : arising out of or relating to the current daily operations of a concern (as in transportation or manufacturing) as distinct from its financial transactions and permanent improvements [ expenses] [ personnel] ...
Operative
Having the power of acting hence exerting force physical or moral active in the production of effects as an operative motive operative laws...
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