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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...
Political offence
Political offence. as to the meaning of 'offence of a political character' in the (English) Extradition Act, 1870, see Re Castioni, (1891) 1 QB 149, where it was held that to come within the words of the statute the offence must be incidental to and form part of political disturbances. Cf. Re Meunier, (1894) 2 QB 415.Offences of a political character are well known in International law and the Law of Extradition. The Indian Extradition Act refers to 'offences of a political character'. For our present purpose it is really unnecessary for us to enter into a discussion as to what are political offences except in a sketchy way. It is sufficient to say that politics are about government and therefore, a political offence is one committed with the object of changing the govern-ment of a State or inducing it to change its policy, Rajender Kumar Jain v. State, AIR 1980 SC 1510: (1980) 3 SCR 982: (1980) 3 SCC 435....
Political party
Political party, in UK origins of organised political parties are relatively recent. They were first acknowledged by Burke in 1769; according to some commentators, the parties originated in Whig and Tory Groups in the late seventeenth century, Political Parties in Modern Britain, John D. Lees and Richard Kinber, p. 1.Means the largest mass organisation of voters in modern government, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 417.Unlike in UK, the political parties in India are registered with Election Commission, Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951, s. 29A....
abnormally dangerous activity
abnormally dangerous activity : an activity esp. that is not common in or appropriate to an area, that creates a high degree of risk of harm to someone or something despite the exercise of due care, and whose value to the community in the area is outweighed by the risk of harm compare ultrahazardous activity NOTE: Abnormally dangerous activities are subject to strict liability. Abnormally dangerous activity and ultrahazardous activity are sometimes used interchangeably. ...
Political office
Political office, is an office which forms part of a political department of the government or the political executive. This, therefore, clearly includes cabinet ministers, ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries who are running the department formulating policies and are responsible to the parliament, V.C. Shukla v. State (Delhi Administration), AIR (1980) Supp 249....
Unlawful activity, unlawful association
Unlawful activity, unlawful association, clauses (f) and (g) of s. 2 contain definition of 'unlawful activity' and 'unlawful association' respectively. An 'unlawful activity', defined in clause (f), means 'any action taken' of the kind specified therein and having the consequence mentioned. In other words, 'any action taken' by such individual or association constituting an 'unlawful activity' must have the potential specified in the definition, Jamaat-E-Islami v. Union of India, (1995) 2 SCC 428 (441). [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, s. 3(1)]...
Economic activity
Economic activity, means in order to determine whether an activity is an economic activity for the purpose of the common system of VAT, 'the activity is considered per se and without regard to its purpose or result, Commission v. Netherlands, (1987) ECR 1471....
Professional activity
Professional activity, means an activity carried on by an individual by his personal skill, and intelligence, and unless the profession carried on by a person also partakes of the character of commercial nature, the professional activity cannot be said to be an activity of a commercial character, Devendra M Surti v. State of Gujarat, 1969 (2) Lab LJ 176: 1969 Guj LR 100: 1969 Mad LJ 391: AIR 1969 SC 63: 1969 (1) SCJ 252: 1969 Bom LR 93....
Unlawful activity
Unlawful activity, in relation to an individual or association, means any action taken by such individual or association (whether by committing an act or by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representation or otherwise),-(i) which is intended, or supports any claim, to bring about, on any ground whatsoever, the cession of a part of the territory of India or the secession of a part of the territory of India from the Union, or which incites any individual or group of indivi-duals to bring about such cession or secession;(ii) which disclaims, questions, disrupts or is intended to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India. [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), s. 2(f)]Unlawful activity [see Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), s. 2(o)]...
body politic
body politic pl: bod·ies politic : a group of individuals organized under a single governmental authority ...
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