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Personal nature

for the purpose of showing that the service envisaged by the scheme would in comparison not be efficient, adequate, etc., Saraswati Devi v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1981 SC 660: (1980) 4 SCC 738: (1981) 1

Political Offices Pensions Act, 1869

under the Act be granted in the same year. A pension is only granted in the absence of adequate private income.

Reading of a Bill

Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 494. In India three readings are done for a Bill for facilitating adequate scrutiny and debate. First reading is the stage when leave is granted by the House and a Bill

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Reason to suspect

governed and dictated by the facts and circumstances of each case and at that stage the question of adequate proof of facts alleged in the first information report does not arise, State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal,

Reprisal

of what belongs to another-if she refuses to pay a debt, to repair an injury, or to give adequate satisfaction for it-the latter seizes something belonging to the former, and applies it to her own advantage, unless

Seaworthy

in all charter-parties that the vessel chartered shall be tight, staunch, and strong, well apparelled, furnished with an adequate number of mariners, sufficient tackle, provisions, etc. If the ship be insufficient in any of these particulars, the

Short shrift

condemnation and execution [Oxford Concise Dic. 5th Edn.] used by Iyer, J. to denote trivialization or lack of adequate judicial attention. '... the tribunal made short shrift of the workmen's plea' [Mumbai Kamghar Sabha v. Abdul Bhai,

Show-cause

Show-cause, means adequate opportunity of leading evidence in support of the contention of the person concerned and controverting of contentions raised

Sufficient cause

is found in various statues. It has been construed liberally in keeping with its ordinary dictionary meaning as adequate or enough. That is, any justifiable reason resulting in vacation has to be understood as sufficient cause. For

Valuable consideration

Valuable consideration, the expression 'valuable consideration' has a well known connotation in law and it is not synonymous with 'adequate consideration', Jagadguru Gurushidda Swami v. Dakshina Maharashtra Digambar Jain Sabha, AIR 1953 SC 514 (516): (1954)...

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