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Affairs of a company have been completely wound up

Affairs of a company have been completely wound up, The phrase 'the affairs of a company have been completely wound up' significant. It shows that the expressions 'winding up of a company' and 'winding up of the affairs of a company' convey the same sense, for we think that the phrase 'the affairs of a company' means the business affairs of the company, The Neptune Assurance Company Ltd. v. Union of India (1973) 2 SCR 940: AIR 1973 SC 602: (1973) 1 SCC 310. [General Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act (17 of 1971) s. 15(a)]...


Serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in the State

Serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in the State, explanation to r. 2(a) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 enlarges the meaning of the expression 'serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in connection with the affairs of the State'. It provides that a member of the Service whose services are placed at the disposal of a company, corporation or other organisation or a local authority by the Central Government or the Government of a State, shall, for the purpose of those rules, be deemed to be a member of the Service serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in connection with the affairs of the State, as the case may be, notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from the sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of that State. The legal function contained in Explanation to Rule 21(a), is for a limited purpose, S.S. Dhanoa v. Municipal Corporation, AIR 1981 SC 1395: (1981) 3 SCC 431: (1981) 3 SCR ...


Affairs

Affairs, a person's concerns in trade or property.Affairs, word 'affair' must mean affairs which are relevant for the purpose of the Income-tax Act and which have some relation to income, Subbayya Chettiar v. CIT, AIR 1951 SC 101: 1950 SCR 961. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 4-A(b)]...


Affairs of the temple

Affairs of the temple, The expression 'affairs of the temple' clearly refers to the purely secular affairs in regard to the administration of the temple, Tiekayat Shri Govind Lalji Maharaj v. State of Rajasthan (1964) 1 SCR 561: AIR 1963 SC 1638. [Rajasthan Nathwara Temple Act (13 of 1959)]...


foreign affairs manual (9 fam)

foreign affairs manual (9 fam) Foreign Affairs Manual 9, Chapter 41 relates to nonimmigrant visas. Chapter 42 covers immigrant visas. Chapter 40 relates to visa ineligibilities and waivers. Go to the U.S. Department of State site to review 9 FAM Visas. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...


Affairs of State

Affairs of State, Matter of public nature with which State is concerned. [Evidence Act (1 of 1872), s. 123]The expression 'affairs of State' in its ordinary significance is of the widest amplitude and will mean the entire business of State. It takes in the routine day-to-day administration and also highly confidential acts involving defence and foreign relations, and also in modern times the multifarious activities of a welfare State, State of Punjab v. Sodhi Sukhdev Singh, AIR 1961 SC 493 (529): (1961) 2 SCR 371. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 123)...


Charge d'affaires

Charge d'affaires, a diplomatic representative of a foreign court, to whose care are confided the affairs of his nation....


Conduct and affairs of a bankrupt

Conduct and affairs of a bankrupt, includes his conduct and affairs before the making of the order by which he was adjudged bankrupt, Insolvency Act, 1986, s. 289(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(2), para 244, p. 138....


statement of financial affairs

statement of financial affairs A series of questions the debtor must answer in writing, concerning sources of income, transfers of property, lawsuits by creditors, etc. (There is an official form a debtor must use.) Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...


va (department of veterans affairs)

va (department of veterans affairs) a federal agency, which guarantees loans made to veterans; similar to mortgage insurance, a loan guarantee protects lenders against loss that may result from a borrower default. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


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