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v. B.G. Rajalingam, AIR 1996 SC 780: (1995) 5 SCC 238. The possession of a firearm under the Arms Act must have, firstly the element of consciousness or knowledge of that possession in the person charged with … Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh

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Acquisition

directly or indirectly, acquiring or agreeing to acquire-(i) shares, voting rights or assets of any enterprise; or (ii) control over management or control over assets of any enterprise. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(a)] 'Acquisition',

Worker

and do the work at piece-rates and there are no specified hours of work, nor is there any control by the employers over the irregularity and attendance or of the nature, manner or quantum of their work,

power

under Article I of the U.S. Constitution police power : the power of a government to exercise reasonable control over persons and property within its jurisdiction in the interest of the general security, health, safety, morals, and

Child in need of care and protection

(iv) who has a parent or guardian and such parent or guardian is unfit or incapacitated to exercise control over the child, (v) who does not have parent and no one is willing to take care of

Parole

when he has leave to go anywhere, to return at a time appointed, or not to take up arms till exchanged. Release on parole is a wing of the reformative process and is expected to provide opportunity … a substitution, during continuance of parole, of lower grade of punishment by confinement in legal custody and under control of warden within specified prison bounds outside the prison, for confinement within the prison adjudged by the court,

Transfer

With its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes letting on hire, lending, giving and parting with possession. [The Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2 (1) (k)] A forged transfer is a nullity. See FORGERY. Includes … person to another, to pass or handover from one to another, especially, to change over the possession or control of, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1504. Transfer, to convey; to make over to another; the document

Jurisdiction

of senses and takes its colour from its context. Whereas the 'pure' theory of jurisdic-tion would reduce jurisdictional control to a vani-shing point, the adoption of a narrower meaning might result in a more useful legal concept

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