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At public expense, the words 'at public expense' used in the relevant part of the rule to mean travel which is undertaken authorisedly, Madan Singh Shekhawat v. Union of India, (1999) 6 SCC 459 (463). [Defence Service Regulations, Regn. 6(c)]...
private school
private school A school maintained by private individuals, a religious organization, or a corporation, not at public expense. Open only to pupils selected and admitted by the proprietors or to pupils of a certain religion or possessing certain qualifications. Generally supported by tuition fees. Source: FindLaw ...
Poorhouse
A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense an almshouse a workhouse...
public school
public school A school established under the laws of the state and regulated by local authorities in various districts, counties or towns, maintained at the public expense by taxation, and open to residents' children. Source: FindLaw ...
Approach
Approach, in relation to a bridge or tunnel, means the highway giving access to it, that is the surface of the highway together with any embankment, retaining wall or other work or substance supporting or protecting surface, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 770, p. 564.In relation to a bridge, means approaches for the maintenance of which the owners of the bridge are responsible and which connect the bridge to the highway maintainable at the public expenses, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 780, Note 6, p. 570....
Libraries (Public)
Libraries (Public). The (English) Public Libraries Acts, 1855-1890, authorised the establishment, at the expense of the ratepayers, of free public libraries in municipal boroughs, Improvement Act districts, and parishes, in England, by the vote of a majority of two-thirds of the inhabitants, taking by voting papers, 'and not otherwise,' (Act of 1890, s. 2). These Acts were consolidated by the Public Libraries Act, 1892 (55 7 56 Vict. c. 53), amended in the following year by 56 & 57 Vict. c.11, which allowed the Act to be adopted in urban districts by the urban authorities instead of by direct popular vote. In rural parishes the parish councils had this power transferred to them by the Local Government Act, 1894. Land may be taken compulsorily. Libraries under the Act are absolutely free, save that a charge may be made to non-residents for the use of a lending library. The Act of 1892 provided that the library rate was not to exceed one penny in the pound in any financial year, and migh...
Public sewer
Public sewer. By the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 20, sewers, which by virtue of the section continue to be or become vested in a local authority, shall be known as public sewers, provided that a sewer constructed by a local authority after the 1st October, 1937, for draining their own property shall not be deemed public sewers for the purposes of the Act until so declared. Public sewers include combined drains which would have vested in a local authority as sewers but for some Act or statutory scheme for the construction of combined drains or order made thereunder; all sewers and sewage disposal works constructed by the local authority at their expense or acquired by them; and for other instances, see the s. See DRAIN....
Tax
Tax [fr. tasg, Wel.; taxe, Fr. and Dut.], an impost; a tribute imposed on the subject; an excise; tallage.A monetary charge imposed by government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469.Some general principles of taxation have been said to be:-(1) The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation.(2) The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quality to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.(3) Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be co...
Fraud on a power
Fraud on a power. The name given to the execution of a limited power for a purpose outside its limits, either at the expense of the intended object or to obtain a benefit to the donee of the power orto extend or restrict the appointment beyondthe intention; proof of moral turpitude is not necessary.Is meant an intention to deceive; whether it is from any expectation of advantage to the party himself or from the ill will towards the other is immaterial, Dr. Vimla v. Delhi Administration, (1963) Supp 2 SCR 585 and Indian Bank v. Satyam Febres (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1996) 5 SCC 550. See also State of Andhra Pradesh v. T. Suryachandra Rao, AIR 2005 SC 3110.As is well-known vitiates every solemn act. Fraud and justice never dwell together. Fraud is a conduct either by letter or words, which includes the other person or authority to take a definite determinative stand as a response to the conduct of the former either by words or letter, Ram Chandra Singh v. Savitri Devi, (2003) 8 SCC 319. See a...
Corrupt practices
Corrupt practices. At elections these are treating, un-due influence, bribery, personation, making a false declaration as to election expenses, and incurring election expenses without the election agent's written authority. See Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), s. 3; (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), ss. 1-3, 33 (7); (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882; (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 70), ss. 2, 1 (5); (English) Local Government Acts, 1888 (s. 75) and 1894 (s. 48); (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918, ss. 34, 35, 38 and (English) R. of the P. Act (No. 2), 1922. The (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act,1911, makes it an illegal practice to publish certain false statements concerning a candidate. See also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 79 et seq.Corrupt practices at parliame...
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