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Discretion, the word 'discretion' connotes necessarily an act of a judicial character, as used with reference to discretion exercised judicially, it implies the absence of a hard and fast rule, and it require an actual exercise of judgment and a consideration of the facts and circumstances with are necessary to make a sound, fair and just determination and a knowledge of the facts upon which discretion may properly operate. When it is said that something it to be done according to the rules of reason and justice and not according to the rules of reason and justice and not according to private opinion; according to law and not honour. It only gives certain latitude liberty accorded by statute or rules, to a judge as distinguished from a ministerial or administrative official, in adjudicating on matters brought before him, Aero Traders Pvt. Ltd. v. Ravinder Kumar Suri, AIR 2005 SC 15.--The word 'discretion' connotes necessarily an act of a judicial character, and, as used with reference ...
Import
Import, in relation to any technology, means the bringing into India of, such technology from a place outside India. [Research and Development Cess Act, 1986, s. 2 (d)]Means bringing into any place within the territories to which this Act extends from a place outside those territories. [Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), s. 3 (d)]Means bringing into India. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (3)]Means to bring into India from a place outside India by land, sea or air. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (f)]With its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into India from a place outside India. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (23)]Means bringing into India from out of India, Gramophone Company of India Ltd. v. Birendra Bahadur Pandey, AIR 1984 SC 667: (1984) 2 SCR 664: (1984) 2 SCC 534. (Copyright Act, 1957, ss. 51, 53)In a sense, import may be said to be complete for certain purposes say, sales tax purposes on their clearance after assessment of du...
La-aulad
La-aulad, means 'issueless' or without any son or daughter, Nirman Bahadur v. Fateh Bahadur Singh, AIR 1929 All 963.Means without male issue and not issueless, Bibi Umatul Rasul v. Nageshwar Bux Rai, AIR 1927 Pat 386....
Whoever
Whoever, includes association of persons, such as firm, and does not connote natural person alone, M/s Rai Bahadur Seth Shreeram Durgaprasad v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1987 SC 1364.The word 'whoever' in sub-s. (1) of s. 23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 before its amendment was comprehensive enough to include an association of persons, such as a firm, and did not connote a natural person alone, Rai Bahadur Seth Shreeram Durgaprasad v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1987 SC 1364 (1367): (1987) 3 SCC 27: (1987) 3 SCR 137. [Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, s. 23(1), 239c), 12(c) (as stood prior to the Amendment Act, 39 of 1957]The word 'whoever' occurring at the opening part of s. 202 of the Penal Code refers to a person other than the offender and has no application to the person who is alleged to have committed the principal offence. This is so because there is no law which casts a duty on a criminal to give information which would incriminate himself. That apart ...
Bahadur
A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers and colloquially and among the natives to distinguished officials and other important personages...
Adverse possession
Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 57), which provides that no person shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover any land or rent, but within twelve years next after the time when the right first accrued, and does away with the doctrine of adverse possession, except in the cases provided for by s. 15. See Nepean v. Doe, (1837) 2 M. & W. 910.Possession is not held to be adverse if it can be referred to a lawful title, Doe v. Bightwen, 10 East 583; Wall v. Stanwick, 34 Ch D 763. Non-adverse possession is of two kinds. The title of the dispossessed may not be paramount, as in the case of a leasehold term when dispossession of the lessee is not necessarily inconsistent with the reversioner's rights, and secondly, the person setting up disposse...
Charge
Charge (i) the instructions of a judge to a jury; the judge's summing up of the evidence at a trial by jury; the periodical address of a bishop or archdeacon to his clergy; the taking proceedings against a prisoner; a commission.To lay a duty upon any one, to acquaint any with the nature of their duty. See CHARGE SHEET. The clerk of arraigns gives te prisoner 'in charge' to the jury, by reading an abstract of the indictment, and they are bound to proceed to deliver him until they are discharged. To prefer an accusation against any one.A burden, duty, or trust, when attached to property; see MORTGAGES AND CHARGES, DEBENTURE, LAND CHARGES, ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF LAND.Includes any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (b)]Means expenditure, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India, (1971) 1 SCC 85: AIR 1971 SC 530: (1971) 3 SCR 9.See also K. Muthuswami Gounder...
Charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund
Charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund, The words 'charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund' in Article 291 mean that the sum shall not be submitted to the vote of Parliament, and Article 113(1) makes a provision to that effect. Article 291 does not by itself create any independent right of any Ruler to be paid any sum out of any charged fund, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India, (1973) 3 SCR 9: (1971) 1 SCC 85: AIR 1971 SC 530....
Dissensus
Dissensus, used as antonym for consensus, '...in this case we have taken time, more time and repeated extension of time to evolve a broad consensus out of our initial dissensus.' [LIC of India v. D. J. Bahadur, AIR 1980 SC 2181 (2183), para 1]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
Duly
Duly, in a contract for payment of a sum of money, does not mean 'punctually,' and payment after the stipulated time will suffice; see Starkey v. Barton, (1909) 1 Ch 284.The word 'duly' means properly, regularly or in due manner. In the context in which it is used it may legitimately be given even a more restricted meaning, namely, in accordance with law, Life Insurance Corporation of India v. D.J. Bahadur, (1981) 1 SCC 315: AIR 1980 SC 2181: (1981) 1 SCR 1083. [Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (English)(31 of 1956), s. 1]...
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