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Hold

Hold, to have as tenant. Of a Court or judge, to enounce a legal opinion. In strictness, a court 'holds,' and a single, judge 'rules.' It means 'own', State of West Bengal v. Subodh Gopal Bose,...

Charges

of India, (2002) 5 SCC 466: AIR 2002 SC 2405 (2411). [Kerosene (Restriction on Use and Fixation of Ceiling Price) Order, 1993, clause 2(d)] The word 'charges' in Rule 7(1) should be given a wider meaning as

Compensation

to be paid for acquiring land held by a person under his personal cultivation which is within the ceiling limit applicable to him under any law for the time being in force, Constitution of India, Art. 31.

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Declaratory

Declaratory, as the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 is 'declaratory', the presumption against construing it retrospectively so as to respect vested rights, is not applicable. As sub-s. (3) of s. 84 in terms clarifies the meaning...

Fixtures

grates, ranges, and stoves although fixed in brickwork; iron backs to chimneys beds fastened to the walls or ceiling; fixed tables, furnances and coppers, mash-tubs, and fixed water-tubs; coffee and malt-mills; cupboards fixed with hold-fasts; clock cases,

Good faith

Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)] The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The expression has several shades of meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase

Held

Held, the word 'held' means possession of legal and does not require actual connected occupation, Jilubhai Nanbhai Khadhar v. State of Gujarat, 1995 Supp (1) SCC 596; AIR 1995 SC 142. The word 'held' in s....

Performance guarantee

on behalf of government departments, public sector undertakings, local authorities, statutory boards, corporations and cooperative institutions. [West Bengal Ceiling on Government Guarantees Act, 2001, s. 2(d)]

Holding

Holding. For the purposes of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), holding is defined [s. 57(1)] as follows: 'Holding' does not include an allotment garden or include any land cultivated...

Judicially separated

court of law, Jeet Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1993) 1 SCC 325 (330). [U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 (1 of 1961), s. 3(7)]

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