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Video cinema, exhibition of moving pictures given by means of VCR/VCP and a video projector falls within the definition of video cinema, Shankar Video v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1993 SC 2111 (2118). [Bombay Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 1953, s. 9]...
cinema
the art of creating motion pictures as this story would be good cinema often used in the phrase the cinema...
Cinema theatre
Cinema theatre, means a place which is licensed under Part III of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, or under any other law for the time being in fore in a State for the exhibition of a cinematograph film. [Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 (50 of 1981), s. 2 (a)]...
Reasonable
Reasonable, has in law prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard to those circumstances of which the actor, called upon to act reasonably knows or ought to know, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Unique Erectors (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd., (1989) 1 JT SC 157: (1989) 39 ELT 493: AIR 1989 SC 973; Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Reasonable, has in law the prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard those circumstances of which the actor, called on to act reasonably, knows or ought to know, Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Means rational, according to dictate of reason and not excessive or immoderate. If something is not per se preposterous or absurd, it must he held to be reasonable. 'The action is called reasonable which an informed, intelligent, just minded, civilized man could rationally favour. The concept of reasonable-ness does not exclude notions of morality and ethics. In the circumstances of a given case consi-derations of morality and ethics may have...
Amusements
Amusements, words 'entertainments' and 'amusements' are wide enough to include theaters,dramatic performances, cinemas, sports and the like, Y.V. Srinivasamurthy v. State of Mysore, AIR 1959 SC 894 (896). (Constitution of India, Sch VII List II, Entry 62, 63)...
Cinematograph
Cinematograph, more properly cinematograph. A contrivance for projecting in rapid succession on a screen a series of instantaneous photographs so as to give the effect of motion (The Concise Oxford Dict.). The (English) Cinematograph Act, 1909, provides that an exhibition of pictures or other optical effects by means of a cinematograph or other similar appartus for the purpose of which inflammable films are used shall not be given unless the regulations made by the Home Secretary are complied with, or elsewhere that in premises licensed under the Act (s. 1). The Act does not apply, however, to exhibitions in private houses to which the public are not admitted [s. 7 (4)]. The exhibition of films by dealers or their agents to intending purchasers or hirers does not amount to an exhibition within the meaning of the Act, Attorney-General v. Vitagraph Co., 1915 (1) Ch 206. Sunday exhibitions, see (English) Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 1 The Celluloid and (Engl...
Entertainments amusements
Entertainments amusements, the words 'enter-tainments' and 'amusements' are wide enough to include theatres, dramatic performances, cinemas, sports and the like, Y.V. Srinivasamurthy v. State of Mysore, AIR 1959 SC 894. [Karnataka Cinemato-graph Shows Tax Act, 1951 (16 of 1951), s. 3]...
Feature film
Feature film, means a full length cinematograph film produced wholly or partly in India with a format and a story woven around a number of characters where the plot is revealed mainly through dialogues and not wholly through narration, animation or cartoon depiction, and does not include an advertisement film. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (f); See also Cineworkers and Cinema Theatre workers (Regulation of Employments) Act, 1981 (45 of 1981); (3 of 1989), s. 2(b)]...
Lawful possession
Lawful possession, is not litigious possession and must have some foundation in a legal right to possess the property which cannot be equated with a temporary right to enforce recovery of the property in case a person is wrongfully or forcibly dispossessed from it. Juridical possession is possession protected by law against wrongful dispossession but cannot perse always be equated with lawful possession, M.C. Chockalingam v. V. Manickavasagam, AIR 1974 SC 104 (110): (1974) 1 SCC 48: (1974) 2 SCR 143. [T.N. Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1957, R. 13]The term 'lawful possession' as defined in the Law Lexicon, Reprint Edition, 1987, by P. Ramanatha Aiyar at p. 712 as: The term 'lawful possession' is not convertible with 'innocent possession' in legal terminology. Intent does not enter into whether an act is unlawful or tortuous, though it does as to whether it is innocent or criminal. To establish 'lawful possession'.It is absolutely necessary for a party to prove with the documents which ca...
Occupation
Occupation, also is employed as referring to that which occupies time and attention; a calling; or a trade; and it is only as employed in this sense that the word is discussed in the following paragraphs.There is nothing ambiguous about the word 'occupation' as it is used in the sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, which includes every species of the genus, and encompasses the incidental, as well as the main, requirements of one's vocation calling, or business. The word 'occupation' is variously defined as meaning the principal business of one's life; the principal or usual business in which a man engages; that which principally takes up one's time, thought, and energies; that which occupies or engages the time and attention; that particular business, profession, trade, or calling which engages the time and efforts of an ...
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