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An officer who ranks next above a captain sometimes by courtesy the senior captain of a squadron The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army...
Pennant
A small flag a pennon The narrow pennant or long pennant called also whip or coach whip is a long narrow piece of bunting carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission The board pennant is an oblong nearly square flag carried at the masthead of a commodores vessel...
Public servant
Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)]Public servant has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2]Public servant shall have the meaning assigned to it in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 ]The chairman of the managing committee of a muni-cipality is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the s. 2; Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. State of Mysore, AIR 1961 SC 785: (1962) 1 SCR 129.(ii) The Minister is a 'public servant'. In accordance with the instructions issued by the Government he was to preside over the meetings of the Advisory Committee. He was doing so as a Minister andin execution and discharge of his duty as such public servant, Dattatraya Narayan Patil v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1685: (1976) 1 SCC 11: (1975) Supp SCR 145.(iii) For the purposes of this Act, 'public servant' me...
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