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Qualifications, eligibility

been used interchange-ably, and in some cases a distinction has been made between the two words - 'eligibility' connoting the minimum criteria for selection that may be laid down by the University Act or any Central Statute,

Regulation

manner of carrying out the activities. This dis-tinction is described as regulation. The word 'regulation' has no fixed connotation. It's meaning differs according to the nature of the thing to which it is applied, G.K. Krishnan v.

Reserve and provision

future'. In other words according to the dictionary meanings both the words are more or less synonymous and connote the same idea. Since the rules for computation of capital contained in the Second Schedule to the Act

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Retrenchment

Retrenchment, in its ordinary connotation is discharge of labour as surplus though the business or work itself is continued, S.M. Nilajkar v. Telecom

Royalty

return to the lessor or licensor for the use of the land surface and represents as it normally connotes the payment made for the materials or minerals won for the land, H.R.S. Murthy v. Collector of Chittoor,

Shall

Uttam Chodankar v. Dayanand Rayu Mandrakar, AIR 2005 SC 547. Shall, may be remembered, does not always necessarily connote a mandatory intent on the part of the law maker, Mohammed Yamin v. Zafar Md., AIR 1968 Del

Special circumstances

the court because problems of human beings are so varied and complex. In its ordinary dictionary meaning it connotes something exceptional in character, extraordinary, significant, uncommon. It is an antonym of common, ordinary and general. It is

Sovereignty

a number of individuals, or in the whole body of the people. Sovereignty according to its normal legal connotation is the supreme power which govern the body politic, or society which constitutes the state and the power

Undertaking

word 'undertaking' as used in s. 25FFF seems to us to have been used in its ordinary sense connoting thereby any work, enterprise, project or business undertaking. It is not intended to cover the entire industry or

Victimisation

SCC 275. The word 'victimisation' in the context of industrial disputes is capable of two different interpretations: It connotes a person who became the victim of the employer's wrath by reason of his trade union activities; it

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