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Public order

AIR 1952 Mys 85: (1951) ILR Mys 455: (1952) Cr LJ 1526. Public order, has a very wide connotation public order is the basic need in any organized society. It implies the orderly State of Society and

Misconduct

definition, but at the same time though incapable of precise definition, the word 'misconduct' on reflection receives its connotation from the context, the delinquency in performance and its effect on the discipline and the nature of duty.

Includes

that is to make the definition extensive and not restrictive but the word 'Includes' is also used to connote a specific meaning, that is, as 'means and Includes' or comprises' or 'consists of'. It is, therefore evident

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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

Property

right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing is property in legal para-meters. Therefore, the word 'property' connotes everything which is subject of ownership, corporeal or incorporeal, tangible or intangible, visible or invisible, real or personal;

Migrated

'migrated' is capable both of a narrower meaning as well as of a wider meaning. In its narrower connotation it means going from one place to another with the intention of residing permanently in the latter place;

Reasonable requirement

accommodation but reasonable according to the actual facts, Damodar Sharma v. Nandram Deviram, AIR 1960 MP 345 (FB). Connotes something more than desire but less than absolute necessity, Petro-leum Worker's Union v. Mohammed & Co., AIR 1967

Planning

generic term, rather than a word of art, and has no fixed meaning. Broadly speaking, however, the term connotes the systematic development of a community or an area with particular reference to the location, character, and extent

Family

v. K. Shanmugam Pillai, AIR 1972 SC 2069 (2076): (1973) 2 SCC 312: (1973) 1 SCR 570. Family connotes a group of people related by blood or marriage. According to Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edn. the

Resignation

est juris propii spontanea refutatio (See Earl Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law). In relation to an office, it connotes the act of giving up or relinquishing the office. To 'relinquish an office' means to 'cease to hold'

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