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Conscious, the word 'conscious' means awareness about a particular fact. It is a state of mind which is deliberate or intended, Madan Lal v. State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 2003 SC 3642 (3646): (2003) 7 SCC 465. (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, ss. 35, 54, 20)...
Consciously
In a conscious manner with knowledge of ones own mental operations or actions...
Consciousness
The state of being conscious knowledge of ones own existence condition sensations mental operations acts etc...
Self conscious
Conscious of ones acts or state as belonging to or originating in ones self...
Self consciousness
The quality or state of being self conscious...
Wilful
Wilful, deliberate conduct of a person who is a free agent, knows that he is doing and intends to do what he is doing, Dictionary of Law by L.B. Curzon, p. 361. See also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means 'governed by Will without yielding to reason or without regard to reason; obstinately or perversely self-willed, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p. 2617; see also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means intentional; not incidental or involuntary.Wilful means done intentionally, knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an act done carelessly; thoughtlessly, heedlessly or inadvertently;In common parlance word wilful is used in sense of intentional, as distinguished from accidental or involuntary, Word and Phrases, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means an act or omission which is done voluntarily and intentionally and with the specific intent to do something the law forbids or with the...
Wilful default
Wilful default, implies intentional or conscious violation of obligation to pay the rent due; it may also be on account of supine indifference or callous or recalcitrant conduct, J. Jermons v. Aliammal, (1999) 7 SCC 382.Means either a consciousness of negligence or breach of duty, or a recklessness in the performance of a duty, Dictionary of Law by L.B. Curzon, p. 361, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Wilful default means an act consciously or deliberately done with open defiance and intent not to pay the rent, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Snoosa, AIR 2000 SC 1880 (1883): (2000) 3 SCC 282.A consensus of the meaning of the words 'wilful default' appears to indicate that default in order to be wilful must be intentional, deliberate, calculated and conscious, with full knowledge of legal consequences following therefrom, S. Sundaram Pillai v. V.R. Pattabiraman, AIR 1985 SC 582 (589): (1985) 1 SCC 591.Means a deliberate and intentional default knowing full well the legal cons...
Possession
Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152.Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or of occupation alone, but the occupation must be with the intention of exercising some claim or right in respect of the property occupied. A person who has no claim to the property but succeeds by show of force in acquiring physical control over the same cannot be treated to be in its possession, notwith-standing his physical control over it, Ram Krishna v. Bhagwan Baksh Singh, (1961) All LJ 301.Possession, implies dominion and control and the consciousness in the mind of the person having dominion that he has it and can exercise it, Chhedi Ram v. Mahngoo Tiwari, 1969 All WR (HC) 230.Possession, in common parlance denoted to occupy, to have or hold as owner, to obtain, to maintain, Krishna Prasad Jaiswal v. Kanti...
ego
The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought the subject consciously considered as ldquoIrdquo by a person opposed to non ego...
hippie
Someone who rejects the established culture dresses casually and advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle Used especially of those in the late 1960s mostly in their late teens and early twenties who conspicuously rejected traditional culture by dressing casually if male wore their hair long and wore folksy or used clothing adorned with beads headbands and often flowers they emphasized the importance of love and direct personal relations rather than success oriented businesslike behavior strove for spontaneity sometimes lived communally and in some cases tried to expand their consciousness by various psychological techniques such as meditation or through the use of consciousness altering drugs such as marijuana or LSD By the end of the Vietnam war in the 1970s the numbers of people living a visibly hippie lifestyle had dramatically decreased though some people continue to develop similar views and live with the same outlook...
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