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Certify

Certify, The word 'certify' in the Article 134 (1) (C) of the Constitution of India has a clear meaning. It requires that when giving the leave to appeal, the High Court

Law in force and existing law

material difference between 'an existing law' and 'a law in force'. Quite apart from Article 366(10) of the Constitution, the expression 'Indian law' has itself been defined in s. 3(29) of the General Clauses Act as meaning

Law in force

a delegate empowered to bring it into operation. The theory of a statute being in operation in a constitutional sense though it is not in fact in operation has, no validity, State of Orissa v. Chandra Shekhar

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Judiciary

Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 579. Is independent of the executive in England, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p. 199. The Constitution of India makes the Indian

Indian State

shall mean any territory which the Central Government recognised as such a State before the commencement of the Constitution, whether described as a State, an Estate, a Jagir or otherwise. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897),

So long as that tax continues to be levied in that State

it is a local authority in the same State in which it was before the advent of the Constitution. There does not seem to be any ambiguity in this matter and there is, therefore, no escape from

Hindu religious institutions

Hindu religious institutions, the Constitution of India guarantees freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion, however the Hindu religious institutions of a public

Chairman

over the sitting of a Legislative House in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Dictionary of Constitution and Parliamentary Terms, Lok Sabha Secretariate, 2005, p. 44. Chairman, in Lok Sabha, Speaker nominates a panel of

Fee

raising the general revenue. Imposition of fee without rendering a service would be ultra vires, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 5, p. 431. A fee is generally defined to be a charge

Existing law and law in force

is material difference between 'an existing law' and a 'law in force'. Apart from Article 366(10) of the Constitution, the expression 'Indian law' has itself been defined in s. 3(29) of the General Clauses Act, as meaning

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