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Bona fide clerical mistake

Bona fide clerical mistake, bona fide clerical error would normally be one where an officer has indicated a particular date of birth in his application form or any other document at the time of his employment but, by mistake or oversight a different date has been recorded, Union of India v. C. Rama Swamy, AIR 1997 SC 2055 (2061): (1997) 4 SCC 647. [All India Services(Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules (1958), R. 16A]...


Devolution to duty

Devolution to duty, The expression 'devotion to duty' appears to have been used as something opposed to indifference to duty or easy-going or light-hearted approach to duty, Union of India v. J. Ahmed (1979) 2 SCC 286: AIR 1979 SC 1022: (1979) 3 SCR 504. [All India Services (Death cum Retirement, Benefits) Rules, 1958, R. 16(2)]...


Occupation pension scheme

Occupation pension scheme, means any scheme or arrangement which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and which has, or is capable of having effect in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employments so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable or termination of service or on death or retirement, to or in respect of earners with qualifying service in an employment of any such description or category, Bus Employees Pension Trustees Ltd. v. Hamod, (1999) 3 WLR 1244....


Stranger in blood

Stranger in blood, a person in no degree of relation-ship to another. See schedule to the Stamp Act, 1815 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties'), by which 10 per cent. duty is payable on a legacy 'to or for the benefit of any stranger in blood to the deceased' testator. An illegitimate child is treated by the Inland Revenue authorities as a 'stranger in blood' within the Act; but see May and August numbers of the Law Magazine and Review of 1905. Aliter as to legitimated children, see Legitimacy Act, 1926, s. 7.One not related by blood, such as relative by affinity, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1433....


Pecuniary advantage

Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of the law, Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra S.R.T.C., (1999) 1 SCC 90.The words 'pecuniary advantage' are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is an agreement between the officer and the trader that the officer is not expected to pay for the goods then there is no doubt that this would amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage, but if there is no such agreement and the officer does not pay it cannot be said that he has obtained any pecuniary advantage, Delhi Administration v. S.N. Khosla, AIR 1971 SC 1480 (1481): (1971) 1 SCC 872: (1971) 3 SCR 315. [P.C. Act, 1947, s. 5(1)(d)]...


Occupational pension scheme

Occupational pension scheme, means any scheme or arrangement which is comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and which has, or is capable of having, effect in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employments so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable on termination of service, or on death or retirement, to or in respect of earners with qualifying services in an employment of any such description or category. [Pension Scheme Act, 1993 (C. 48), s. 1]...


nondischargeable debt

nondischargeable debt A debt that cannot be eliminated in bankruptcy. Examples include a home mortgage, debts for alimony or child support, certain taxes, debts for most government funded or guaranteed educational loans or benefit overpayments, debts arising from death or personal injury caused by driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, and debts for restitution or a criminal fine included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Some debts, such as debts for money or property obtained by false pretenses and debts for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity may be declared nondischargeable only if a creditor timely files and prevails in a nondischargeability action. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...


Angelica vestis

Angelica vestis, a monkish garment which laymen put on a little before death, in order to have the benefit of the monks' prayers, Dugd. Mon., tom. i. 632....


survivor

survivor : one (as a joint tenant or a child) who is recognized as outliving another and is commonly entitled to insurance benefits (as under social security) or property upon the death of the decedent see also joint-and-survivor annuity at annuity ...


personal injury protection (pip)

personal injury protection (pip) That part of an insurance policy, in many cases a no-fault policy, which provides protection against personal injury and related losses, as opposed to damage to your vehicle, up to a specific per-person dollar amount. PIP may include benefits for medical expenses, loss of work income, and accidental death and funeral expenses. ...



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