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Definite information, the phrase 'definite informa-tion' cannot be construed in a universal sense and its meaning must'depend on and'vary with the circumstances of each case. The information must be definite, that is, more than mere guess, gossip or rumour. There must also be a causal connexion between the information and the discovery; but 'discovery' in the context of the, s. does not mean a conclusion of certainty at the stage of notice, What is necessary at that stage is that the Income-tax Officer should have formed an honest belief upon materials which reasonably support such belief, A.N. Lakshman Shenoy v. C.I.T., AIR 1958 SC 795 (802). [Income-tax Act, (11 of 1922), s. 34(1)]...
Information
Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge.Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]Information in chancery. Where a suit was instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as the objects of a public charity), the matter of complaint was offered to the Court by way of information by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit immediately concerned the crown or government alone, the proceeding was pur...
Judicial definitions
Judicial definitions, judicial definitions are not statutory definitions; they are mere explanatory and not definitive. Therefore, every word of the judicial definition should not be weighed in golden scales. The tendency is to try to interpret the langu-age implode by the judges in the judicial definition as if it has been transformed into a statutory definition. That is wrong. Always, words and expressions to be interpreted are those employed in the statute and not those used by judges for felicitous explanation, S.P. Mittal v. Union of India, AIR 1983 SC 1: (1983) 1 SCC 51: (1983) 1 SCR 729....
Criminal information
Criminal information, a proceeding in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice atthe suit of the king,without a previous indictment or presentment by a grand jury. Criminal informa-tions are of two sorts: (1) Ex officio, which is a formal, written suggestion of an offence com-mitted, filed bby the Attorney-General, or, in the vacancy of that office, by the Solicitor-General, in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, without the intervention of a grandjury. It lies for misdemeanours only, and not for treasons or felonies. The informationis filed in the Crown Office without the previous leave of the Court. (2) Information by the Master of the Crown Office, which is filed at the instance of an individual called 'the relator,' with the leave of the Court; and usually confined to gross and notorious misdemeanours, riots, batteries, libels, and other immoralities. Criminal informations may also be filed against judges and magistrates for illegal, unjust,and wilfully oppre...
citizen informant
citizen informant : an informant who is motivated to assist law enforcement officers by good citizenship as distinguished from one seeking some gain (as payment or concessions from police) called also citizen informer NOTE: The information given by a citizen informant is presumed under the law to be reliable. ...
Credit information
Credit information, means any information relating to (i) the amount and the nature of loans or advances, amounts outstanding under credit cards and other credit facilities granted or to be granted, by a credit institution or any borrower; (ii) the nature of security taken or proposed to be taken by a credit institution from any borrower for credit facilities granted or proposed to be granted to him; (iii) the guarantee furnished or any other non-fund based facility granted or proposed to be granted or proposed to be granted by a credit institution for any of its borrowers; (iv) the credit worthiness of any borrower of credit institution; (v) any other matter which the Reserve Bank, consider necessary for inclusion in the credit information to be collected and maintained by credit information companies, and specify, by notification, in this behalf [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005, s. 2(d)]....
First information report
First information report, An information given under sub-s. (1) of s. 154 Cr PC is commonly known as first information report (FIR) though this term is not used in the Code. It is a very important document. And as its nickname suggests it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station, T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala, AIR 2001 SC 2637: (2001) 6 SCC 181....
State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioner
State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioner, means the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Informa-tion Commissioner appointed under sub-section (3) of section 15 [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(l)]...
Fir
A genus Abies of coniferous trees often of large size and elegant shape some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin The species are distinguished as the balsam fir the silver fir the red fir etc The Scotch fir is a Pinus...
Central Public Information Officer
Central Public Information Officer, means the Central Public Information Officer designated under sub-s. (1) and includes a Central Assistant Public Information Officer destructed as such under sub-s. (2) of s. 5 [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(c)]...
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