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Workmen's Compensation Act
543. Compensation is payable in respect of personal injury by accident (see ACCIDENT) to the workman or his dependants (see DEPENDANT), and the amount is based upon his average weekly earnings (s. 9). The minimum compensation payable
Perpetuity
of an absolute or partial interest, positively and necessarily to vest within the period prescribed, and not to depend upon a mere possibility. Moreover, not only the person to take, but also the precise amount of his
Jurisdictional fact
an Authority assumes jurisdiction over a particular matter. Jurisdictional fact is one on existence or non-existence of which depends jurisdiction of a court, a tribunal or authority. It is a fact upon which an administrative agency's power
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Goodwill
Setty, AIR 1981 SC 972: (1981) 3 SCC 460: (1981) 2 SCR 938. The goodwill of a business depends upon a variety of circumstances or a combination of them. The location, the service, the standing of the
Any
to indicate 'all' or 'every' as well as 'some' or 'one' and its meaning in a given statute depends upon the context and the subject- matter of the statute. It is often synonymous with 'either', 'every' or
Annuity
made periodically should be a fixed or predetermined one, and it should not be liable to any variation depending upon or on any ground relating to the general income of the fund or estate which is charged
Certiorari
judges or officers of inferior Courts, commanding them to certify or to return the records of a cause depending before them, to the end that justice maybe done. Certiorari lies to remove into the High Court of
Shall
(1976) 1 SCC 719. Shall, does not always mean that an act is obligatory or mandatory and it depends upon the context in which the word 'shall' occurs and the other circumstances, Ramnath Narayana Mauzo of Margoa
Adequate and special reasons
prescribed minimum. The reason has not only to be adequate but special. What is adequate and special would depend upon several factors and no straitjacket formula can be imposed, Bhupinder Sharma v. State of Himachal Pradesh, (2003)
Maintenance
the country; or it is curialis, in a Court of justice, where one officiously intermeddles in a suit depending in any court, which does not belong to him, and with which he has nothing to do, 2
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