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Directive principles of State Policy

Directive principles of State Policy, some of the important directive principles require the State to strive to secure for its citizen legal justice and free legal aid, Constitution of India, Art. 39(A).A law giving effect to any of the Directive Principles shall not be void on the ground that it is inconsistent with or takes away or abridges only of the rights conferred by Article 14 or Article 19 of the Constitution, Constitution of India, Art. 3(C).is the constitutional directions and principles fundamental in the governance of the country, Constitution of India, Art. 37.Broadly classified under three categories (i) economic ideals which State should strive to attain, (ii) directions to the legislatures and executive regarding their exercise of powers, and (iii) certain rights of the citizens which the State has to secure by its legislative and administrative policy, Commentary of the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 11, p. 303.It is the duty of the State to apply these p...

Directions, summons for

Directions, summons for, one general summons with respect to pleadings, discovery, and other matters previous to trial first authorized by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXX., for the purpose of saving the expense of many successive summonses, and of enabling the Court, through the particular master to whom each action is assigned, to obtain control over the action at an early stage. It is compulsory to take out this summons in all actions except Admiralty actions, or actions where the writ has been specially indorsed, or where the plaintiff proposes to proceed to trial without pleadings. See annual Practice....

direct beneficiary

direct beneficiary see beneficiary ...

Direct nomination

The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention and loosely to the nomination effected as in the case of candidates for president or senator of the United States by the election of nominating representatives pledged or instructed to vote for certain candidates dssignated by popular vote...

direct action

direct action 1 : an action in which the plaintiff sues a person's insurer without first obtaining a judgment against the insured or joining the insured 2 : a suit by a shareholder for an injury to himself or herself independent from any injury to the corporation called also individual action compare derivative action ...

Direct loss and or expense

Direct loss and or expense, in JCT forms means that which arises naturally and in the ordinary course of things, F.G. Minter Ltd. v. Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation, (1980) 13 BLR I, CA....

Direct investment outside India

Direct investment outside India, means investment by way of contribution to the capital or sub-scription to the Memorandum of Association of a foreign entity, but does not include portfolio investment or investment through stock exchange or by private placement in that entity. [The Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Any Foreign Security) Regulations, 2000, s. 2 (e)]...

Direct Evidence

Direct Evidence, opposed to circumstantial evidence. See that title....

Direct costs (flight)

Direct costs (flight), means, in respect of a flight the costs actually and necessarily incurred in connection with that flight without a view to profit but excluding any remuneration payable to the pilot for his services as such, Air Navigation Order 1989, SI 1989/2004, Art. 106(1) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1274, p. 629...

Direct, an epithet for the line of ascendants and descendants in genealogical succession, opposed to collateral. Collateral relationship is relationship through another branch, as cousins, etc.of a judge, to give the rule of law to a jury. See Taylor on Evidence, ch. 3; R. S. C., Ord. XL...

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