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Director General, S. 2(g) 'Director General' means the Director General appointed under sub-s. (1) of, s. 16 and includes any additional, joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors General appointed under that, section. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(9)]...
Liquidator
Liquidator. A person appointed to conduct the winding-up of a company under the (English) Companies Act, 1929. Liquidators are of three kinds:--(1) Appointed by the court in a winding-up by the Court. pending appointment the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy is to act as Official Receiver and Liquidator in the winding-up (s. 185). By s. 186, in England, liquidators other than the Official Receiver must provide security to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade. His duties comprise the collection of the company's property, and this property or any part of it may vest in him on his application. He may bring or defend actions relating to that property in his own official name (s. 190). Powers which he may exercise subject to the sanction of the court or a Committee of Inspection are setout in s. 191(1); sub-s. (2) of that section gives a list of powers for which such sanction is not required. The duties of a liquidator are to collect, administer, and distribute the assets, having regard to ...
independent counsel
independent counsel : an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a preliminary investigation by the Attorney General finds specific and credible evidence that a crime may have been committed NOTE: The use of an independent counsel was codified in the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and is designed to ensure an impartial investigation (as when the Attorney General would face a conflict of interest). The independent counsel was formally called a special prosecutor until 1983. ...
Akashvani
Akashvani, means the offices, stations and other establishments, by whatever name called, which, immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Director-General, All India Radio of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25 of 1990), s. 2(a)]...
Rotational transfer
Rotational transfer, the expression 'rotational transfer' has nothing to do with the right of the incumbents to hold the posts permanently. The dictionary meaning of 'rotational' is, regular and recurring; succession in office or duties. An element of rotation must be involved in rotational transfer, P.G. Joshi v. Director General, Posts and Telegraphs, AIR 1975 SC 1 (1975) 4 SCC 584: (1975) 2 SCR 115....
Tenure post
Tenure post, means a permanent post which an individual government servant may not hold for more than a limited period, P.G. Joshi v. Director-General, Posts and Telegraph, AIR 1975 SC 1: 1975 (4) SCC 584....
Doordarshan
Doordarshan, 'doordarshan' means the offices, kendras and other establishments, by whatever name called, which, immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Directorate-General, Doordarshan of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [Prasar Bharati (Broad Casting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 (25 of 1990), s. 2(h)]...
Directors
Directors, persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of the directors collectively form the board of directors. Their powers, if the company be incorporated by Act of Parliament, are derived from its special Acts and ss. 90-100 of the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845; if the company be incorporated under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, see ss. 139 et seq., ibid. The company is bound by all acts of the directors within the scope of their authority. They may receive a salary, but may make no personal profit from the company [see, however, Re Dover Coalfield Ltd., (1908) 1 Ch 65], nor can a pension be granted to a retiring managing director, Normandy v. Ind, Coope & Co., (1908) 1 Ch 84; but they were under no personal liability except for fraud, as to the criminal liability for which see Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), ss. 81 et seq., and DECEIT. Public companies registered after Octob...
Managing Director
Managing Director, in relation to a banking company, means a director who, by virtue of an agreement with the banking company or of a resolution passed by the banking company in general meeting or by its Board of directors or, by virtue of its memorandum or articles of association, is entrusted with the management of the whole, or substantially the whole of the affairs of the company, and includes a director occupying the position of a managing director, by whatever name called. [Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), s. 5 (h)]...
insider (of a corporate debtor)
insider (of a corporate debtor) A director, officer, or person in control of the debtor; a partnership in which the debtor is a general partner; a general partner of the debtor; or a relative of a general partner, director, officer, or person in control of the debtor. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
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