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May

1954 Cr LJ 139: 1954 Pat 80. The word 'may' does not always import that the matter is discretionary with the court in exercising its functions. Similarly, 'shall' sometimes imports that the matter is entirely discretionary with

Desirable

framed both in terms of a jurisdictional threshold ('only where') and in terms of the exercise of a discretionary judgment ('desirable'), Black v. Sumitomo Corpn. (CA), (2002) 1 WLR 1562. To become requirement must have the objective

Speaker

external relations. The quality most essential to the Speaker is strict impartiality. He is also vested with wide discretionary powers. His rulings constitute precedents which guide the future Speaker. Great privilege is attached to this office, his

Settled land

event of land being limited in trust contingently on a future event, or (b) in case of a discretionary trust, or (c) a trust for accumulation, or in other cases where there is no person being a

Reservation

and how it differs from an exception, see title EXCEPTION. Reservation is not a constitutional compulsion but is discretionary according to the ruling of this Court in Rajendran's case. State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas, AIR 1976

Original Writ or Original

The following original writs were issued, not ex debito justiti', but ex mera gratia, and were some-times denominated discretionary writs: De ventre inspiciendo; supplicavit; certiorari; prohibition; writs of error in criminal cases: ad quod domnum; scire facias,

May presume and shall presume

May presume and shall presume, The expressions 'may presume' and 'shall presume' are defined in s. 4 of the Evidence Act. The presumptions falling under the former category are compendiously known as 'factual presumptions' or 'discretionary...

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