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Home Dictionary Name: double standarddouble standard
a standard or set of principles governing conduct which is applied more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men...
Double taxation
Double taxation, The expression 'double taxation' is often used in different senses, namely, in its strict legal sense of direct double taxation and in its popular sense of indirect double taxation. Double taxation in the strict legal sense means taxing the same property or subject matter twice, for the same purpose, for the same period and in the same territory. To constitute double taxation, the two or more taxes must have been (1) levied on the same property or subject matter, (2) by the same government or authority, (3) during the same taxing period, and (4) for the same purpose, Sri Krishna Das v. Town Area Committee, (1990) 3 SCC 645: AIR 1991 SC 2096. (Income-tax Act, 1961, s. 4)See also C.I.T. v. P.V.A.L. Kulandagan Chattiar, (2004) 6 SCC 235.Double taxation, is that to constitute double taxation, objectionable or prohibited, the two or more taxes must be (1) Imposed on the same property, (2) by the same State or Government, (3) during the same taxing period, and (4) for the sa...
Indian standard
Indian standard, means the standard (including any tentative or provisional standard) established and published by the Bureau, in relation to any article or process indicative of the quality and specifica-tion of such article or process and includes--(i) any standard recognised by the Bureau under clause (b) of s. 10; and(ii) any standard established and published, or re-cognised, by the Indian Standards Institution and which is in force immediately before the date of establishment of the Bureau. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2 (g)]...
Standard gold bar
Standard gold bar, the definition of the term 'standard gold bar' under s. 2(u) does not contemplate the standard gold bar being cut into pieces. A standard gold bar being of a prescribed weight and purity cannot in many cases be handed over to a certified goldsmith without cutting the same. If a dealer, therefore, has to give a cut piece of standard gold bar to a certain goldsmith the remaining portion of the standard gold bar will be treated as primary gold in his hands, Hukumchand Ratanchand Banthia v. Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 1453 (1466): (1969) 2 SCC 166. [Gold Control Act, 1968, s. 3(u)]...
standard of proof
standard of proof :the level of certainty and the degree of evidence necessary to establish proof in a criminal or civil proceeding [the standard of proof to convict is proof beyond a reasonable doubt] see also clear and convincing, preponderance of the evidence compare burden of proof clear and convincing evidence at evidence, reasonable doubt NOTE: Preponderance of the evidence is the least demanding standard of proof and is used for most civil actions and some criminal defenses (as insanity). Clear and convincing proof is a more demanding standard of proof and is used in certain civil actions (as a civil fraud suit). Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is the most demanding standard and the one that must be met for a criminal conviction. ...
Double complaint, or Double quarrel
Double complaint, or Double quarrel, duplex querela, a grievance made known by a clerk or other person, to the archbishop of the province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some cause ecclesiastical, as to give sentence, or institute a clerk, as in the celebrated case of Gorham v. Bishop of Exeter, (1850) 19 LJ Ex 376, CP 200, QB 279, in which the plaintiff, a clerk, succeeded on appeal in duplex querela against the defendant for not instituting him on the ground of alleged unorthodox views on Baptism, etc. It is termed a double complaint, because it is most commonly made against both the judge and him at whose suit justice is denied or delayed; and by Canon 95 the period of two months which the bishop had to inquire of the sufficiency of a clerk was abridged to twenty-eight days, before the expiration of which a duplex querela could not be brought....
Double insurance
Double insurance takes place when the assured makes two or more insurances on the same subject, the same risk, and the same interest. The assured may recover the amount of his actual loss against any of the insurers, but nothing beyond this, and if he obtains full satisfaction from one of the assurers, the latter is entitled to contribution from the others. Excess of indemnity received by the assured is held by him in trust for the assurers. Double insurance is therefore entirely different from re-insurance, which is effected by the underwriter to secure himself from a loss. Double insurances are not prohibited by the law maritime unless fradulently made; see Arnould on Marine Insurance, 8th Edn. P. 430; the Marine Insurance Act, 1906, ss. 32, 80; Newby v. Reid, (1763) 1 W Bl 416.Double insurance is prohibited under the (English) National Health Insurance, Old Age, and Widows, etc., (English) Contributory Pensions Act, 1936....
Double the ordinary rate of wages
Double the ordinary rate of wages, by using the phrase 'double the ordinary rate of wages' the rule-making authority seems to us to have intended that the worker should be the recipient of double the remuneration which he, in fact, ordinarily receives and not double the rate of minimum wages fixed for him under the Act, Y.A momarde v. Authority, AIR 1972 SC 1721 (1726). [Madhya Pradesh Minimum Wages Rules (1951), s. 25(1)(b)]...
Standard mark
Standard mark, means the Bureau of Indian Stand-ards Certification Mark Specified by the Bureau to represent a particular Indian standard and also includes any Indian Standards Institution Certifica-tion Mark specified by the Indian Standards Institution. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2(t)]...
Working standard
Working standard, means the set of standard weight or measure which is made or manufactured by or on behalf of Government for the verification ofany standard weight or measure, other than a national prototype or national reference or secondary standard. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(ze)]...
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