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Afford him earliest opportunity of making representation

Afford him earliest opportunity of making representation, 'Afford him earliest opportunity of making representation' The fact that the earliest opportunity'has to be afforded to the detenu for making representation against the detention order necessarily implies that as and when the representation is made, it should be dealt with promptly, Bimal Chandra Dutta v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2605 (2606). [Constitution of India, Art. 22(5)]...


Earliest opportunity

Earliest opportunity, The word 'earliest' in s. 13 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 which qualifies the opportunity must equally qualify the corresponding obligation of the State to deal with the representation, if and when made, as expeditiously as possible. The opportunity con-templated by the section is the opportunity to make a representation against the detention order to the Government and therefore ex hypothesi soon after the person is deprived of his personal liberty he must be afforded the earliest opportunity to make a representation, Vijay Kumar v. State of Jammu & Kashmir, (1982) 2 SCC 43: AIR 1982 SC 1023: (1982) 3 SCR 522. (J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, s. 13)...


At the earliest

At the earliest, where clause (a) of Rule 50(5) the Triple Benefit Scheme Rules (for employees of aided educational institutions of Karnataka) requiring the employee to give 3 months' notice in writing and clause (h) of Rule 50(5) requiring the employee to seek approval for curtailment of the notice period, the letter asking for permission to take voluntary retirement 'at the earliest' meant after period of 3 months, K.L.E. Society v. Dr. R.R. Patil, (2002) 5 SCC 278 (283)....


Bill of Exchange

Bill of Exchange. Defined in the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 3, as an 'unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.'It is a chose in action, but, for the encouragement of commerce, it is assignable, at Common Law, by mere endorsement, so that very many names are frequently attached to one bill as endorsers, and each of them is liable to be sued upon the bill, if it be not paid in due time. the person who makes or draws the bill is called the drawer, he to whom it is addressed is, before acceptance, the drawee, and after accepting it, the acceptor; the person in whose favour it is drawn is the payee; if he endorse the bill to another, he is called the endorser, and the person to whom it is thus assigned or negotiated ...


Bluebird

A small song bird Sialia sialis very common in the United States and in the north one of the earliest to arrive in spring The male is blue with the breast reddish It is related to the European robin...


Bombard

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles It was the earliest kind of cannon...


Crocus

A genus of iridaceous plants with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm Crocus vernus is one of the earliest of spring blooming flowers Crocus sativus produces the saffron and blossoms in the autumn...


Cunabula

The earliest abode original dwelling place originals as the cunabula of the human race...


Cutwork

An ancient term for embroidery esp applied to the earliest form of lace or to that early embroidery on linen and the like from which the manufacture of lace was developed...


Dromatherium

A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina the earliest yet found in America...


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