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Effective driving licence, the word 'Effective' in 'effective driving licence' would mean a valid licence both as regards the period any type of vehicle, Ashok Gangadhar Maratha v. Oriental Insur-ance Co. Ltd., (1999) 6 SCC 620: AIR 1999 SC 3181 (3183). (Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 3)...
Driving licence
Driving licence, means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter II authorising the person specified therein to drive, otherwise than as a learner, a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any specified class or description. [The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (10)]A person would be regarded as being duly licenced only if he has obtained a licence under Chapter II of the Motor Vehicles Act and a person who has obtained a temporary licence which enables him to learn driving cannot be regarded as having been duly licenced, New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Mandar Madhan Tambe, (1996) 2 SCC 328. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (4 of 1939), s. 2(5A)]...
Licence
Licence [fr. licentia, Lat.], a permission given by one man to another to do some act which without such permission it would be unlawful for him to do. It is a personal right, and is not transferable, but dies with the man to whom it is given. It can as a rule be revoked by the licensor unless the licensee has paid money for it (Odgers on the Common Law, pp. 25, 574). As to the nature and effect of the licence granted to the purchaser of a ticket for a theatre or other similar entertainment, see Hurst v. Picture Theatres, (1915) 1 KB 1, and the authorities there referred to, and Allen & Sons v. King, (1916) 2 AC 54. It may be either written or verbal; when written, the paper containing the authority is often called a licence. A licence amounting to or coupled with an interest in an incorporeal hereditament must be under seal [see Wood v. Leadbitter, (1845) 13 M&W 838], or it may be revocable, but see Lowe v. Adams, (1901) 1 Ch 598.A licence is necessary before doing many acts, as to ma...
Motor Car
Motor Car, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and of which the weight unlades: (1) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver, and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description does not exceed 3,050 kilograms, or 3,500 kilograms, if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding, for the purpose of its propulsion; any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5' Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and material for producing such fuel; or (3) in a case falling within neither head (1) nor head (2) above, does not exceed 2,540 kilograms, See Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th...
Bicycles
Bicycles. The use of these and similar machines, formerly regulated by byelaws made by local authorities under the (English) Highways Act of 1878, and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, is regulated by s. 85 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888, which repeals all Acts empowering byelaws to be made on the subject, declares bicycles, etc., to be 'carriage within the meaning of the (English) Highway Acts' (see especially s. 78 of the Highway Act, 1835); but see Simpson v. Teignmouth, etc., Bridge Co., (1903) 1 KB 405, and in addition provides that cyclists must carry lamps between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, and must give warning of their approach by bell or whistle. The Road Traffic Act, 1934, makes provisions as to red reflectors and a white surface in order to exempt bicyclists from having to shew a red rear light under (English)Road Transport Lighting Act, 1927, s. 5 [see (English) Pedal Cycles (White Surface) Provisional Regulations, 1934, 18 October,...
Learner's licence
Learner's licence, 'learner's licence' means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter II authorising the person specified therein to drive as a learner, a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any specified class or description light motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(19)]...
Motor cycle
Motor cycle, means a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being an invalid carriage with less than four wheels, the weight of which unladen does not exceed 410 kilogram, Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 40(1), para 13 at p. 23.Motor cycle. Road Traffic Act,1930, s. 2 (1) (f): mechanically propelled vehicles (not classified as invalid carriages) with less than four wheels and the weight unladen does not exceed 8 cwt. A driving licence can be obtained at sixteen, but a driving test must be passed and also insurance against third-party risks must be taken out; for offences, etc., see, generally, the Act.It means a two-wheeled motor vehicle, inclusive of any detachable side-car having an extra wheel, attached to the motor vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (27)]...
Effective
Effective, would mean a valid licence both as regards the period and type of vehicle, Ashok Gangadhar Maratha v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd., (1999) 6 SCC 620....
Licence and lease
Licence and lease, A licence confers a right to do or continue to do something in or upon immovable property of grantor which but for the grant of the right may be unlawful, but it creates no estate or interest in the immovable property of the grantor. A lease on the other hand creates an interest in the property demised, Sohan Lal Naraindas v. Laxmidas RaghunathGadit, (1971) 1 SCC 276: (1971) 3 SCR 319[ Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 105]A tenant protected by a statute is entitled to create a licence. The licence is not an interest in property. It is purely a personal right, Chandavarkar Sita Ratna Rao v. Ashalata S. Guram, AIR 1987 SC 117 (132): (1986) 4 SCC 447.Means a licence granted under section 15 to use the Indian Standards Certification Mark in relation to any article or process which conforms to the Indian Standard and includes any licence granted under the Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act, 1952 and is in force immediately before the date of establis...
Exclusive licence
Exclusive licence, means a licence from a patentee which confers on the licensee, or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the patentee), any right in respect of the patented invention, and exclusive licensee shall be construed accordingly. [Patents Act, 1970, s. 2 (1) (f)]It means a licence which confers on the licensee or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all others persons (including the owner of the copyright) any right comprised in the copyright in a work, and 'exclusive licensee' shall be construed accordingly. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (j)]...
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