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Food and sale

Food and sale, 'Food' is defined by S. 2(v) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 as meaning 'any article used as food or drink for human consumption other than drugs and water and includes:(a) any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of human food, and(b) any flavouring matter or condiments. 'Sale' is defined by S. 2(xiii) as follows: 'Sale' with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the sale of any article of food, whether for cash or on credit or by way of exchange and whether by wholesale or retail, for human consumption or use, or for analysis, and includes an agreement for sale, an offer for sale, the exposing for sale or having in possession for sale of any such article, and includes also an attempt to sell any such article; According to the definition of 'food' any used as food or drink for human consumption and any article which ordinarily enters into or is used in the composition or preparation of hu...

emphasise

To place emphasis on same as emphasize...

existentialism

a philosophical theory or attitude having various interpretations generally emphasising the existence of the individual as a unique agent with free will and responsibility for his or her own acts though living in a universe devoid of any certain knowledge of right and wrong from ones plight as a free agent with uncertain guidelines may arise feelings of anguish Existentialism is concerned more with concrete existence rather than abstract theories of essences is contrasted with rationalism and empiricism and is associated with Kierkegaard Heidegger and Sartre as well as others...

Bar of the House

Bar of the House, in the Lok Sabha, the Bar consists of a wooden Bar placed between two pillars near the door which opens into the Central aisle facing the Speaker and which connects the benches on either side of the aisle. Before an offender is brought to the Bar of the House, the Speaker makes an announcement about it in the House and emphasizes the solemnity of the occasion and asks the members to keep total silence in order to maintain the dignity and authority of Parliament and to emphasise the significance of the reprimand. Thereafter he orders the watch and ward officer to bring the offender in. He is brought in and he stands at the Bar. The Speaker then reads out to reprimand after which he makes the offender to withdraw Lok Sabha Debates, Vol. Lvii, 1961, p. 5501.In the House of Lords, the bar is a wooden barrier which excludes persons who are not peers. Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 24.Bar of the House, in the House of Commons, the Bar consis...

Or

Or, construed as 'and'. The courts may construe 'or' as 'and' if they find from the context that the wrong word must have been used, Morgan v. Thomas, (1882) 9 QBD 643 (645), per Jessel (MR).Or, in the sentence any 'any person concerned in any such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three times the value of the goods or not exceeding 1000 rupees.' It is clear that if the words form an affirmative sentence, then the condition of one of the clauses only need be fulfilled. In such a case 'or' really means 'either' 'or'. In the Shorter Oxford Dictionary one of the meanings of the word 'or' is given as 'A participle co-ordinating two (or more) words, phrases or clauses between which there is an alternative.' It is also there stated, 'The alternative expressed by 'or' is emphasised by prefixing to the first member or adding after the last, the associated adv. EITHER.' So, even without 'either', 'or' alone creates an alternative. If, however, the sentence is a negative one, th...

Raising the crop

Raising the crop, the words 'raising the crop' cannot be confined simply to the ploughing of the land, sowing the seeds and cutting the harvest. It must be emphasised that s. 6(2)(b)(iv) is not to be construed in a narrow and pedantic sense and must be given its full effect in the background of modern large-scale farming and the organisation required for it, Purtabpore Company Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1970 SC 1578: (1970) 2 SCC 152: (1971) 1 SCR 426. [U.P. Agricultuarl Income Tax Act, 1949, s. 6(2)(b)(iv)...

Successor-in-interest

Successor-in-interest, 'successor-in-interest' the relevant facts to be taken into account in determining this question was explained by Gajendragadkar, J. in the following words: Did the purchaser purchase the whole of the business? Was the business purchased a going concern at the time of the sale transaction? Is the business purchased carried on at the same place as before? Is the business carried on without a substantial break in time? Is the business carried on by the purchaser the same or similar to the business in the hands of the vendor? If there has been break in the continuity of the business, what is the nature of the break and what were the reasons responsible for it? What is the length of the break? Has goodwill been purchased? Is the purchase only of some parts and the purchaser having purchased the said parts purchased some other new parts and started a business of his own which is not the same as the old business but is similar to it? These and all other relevant factor...

Waste materials

Waste materials, means emphasises on the contrary only the material-based starting point for recycling. Recycling is underlain by the idea that certain substances are recovered from waste and reused, so that a material cycle arises, as the word 'recycling' makes clear, R. Mayer Parry Recycling Ltd. v. Environment Agency (ECJ), (2004) 1 WLR 538....

Without delay

Without delay, the words 'without delay' in s. 371(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 emphasise the fact that there should not be much time lag between the pronouncement of the judgment and the supply of its copy to the accused.Where a judgment is merely dictated and not transcribed and as such not signed at the time of its pronouncement, it would not normally be possible to supply its copy without delay after pronouncement, Iqbal Ismail Sodawala v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1974 SC 1880: (1975) 3 SCC 140: (1975) 1 SCR 710. [Criminal, PC, 1898, s. 37(1)]...

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