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Enterprise

Enterprise, means a person or a department of the Government, who or which is, or has been, engaged in any activity, relating to the production, storage, supply, distribution, acquisition or control or articles or goods, or the provision of services, of any kind, or in investment, or in the business of acquiring, holding, underwriting or dealing with shares, debentures or other securities of any other body corporate, either directly or through one or more of its units or divisions of subsidiaries, whether such unit or division or subsidiary is located at the same place where the enterprise is located or at a different place or at different places, but does not include any activity of the Government relatable to the sovereign functions of the Government including all activities carried on by the departments of the Central Government dealing with atomic energy, currency, defence and space.Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause,--(a) 'activity' includes profession or occupation;(b)...


joint enterprise

joint enterprise 1 : joint venture 2 : an undertaking of two or more parties for a common purpose in which each shares a common interest and an equal right of control (as of a vehicle) NOTE: In regard to a tort involving such an enterprise, a third party may impute negligence of one party (as a driver) to another in the enterprise. ...


Enterprising

Having a disposition for enterprise characterized by enterprise resolute active or prompt to attempt as an enterprising man or firm...


Foreign enterprise

Foreign enterprise, a 'foreign enterprise' is an enterprise situate in a foreign country having been created or registered in accordance with the law of such country, Petron Engineering Construction P. Ltd. v. Central Board of Direct Taxes, AIR 1989 SC 501: (1989) Supp 2 SCC 7: (1988) Supp 3 SCR 1058. [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80-O]...


Enterprise

That which is undertaken something attempted to be performed a work projected which involves activity courage energy and the like a bold arduous or hazardous attempt an undertaking as a manly enterprise a warlike enterprise...


enterprise

enterprise : an economic organization or activity ;esp : a business organization ...


enterprise liability

enterprise liability see liability ...


Enterpriser

One who undertakes enterprises...


Undertaking

Undertaking, denotes 'any business or any work or project which one engages in or attempts as an enterprise analogous to business or trade, Secretary Madras Gymkhana Club Employees Union v. Manage-ment of Gymkhana Club, AIR 1968 SC 554: (1968) 2 SCJ 138: (1968) 1 SCA 379: (1967) 2 SCWR 618: (1967) 2 Lab LJ 720: 33 FJR 157: (1968) Lab JC 547: (1968) 2 Andh WR (SC) 6: (1968) 2 Mad LJ (SC) 6: 15 Fac LR 411: 16 Law Rep 140.Undertaking, denotes, with reference to company law, all the assets of the company past present and future, and is a mortgageable interest being commonly charged by the debentures of the company. 'Undertaking' means a unit, such as a factory or a granary, Industrial Disputes Tribunal (in re:), (1956) 3 All ER 111.Undertaking, in a compromise decree does not mean a promise to a court. It is merely a solemn promise by one party to the other when it appears in an agreement between the two, Nisha Kant Roy v. Sandji Bashnai, Goho, AIR 1948 Cal 294: 49 Cr LJ 567.Undertaking, i...


Industry

Industry, 'Industrial dispute' and 'workman' taken in the extended significance, or exclude it. Though the word 'undertaking' in definition of industry is wedged in between business and trade on the one hand and manufacture on the other, and though therefore it might mean only a business or trade undertaking, still it must be remembered that if that were so, there was no need to use the word separately from business or trade. The wider import is attracted even more clearly when we look at the latter part of the definition which refers to 'calling, service, employment, or industrial occupation of, avocation of workman. 'Undertak-ing' in the first part of the definition and 'industrial occupation or avocation in the second part obviously mean much more than what is ordinarily understood by trade or business. The definition was apparently intended to include within scope what might not strictly be called a trade or business venture, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa,...


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