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Entitled to act

Entitled to act, the following persons shall be deemed persons as and to the extent hereinafter provided (that is to say):-Provided that--(i) no person shall be deemed 'entitled to act' whose interests in the subject-matter shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Collector or Court to be adverse to the interest of the person interested for whom he would otherwise be entitled to act.(ii) in every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend, or, in default of his appearance by a next friend, the Collector or Court, as the case may be, shall appoint a guardian for the case to act on his behalf in the conduct thereof.(iii) the provisions of Order 32 of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in the case of persons interested appearing before a Collector or Court by a next friend, or by a guardian for the case, in proceedings under this Act.(iv) no person 'entitled to act' shall be competent to receive the compensation money p...


entitlement

entitlement 1 : the state or condition of being entitled : claim [evidence of victim's to money seized "National Law Journal"] 2 : a right to benefits that is granted esp. by law or contract (as an insurance policy) NOTE: Some courts have held that entitlements are a property interest and therefore subject to procedural due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution when denied by federal or state governments. 3 : a government program that provides benefits to members of a group that has a statutory entitlement ;also : the benefits distributed by such a program ...


Locus standi

Locus standi, is a place for standing, rights to be heard, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 637.Locus standi, is the right of the petitioner against a private, provisional order or hybrid bill or special procedure order to be heard upon his petition. A petitioner has locus standi which his interest is directly hit by the bill, if passed into law, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abrahan and S.C. hawtrey, 1956, p. 113.Locus standi, the right of a party to appear and be heard on the question before any tribunal, frequently disputed in private bill legislation. Consult the works of Smethurst, or of Clifford and Stephens, on this subject....


Entitled

Entitled, the word 'entitled' in the context must take colour from the preceding words and must be understood to mean that the Government must have an independent claim or right to the forest produce and not merely a right to collect and deal with the same subject to an obligation to account for the same to the owner. The word 'entitled' is used in the sense of the Government having a right or claim to the usufruct in its own right and not as the agent of another, Raj Kumar Rajindra Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh, (1990) 4 SCC 320: AIR 1990 SC 1833 (1847). [Forest Act, 1927, s. 29(1)]...


Person entitled to impeach alienation

Person entitled to impeach alienation, 'person entitled to impeach alienation' includes 'persons entitled to a share in property', Teg Singh v. Charan Singh, AIR 1977 SC 1699: (1977) 2 SCC 732: (1977) 3 SCR 365....


Persons entitled to practise

Persons entitled to practise, the words 'persons entitled to practise' would include determining or prescribing the qualifications and conditions that a person should possess and satisfy before becoming entitled to practise as an advocate before the Supreme Court or the High Courts, Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1973 SC 231 (237): (1973) 1 SCC 261. [Constitution of India, Schedule VII, List I, Entries 77 and 78]...


Entitle

To give a title to to affix to as a name or appellation hence also to dignify by an honorary designation to denominate to call as to entitle a book ldquoCommentariesrdquo to entitle a man ldquoHonorablerdquo...


Entitle

Entitle, means 'to give a claim, right, or title to; to give a right to demand or receive, to furnish with grounds for claiming (The Law Lexicon, P. Ramanatha Aiyar, 2nd Edn., p. 642).Means entitled as between the registered shareholder and the controller of the voting power, Kilnoore Ltd. (in re:), (Ch D) Unidare Plc v. Cohen, (2006) 2 WLR 974: (2006) LR 489 (CD) (Ch): (2005) EWHC 1410 (Ch)....


Person entitled to sell or procure the sale

Person entitled to sell or procure the sale, the expression 'person entitled to sell, or procure the sale' in s. 12(2) is merely descriptive of the person who is accountable under the said provision. The expression does not restrict the operation of the Act to the persons who have not yet sold the goods. The persons who have exported the goods to a foreign buyer are also excluded under s. 12(2). This conclusion is reinforced if clauses (a) and (b) of s. 12(2) are taken into account. It is also in consonance with the avowed object of s. 12 which is to ensure that the nation does not lose foreign exchange, M.G. Wagh v. Jay Engineering Works Ltd., AIR 1987 SC 670: (1987) 1 SCC 542: (1987) 1 SCR 798 [FERA, 1947, s. 12 (2)]...


entitle

entitle -tled -tling : to give an enforceable right to claim something [her will s her daughters to half of her estate] ...


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