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Mahesul adalat

Mahesul adalat, includes any executive officer collecting revenues. When those words are deliberately used they must refer to a Revenue Authority on whom

administration

of persons (as of an organization) who administer b often cap : a group that makes up the executive branch of a presidential government c : a governmental agency or board 5 : the term of office

Misprision

parliamentary impeachment; also, embezzlement of the public money, punishable by fine and imprisonment; also, such contempts of the executive magistrate as demonstrate themselves by some arrogant and undutiful behaviour towards the sovereign and government. And to endeavour

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Order in Council

Parker in The Zamora (1916) 2 AC 90, neither the King in Council nor any branch of the Executive has power to prescribe or alter the law by Order in Council, save when expressly authorized by statute.

Organised crime

economic aspect which is required to be felt and dealt with by all concerned including the judiciary, the executive, the politicians, the social reformers, the intelligentsia and the law enforcing agency, State of Maharashtra v. Bharat Chaganlal

Pardon

attaching to a conviction for a criminal offence. That power is essentially vested in the head of the Executive, because the judiciary has no such 'mercy jurisdiction'. But the suspension of the sentence for the period when

Political office

Political office, is an office which forms part of a political department of the government or the political executive. This, therefore, clearly includes cabinet ministers, ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries who are running the department formulating

Health Officer

Health Officer, means the senior executive medical officer in military employ on duty in a cantonment. [Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), s. 2(xiv)]

Post and vacancy

Post and vacancy, the expressions 'posts' and 'vacancies', often used in the executive instructions providing for reservations, are rather problemat-ical. The word 'post' means an appointment, job, office or employment. A

Profession

learning of science. Agriculture which involves physical labour and toil may not be a profession, Sankaranarayan Pillai v. Executive Officer, AIR 1966 Mad 262: 1966 (1) Mad LJ 84: 1966 Cr LJ 764: 1966 Mad LJ (Cr)

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