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Contract carriage, Stage carriage, the contract carriages are for those who want to hire the vehicle collectively or individually for a group or a party for their transport to a destination/destinations. The vehicle has to be hired as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned in the contract. Stage carriage is intended to meet the requirements of the general public travelling from one destination to another having different purposes whereas a contract carriage is meant for those who want to hire a public service vehicles as a whole collectively for their transport from one destination to another having the same purpose, State of Andhra Pradesh v. B. Noorulla Khan, (2004) 6 SCC 194 (203): AIR 2004 SC 2413. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2(7) and (40)]...
Pre-contract
Pre-contract. Where one of the parties to a marriage was under a prior agreement to marry a third person, such prior agreement was called a pre-contract. It was a canonical impediment to the marriage of either party. The Ecclesiastical Courts would formerly enforce this agreement, by compelling the parties to a public marriage, and if one of them had already married, such marriage would be void ab initio; but until thus avoided it was good. See 32 Hen. 8, c. 28, and 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 23, s. 2; Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, s. 53. But pre-contract is no longer a cause for dissolving a marriage in England; see 26 Geo. 2, c. 33; Co. Litt. 79 b, and Hargrave's note (4)....
The contract contains any other stipulation by penalty
The contract contains any other stipulation by penalty, the expression 'the contract contains any other stipulation by way of penalty' comprehen-sively applies to every covenant involving a penalty whether it is for payment on breach of contract of money or delivery of property in future, or for forfeiture of right to money or other property already delivered, Fateh Chand v. Balkishan Das, AIR 1963 SC 1405 (1411): (1964) 1 SCR 515...
Voidable contract
Voidable contract, An agreement which is enforce-able by law after option of one or more of the parties thereto, but not at the option of the other or others, is a voidable contract.. [Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 2(i)]...
Contract labour
Contract labour, a workman shall be deemed to be employed as 'contract labour' in or in connection with the work of an establishment when he is hired in or in connection with such work by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer. [Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (b)]Means any person engaged or employed in any premises by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the employer, in any manufacturing process. [The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (e)]...
Void contract
Void contract, A contract which ceases to be enforce-able by law becomes void when it ceases to be enforceable. [Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 2(j)...
Simple contract
Simple contract, a contract made either verbally or in writing but not under seal. See Addison, Chitty, Leake, or Pollock on Contracts.Before 1870 simple contract debts were, in the administration of the estate of a deceased person, postponed to debts secured by instrument under seal, called 'specialty debts,' but all such priority was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1869, s. 1, replaced by A.E. Act, 1925, s. 32. See also LIMITATION....
Contract under seal
Contract under seal, is sometimes called, a contract by speciality, is a contract which is made by deed, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 9, para 210, p. 86....
Contract of option
Contract of option, is one whereby the grantor of the option offers to enter into what may be called a 'major' contract with a second person and makes a separate contract to keep his offer open, Varty v. British South Africa Co., (1965) 1 Ch 508 (522)....
Contract carriage
Contract carriage, means a motor vehicle which carries a passenger or passengers for hire or reward and is engaged under a contract, whether expressed or implied, for the use of such vehicle as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned therein and entered into by a person with a holder of a permit in relation to such vehicle or any person authorised by him in this behalf on a fixed or an agreed rate or sum-(a) on a time basis, whether or not with reference to any route or distance; or [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (a)](b) from one point to another. [The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b)]And in either case, without stopping to pick up or set down passengers not included in the contract anywhere during the journey, and includes:a maxicab; and [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (i)]a motorcab notwithstanding the separate fares are charged for its passengers. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (7) (b) (ii)]...
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