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Criminal contempt

be established for a criminal contempt of the kind falling under sub-clause (i), Rachapudi Subba Rao v. Advocate General, Andhra Pradesh, (1981) 2 SCC 577: AIR 1982 SC 755: (1981) 2 SCR 320. It means the publication … criticised, provided that the criticism is fair and temperate and made in good faith. The absence of any intention to refer to a Court is a material point in favour of a person alleged to be in

Good faith

(1374): (1970) 1 SCC 590. [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 499] According to the definition in the General Clauses Act means a thing which is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not. … phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion or deceit; really, actually, without pretence and without intent to assist or act in furtherance of a fraudulent or otherwise unlawful scheme'. (see WORDS AND PHRASES, Permanent

Trust for sale

of any person and with or without a power at discretion to postpone the sale, but in its general legal sense the term is not restricted to that meaning. It has the same meaning as in s. … in favour of purchasers (s. 23); confers a power to postpone sale in the absence of a contrary intention (s. 25); consents, if requisite, are restricted to two in favour of a purchaser, and the wishes of

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Trust

the exception of the unrepealed s. 8 of the (English) Trustee Act, 1888, by which trustees, as a general rule, are allowed [see Re Somerset, (1894) 1 Ch 231; Howe v. Earl Winterton, (1896) 2 Ch 626], … K.P. Jain, (1983) 2 Crimes 947 (All). Trust, is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq Husain, AIR 1929 Oudh 225. Trust, is an

Business

Para 162, p. 116. Business does not mean affairs of a society because election of office-bearers, conduct of general meetings and management of a society would be treated as affairs of a society. The 'Business' has been … The word 'business' has no technical meaning, but is to be read with reference to the subject and intent of the Act in which it occurs. The term 'business' means an affair requiring attention and labour as

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