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Home Dictionary Name: general publicationIn the interest of general public
In the interest of general public, the expression 'in the interest of general public' is of wide import comprehending public order, public health, public security, morals, economic welfare of the community and the objects mentioned in Part IV of the Constitution. in respect of legislations and notifications concerning the wages, working conditions or the other amenities for the working class, the courts have adopted a liberal attitude and the interest of the workers has been protected notwithstanding the hardship that might becaused to the employers, Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad v. Jan Mohammad Usmanbhai, AIR 1986 SC 1205 (1212): (1986) 3 SCC 20: (1986) 2 SCR 700.The phrase 'in the interest of the general public' is the phrase of a definite connotation and a known concept. This phrase, as used in amended s. 25-O, has been bodily lifted from Article 19(6) of the Constitution of India, Orissa Textile and Steel Co. v. State of Orissa, AIR 2002 SC 708 (725): (2002) 2 SCC ...
Object of general public utility
Object of general public utility, an object beneficial to a section of the public is an object of general public utility. To serve a charitable purpose it is not necessary that the object should be to benefit the whole of mankind or all persons in a particular country or State. It is sufficient if the intention to benefit a section of the public as distinguished from a specified individual is present, Ahmedabad Rana Caste Association v. CIT, AIR 1972 SC 273 (275): (1972) 3 SCC 475....
General public utility
General public utility, The words 'general public utility' contained in the definition of charitable purpose are very wide. These words, as held by the Judicial Committee in the case of All India Spinners Association v. C.I.T., (1944) 12 ITR 482 (PC), exclude objects of private gain. Sole Trustee, Lok Shikshana Trust v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1976 SC 10: (1976) 1 SCC 254: (1976) 1 SCR 863...
general publication
general publication : communication or dissemination of a copyrightable work that implies a dedication of the work to the public or an abandonment of the copyright compare limited publication ...
Interest of general public
Interest of general public, those interests which concern the public at large, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 2367....
Interests of the general public
Interests of the general public, is a matter in which a class of the community have a pecuniary or some other interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 2119.Those interest which concern the public at large, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 2367....
Public Order Act, 1936
Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of limitary or similar character, and to make further provision for the preservation of public order on the occasion of public processions and meetings and in public places.S. 1.-Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects.S. 2.-Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.S. 3.-Confers powers for the preservation of public order on the occasion of processions.S. 4.-Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions.S. 5.-Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.S. 6.-Amendment of Public Meeting Act, 1908; see PUBLIC MEETING.S. 7.-Enforcement.S. 8.-Application to Scotland.S. 9.-Interpretation.S. 10.-Short title and extent.A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment ...
Charities, or Public Trusts
Charities, or Public Trusts. One of the earliest fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was a permission to his subjects to bequeath their property to the Church. This permission was soon abused to so great a degree as to induce the Emperor Valentinian to enact to Mortmain Act by which it was restrained. But this restraint was gradually relaxed; and in the time of Justinian it became a fixed maxim of civil law that legacies to pious uses (which included all legacies destined to works of charity, whether they related to spiritual or temporal concerns) were entitled to peculiar favour, and to be deemed privileged testaments.Lord Thurlow was clearly of opinion that the doctrine of charities grew up from the civil law; and Lord Eldon, in assenting to that opinion, has judiciously remarked, that at an early period that ordinary had the power to apply a portion of every man's personal estate to charity; and when afterwards the statute compelled a distr...
public accommodations
public accommodations Federal and state laws prohibit discrimination against certain protected groups in businesses and places that are considered "public accommodations." The definition of a "public accommodation" may vary depending upon the law at issue (i.e. federal or state), and the type of discrimination involved (i.e. race discrimination or disability discrimination). Generally speaking, it may help to think of public accommodations as most (but not all) businesses or buildings that are open to (or offer services to) the general public. ...
Public interest
Public interest, means an act beneficial to the general public. It means action necessarily taken for public purpose, Babu Ram Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1971) All LJ 653: (1971) Serv LR 649: (1971) 2 Lab LJ 235: (1971) Lab IC 1162 (All).Means of concern or advantage to people as a whole, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Means retention of honest and efficient employees and weeding of inefficient and dishonest, Indira Saxena v. Municipal Council, 1995 Jab LJ 28.Means those interests which concern the public at large, Law Lexicon, 2nd Edn., Reprint 2000, at p. 1557). See also T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481.Refers to cases where the interests of public adminis-tration require the retirement of a government servant who with the passage of years has pre-maturely ceased to possess the standard of efficiency, competence and utility called for by the government service to which he belongs. No stigmas or implication of misbehav...
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