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Just

Just, the expression 'just' denotes equitability, fairness and reasonableness, and non arbitrary. If it is not so it cannot be just (See Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1998 SC 3191), Divisional...

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (that you have the body to answer). This, the most celebrated prerogative writ in the English law, is a remedy for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed to him...

Good cause, sufficient case Difference

Good cause, sufficient case Difference, The differ-ence between the words 'good cause' for non-appearance in O. IX, R. 7 and 'sufficient cause' for the same purpose in O. IX, R. 13 as pointing to different criteria...

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Defection

Defection, entails disqualification of a member of an Indian Legislature, Constitution of India, Art. 102, 10th Sch. Disqualification, does not apply in case of a merger of his party with another political party but not in...

Free-board, or freebord

Free-board, or freebord. The precise nature of free-board is not very clear, but it may be described as denoting certain rights enjoyed by the owner of an ancient park over a strip of ground, varying in...

Entertaining such application

Entertaining such application, on any of these grounds would necessarily mean the consideration of the application on the merits of the grounds on which it is based, Martin & Harris Ltd. v. VIth Additional Distt. Judge,...

Directors

Directors, persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of the directors collectively form the board of directors. Their powers, if the company...

Directive principles of State Policy

Directive principles of State Policy, some of the important directive principles require the State to strive to secure for its citizen legal justice and free legal aid, Constitution of India, Art. 39(A). A law giving effect...

Departure

Departure [fr. decessus, Lat.], in pleading, when a party deserts the ground that he took in his last antecedent pleading and resorts to another. The rule against departure was necessary to prevent the retardation of the...

Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...

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