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Hearing impairment
Hearing impairment, means loss of sixty decibels or more in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (l)]...
Impair materially
Impair materially, in s. 13(2)(iii) of the East Punjab Rent Restriction Act, 1949, the meaning of the expression 'to impair materially' in common parlance would mean to diminish in quality, strength or value substantially. In other words to make a thing or substance worse and deteriorate. The word 'impair' cannot be said to have a fixed meaning. It is a relative term affording different meaning in different context and situations. Here in the context the term 'impair materially' has been used to mean, considerable decrease in quality which may be measured with reference to the antecedent state of things as it existed earlier in point of time as compared to a later stage after the alleged change is made or effected suggesting impairment, Gurbachan Singh v. Shivalak Rubber Industries, (1996) 2 SCC 626: AIR 1996 SC 3057 (3061)....
Disability
Disability, incapacity to do any legal act. It is divided into two classes: (1) absolute, which, while it continues, wholly disables the person 'such were outlawry, excommunication, attainder (but see the Forfeiture Act, 1870 (32 & 33 Vict. c.23), s. 1, abolishing attainder on conviction for treason or felony), and acts by statutory bodies or corporations in excess of their statutory powers, see ULTRA VIRES; (2) partial, as infancy, coverture, lunacy, and drunkenness. As to which, see the various titles relating thereto. The compulsory purchase, by railway and other companies, of the lands of persons under disability is regulated by the Lands Clauses Acts, and see ULTRA VIRES.It means--(i) blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; (vii) mental illness. [The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (i) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ...
hearing
hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision-making authority compare trial NOTE: The purpose of a hearing is to provide the opportunity for each side of a dispute, and esp. a person who may be deprived of his or her rights, to present its position. A hearing, along with notice, is a fundamental part of procedural due process. Hearings are also held, as for example by a legislature or an administrative agency, for the purpose of gathering information and hearing the testimony of witnesses. administrative hearing : a hearing conducted by an official (as an administrative law judge) or a body (as a review board) of an administrative agency regarding an agency action and esp. an action under dispute confirmation hearing 1 : a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate to examine a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court NOTE: Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides ...
Impair
Impair, when a construction is alleged to materially impair the value or utility of a building, the construction should be of such a nature as to substantially diminish the value of the building either from the commercial and monetary point of view or from the utilitarian aspect of the building, Om Pal v. Anand Swarup, (1988) 4 SCC 545: (1988) Supp 3 SCR 391.Impair, means to diminish the value of (property or property right). This term is commonly used in reference to diminishing the value of a contractual obligation to the point that the contract becomes invalid or a party loses the benefit of the contract, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 754....
Hearing
Hearing, an investigation of a controversy. See TRIAL.A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personals but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of some one other than witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Word hearing can admit of a very wide and liberal interpretation. It may include recording of evidence, consideration of arguments on some aspect of suit, examination of various questions relating to suit and so on. The essential perquisite is whether the Judge is applying his mind to some aspect of the case. If he is conducting some routine work or passing interlocutory orders, he can't be said to be 'hearing the suit', Sham Lal v. Rajinder Kumar Modi, AIR 1993 J&K 50. In a suit, 'hearing' can be conducted at va...
hear
hear heard hear·ing 1 a : to give a hearing to [the court heard the claims] [the judge agreed to argument on the objection] b : to conduct a hearing about [the magistrate's authority to a matter properly before him] 2 a : to take testimony from [the committee will 30 witnesses] b : to take (as testimony) at a hearing [the judge heard statements from the victim's family] ...
ex parte
ex parte [Medieval Latin, on behalf (of)] : on behalf of or involving only one party to a legal matter and in the absence of and usually without notice to the other party [an ex parte motion] [relief granted ex parte] used in citations to indicate the party seeking judicial relief in a case [Ex Parte Jones, 7 U.S. 2 (1866)] compare in re, inter partes ...
impair
impair 1 : to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing [ed health] 2 : to diminish the value of (property or property rights) ;specif : to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses the benefit of the contract or the contract otherwise becomes invalid [a law ing a state's own obligations was entitled to less deference "Gerald Gunther"] see also contract clause im·pair·ment n ...
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