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Joint venture abroad

accordance with the laws and regulations of that country and in which investment has been made by an Indian entity. [Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing or Lending in Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2 (f)] … venture abroad, means a foreign concern formed, registered or incorporated in a foreign country in accordance with the laws and regulations of that country and in which investment has been made by an Indian entity. [Foreign Exchange

Adventure in the nature of trade

Adventure in the nature of trade, The expression in sub-s. (4) of s. 2 of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1922, postulates the existence of certain elements in the adventure which in law would invest

Immoral

(797): Supp 2 SCR. (Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 23) The consideration or object of an agreement is lawful unless the court regards it as immoral, or opposed to public policy.

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House breaking

other secured building with intent to commit a felony inside, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 744. (Indian Penal Code, s. 445) See BREAKING-IN; and as to breaking in at night, see BURGLARY.

Hague conference

the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Antigua and all dependent territories except British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory) and the United States of America (Including Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands [Halsbury's Law

Fast-day

Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, recognize such days. The last fast-day so appointed was on account of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, enjoined by proclamation published in the Gazette of September 25th. Consult Phillimore, Ecc. Law, ch.

Communication

information imparted by one person to another, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 213. In Indian Parliament Communications are ex-changed between the President and either House of Parliament and between both the Houses of

Certified copies

officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed, whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal; and such copies so certified shall be called certificate copies (Indian Evidence

Allegation

argument. Allegation, means something alleged, an assertion; an assertion without proof; Webster Law Dictionary, p. 38. In the Indian Parliament, an allegation of a defamatory or incriminatory nature against any person or Minister can only be made

Wrongful restraint

a private way over land or water which a person in good faith believes himself to have a lawful right to obstruct, is not an offence within the meaning of this section. (Indian Penal Code, s. 339) … direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person. (Indina Penal Code, s. 339) Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any

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