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Jammu and Kashmir

and Kashmir, is a State in India, its territory is the same which comprised the territory of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir before the commencement of the Constitution. The State acceded to the Dominion of India

Governor

the 'Governor-General'; in New Zealand and Newfoundland, the 'Governor.' In India the head of the Executive of the Indian Federation, who may also be His Majesty's representative [Government of India Act, 1936 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, … by his commission, Cameron v. Kyte, (1835) 3 Knapp 332. In the Dominions of Canada, the Irish Free State and Union of South Africa, called the 'Governor-General'; in New Zealand and Newfoundland, the 'Governor.' In India the

Whoever legally bound by an oath or by an express provisions of law to state the truth

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Trial

competent tribunal, of question in issue in legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal. Strouds Judicial Dictionary (5th Edn.) Indian Bank v. Maharashtra State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., (1998) 5 SCC 69. Trial, is the examination by a

Medical practitioner

person who possesses a recognised medical qualification as defined-- (i) in clause (h) of s. 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register, as defined in

Valuable security

to Poona Univer-sity could not be described as 'valuable security' within the meaning of s. 30 of the Indian Penal Code, Shaikh Noor Mohd. Shaikh Fazal v. State of Maharashtra, (1980) 4 SCC 551: AIR 1981 SC

Rape

intercourse by a woman with a man, as well as the offence of rape as defined in the Indian Penal Code speaks only of forcible sexual intercourse by a man with a woman, Anil Kumar Mahsi v. … her will; or of a woman child, under that age, with or against her will' (Hale PC 628), State of Madhya Pradesh v. Munna Choubey, (2005) 2 SCC 710 (713). (Penal Code, 1860, s. 375) At common

Good faith

conditioned by the context and object of the statute in which this term is employed, Brijendra Singh v. State of U.P., AIR 1981 SC 636 (639): (1981) 1 SCC 597: (1981) 2 SCR 287. 'Good faith' is … 1 SCC 597: (1981) 2 SCR 287. 'Good faith' is defined, in a negative fashion, by s. 52, IPC as follows: 'Nothing is said to be done or believed in `good faith' which is done or believed

Registered medical practitioner

a medical practitioner who possesses any medical qualifica-tion as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register.

Officer

be made by the government, Manshanker Prabhashanker Dwivedi v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1970 Guj 97 (102). (Indian Penal Code, s. 161) An 'officer' whether he occupies a specific office or not must be in the relation

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