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Indian State, 'Indian State' means any territory which the Government of the Dominion of India recognised as such a State. [Constitution of India, Articles 366(15)]Indian State shall mean any territory which the Central Government recognised as such a State before the commencement of the Constitution, whether described as a State, an Estate, a Jagir or otherwise. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(30)]Indian State, is any territory which the Government of the Dominion of India recognised as such a State, Constitution of India, Art. 366(15)...
India
India, the territory of India comprises the territories of the States and that of Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c).means Bharat, a Union of States, Constitution of India, Art. 1.India, in 1876, by the (English) Royal Titles Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 6), Queen Victoria was empowered to add to the style of the Crown, with a view of recognizing the transfer of the Government of India to the Queen by the Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), and the addition of 'Empress of India' was made by Proclamation in April, 1876, with which addition as 'Emperor of India' it has passed to his present Majesty.In any Act of Parliament passed after 1889 the expression 'British India' means 'all territories and places within her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any govern...
Corresponding province
Corresponding province, 'corresponding province', 'corresponding Indian State' or 'corresponding State' means in cases of doubt such Province, Indian State or State as may be determined by the President to be the corresponding Province, the corresponding Indian State or the corresponding State, as the case may be, for the particular purpose in question. [Constitution of India, Art. 366(7)]...
Whoever legally bound by an oath or by an express provisions of law to state the truth
Whoever legally bound by an oath or by an express provisions of law to state the truth, The opening words of s. 191 'whoever being legally bound by an oath or by an express provision of law to state the truth........' do not support the submission that a man who is not bound under the law to make an affidavit, can if he does make one, deliberately retrain from stating truthfully the facts which are within his knowledge. The meaning of these words is that whenever in a court of law a person binds himself on oath to state the truth he is bound to state the truth and he cannot be heard to say that he should not have gone into the witness box or should not have made an affidavit and therefore the submission that any false statement which he had made after taking the oath is not covered by the words of s. 191, IPC is not supportable. Whenever a man makes a statement in court on oath he is bound to state the truth and if he does not, he makes himself liable under the provisions of s. 193. It...
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu 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 on 26 October, 1947 after executing an instrument of accession, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. D, 6th Edn., p. 14.Enjoys a special status in the Indian Union with regard to the operation of the Constitution. The position of the State offer from other States. The legislative authority of the Union Parliament in respect of this State is limited to those matters in the Union lists and the Concurrent lists, which are declared by the President in consultation with the State Government, the conform to the terms of the instrument of Accession. Only such of other provisions of the Constitution will apply to this State as the President may by order specify. (Constitution of India, Art. 370)...
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indian, means a person of both English and Indian ancestry; Webster Law Dictionary, p. 81.Means a person whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled with the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only, Constitution of India, Articles 331 and 333. If the President or the Governor of a State is of the opinion that the community is not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha/State Assembly as the case may be, the President/Governor can nominate 2/1 member of that community to that House. The reservation shall cease to have effect on the expiration of a period of sixty years from the commencement of Constitution. [Constitution of India, Article 366(2)]...
Indian law
Indian law, 'Indian law' shall mean any Act, Ordin-ance, Regulation, rule (order, bye-law or other instrument) which before the commencement of the Constitution had the force of law in any Province of India or part thereof, or thereafter, has the force of law in any Part A State or Part C State or part thereof, but does not include any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council, rule or other instrument made under such Act. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(29)]...
Privy purse
Privy purse, is the sum fixed by the Government of India for covering the expenses of each of the rulers of former Indian States and their families in consideration of their agreement of merger in the Indian Union, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 4, p. 369.Privy purse, the income set apart for the sovereign's personal use. See CIVIL LIST.The periodical payment of money by the Govern-ment to a Ruler of a former Indian State as privy purse all political considerations and under political sanctions and not under a right legally enforceable in any municipal court is strictly a political pension within the meaning of s. 60(1)(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The use of the expression 'privy purse' instead of the expression 'pension' is due to historical reasons. The privy purse satisfies all the essential characteristics of a political pension, and as such, is protected from execution under s. 60(1)(g), Code of Civil Procedure. Moreover, an amount of the pr...
Ruler
Ruler, art. 366(22) defines a 'Ruler' in relation to an Indian State as meaning the Prince, Chief, or other person by whom any such covenant or agreement as is referred to in clause (1) of Art. 291 was entered into and who for the time being is recognised by the President as the Ruler of the State, and includes any person who for the time being is recognised by the President as the successor of such Ruler. There is no substance in the contention that the impugned Act is void because the definition of the word 'ruler' is inconsistent with Article 366(22) of the Constitution. There is no doubt that the definition of the word 'Ruler' prescribed by s. 2(h) of Act is wider than that prescribed by Art. 366(22). The definitions prescribed by Article 366 are intended for the purpose of interpreting the articles in the Constitution itself, unless the context otherwise requires. The whole object of defining the word 'ruler' in the Act is to specify and described the lands in respect of which the...
Sovereignty
Sovereignty, means 'supremacy in respect of power, dominion or rank; supreme dominion authority or rule. Sovereignty is the right to govern. The term sovereignty as applied to states implies 'Supreme, absolute, uncontrollable power by which any state is governed, and which resides within itself, whether residing in a single individual or a number of individuals, or in the whole body of the people. Sovereignty according to its normal legal connotation is the supreme power which govern the body politic, or society which constitutes the state and the power is independent of the particular form of government whether monarchial, autocratic or democratic, Govindrao v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1982 SC 1201.Means the Supreme, absolute and uncontrollable power by which any independent state is governed; supreme political authority paramount control of the constitution and frame of government and its administration; the self-sufficient source of political power from which all specific politi...
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