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Personally interested

Personally interested, does not imply merely intellectual interest but something of the nature of an expectation of advantage to be gained, or of a loss or some disadvantage to be avoided by one who was said...

Interested witness

Interested witness, a close relative who is a natural witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term 'interested' postulates that the witness must have some direct interest in having the accused somehow or the...

Have interest

Have interest, directly or indirectly in the business of the other, the assessees and the person alleged to be a related person must have interest, direct or indirect, in the business of each other. Each of...

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Compound interest

Compound interest, interest upon interest, i.e., when the interest of a sum of money is added to the principal, and then bears interest, which thus becomes a sort of secondary principal. It is ordinarily not recoverable...

zone of interest

zone of interest :the range or category of interests that a statute or constitutional guarantee is intended to protect called also zone of interests NOTE: The interest of a party seeking to enforce a law or...

Personal interest

Personal interest, includes the official interest as well, Ambika Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1992) All Cr Cas 200 (All). Personal interest, within the meaning of the s. 556 of the Criminal Procedure Code is...

Public interest

Public interest, means an act beneficial to the general public. It means action necessarily taken for public purpose, Babu Ram Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1971) All LJ 653: (1971) Serv LR 649: (1971) 2...

Public interest litigation

Public interest litigation, lexically the expression 'PIL' means a legal action intended in a Court of law for the enforcement of public interest or general interest in which the public or a class of the community...

Tax, interest and penalty

Tax, interest and penalty, tax, interest and penalty are three different concepts. Tax becomes payable by an assessee by virtue of the charging provision in a taxing statute. Penalty ordinarily becomes payable when it is found...

Vested interest

Vested interest, when there is immediate right of present right for future enjoyment. An interest is said to be contingent if the right of enjoyment is made dependent upon some event or condition which may or...

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