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The SI unit of temperature defined as being 127316 of the triple point of water abbreviated K The melting point of water at 760 mm pressure is 27315 Kelvins and the boiling point 37315 Kelvins One degree Kelvin is equal to one degree Centigrade and 95 degrees Fahrenheit...
Reasonable
Reasonable, has in law prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard to those circumstances of which the actor, called upon to act reasonably knows or ought to know, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Unique Erectors (Gujarat) Pvt. Ltd., (1989) 1 JT SC 157: (1989) 39 ELT 493: AIR 1989 SC 973; Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Reasonable, has in law the prima facie meaning of reasonable in regard those circumstances of which the actor, called on to act reasonably, knows or ought to know, Rena Drego v. Lalchand Soni, (1998) 3 SCC 341.Means rational, according to dictate of reason and not excessive or immoderate. If something is not per se preposterous or absurd, it must he held to be reasonable. 'The action is called reasonable which an informed, intelligent, just minded, civilized man could rationally favour. The concept of reasonable-ness does not exclude notions of morality and ethics. In the circumstances of a given case consi-derations of morality and ethics may have...
Sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed....inter-State trade or commerce
Sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed....inter-State trade or commerce, According to s. 3 of the Act, a sale or purchase of goods shall be deemed to take place in the course of inter-State trade or commerce. A sale of goods can be held to have taken place in the course of inter-State trade, if it can be shown that the sale has occasioned the movement of goods from one State to another. A sale in the course of inter-State trade has three essentials: (i) there must be sale, (ii) the goods must actually be moved from one State to another and (iii) the sale the movement of the goods must be part of the same transaction. The word 'occasions' is used as a verb and means to cause or to be the immediate cause of, Kelvinator of India Ltd. v. State of Haryana, AIR 1973 SC 2526: (1973) 2 SCC 551: (1974) 1 SCR 463....
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