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Treasury Bench

front bench extending up to the gangway on the right of the Speaker, also Government Bench, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 222. Treasury Bench, is the front Bench on the right hand of

Statement of objects and reasons

the Statement of Objects and Reasons is appended to every Bill briefly explaining the purpose of the proposed legislation, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 541. Statement of objects

punish

punish 1 : to impose a penalty on for a fault, offense, or violation 2 : to inflict a

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bill

bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : … bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a

Manor

Manor [fr. manerium, Lat.; manoir, Fr., habitation, or manendo, of abiding there, because the lord usually resided there], an estate in fee-simple … an estate in fee-simple in a tract of land granted by the sovereign to a subject (usually of power and consequence) in consideration of certain services to be performed. The tenementales were granted out; the dominicales (whence

Ballot

Ballot [fr. balla, Ital.; balle, Fr.], a little ball or ticket used in giving votes. Means a small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote; … in giving votes. Means a small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote; the system of choosing persons for office by marking a paper or by drawing papers with names on them from a receptacle; the

Chairman

to preside over meetings, e.g., one who presides over the meetings of the Board of Directors. In Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed., p. 230, the same expression is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer

Election Commission

of the People Act, 1950, s. 2 (d)] The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only in the like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of a Supreme Court; his conditions of service cannot … Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), s. 2(d)] Means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324. [Representation of the People Act, 1950, s. 2 (d)] The Chief Election Commissioner can be

right

right [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b : something that is … : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b : something that is morally just [able to distinguish from wrong] 2 :

Service

Service [fr. servitium, Lat.], that duty which a tenant, by reason of his estate, owes to his lord. There are many divisions … owes to his lord. There are many divisions of this duty in our ancient law books, as into personal and real, which is either urbane or rustic, free and base, continua land annual, casual and accidental, intrinsic

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