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Vest

sense, as indicated in the context in which it may have been used in a particular piece of legislation, Fruit and Vegetable Merchants Union v. Delhi Improvement Trust, AIR 1957 SC 344 (356): (1957) SCR 1. [U.P.

Shall

modern statutes the word shall is used as an imperative only and not as a future, Thring: Practical Legislation, p. 83. Shall, or may is not conclusive on the question whether the particular requirement of law is

committee

or assigned to consider, investigate, act on, or report on some matter ;esp : a group of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to consider legislative matters (as drafting bills or conducting hearings) [the Senate judiciary

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power

of a government ;specif : the power delegated to the judiciary under Article III of the U.S. Constitution legislative power : the power delegated to a legislative branch of a government ;specif : any or all of

Authority of law

law' refers to a valid law which means the tax proposed to be levied must be within the legislative competence of the legislature imposing the tax; and the law must be validly enacted; the law must not

Dissolution

VACANTIA. A 'dissolution' brings an end to the life of the House of the People or the State Legislative Assembly and the same cannot be revived by the President. When dissolution of the House of the People

Judicial power

and Sons v. V. Madhavarao, AIR 1964 AP 132 (135). (Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. 24) The legislatures in India cannot exercise a power which can be described as essentially judicial and not legislative. There has

Law

the law must satisfy two tests before it can be a valid law, namely, (1) that the appropriate legislature has competency to make the law; and (2) that it does not take away or abridge any of

Statute

Statute, a law, an edict of the legislature, an Act of Parliament. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT. A law passed by legislative body, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Rajya Sabha

States; the upper House or second chamber of Parliament of India. Constitution of India, Art. 79. Means the legislative council of a state while the state legislative assembly is generally known as Rajya Vidhan Sabha. But in

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