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Legislative Assembly, is the House of State legislature, where the legislature is bi-cameral; it is applied to the lower House, Constitution of India, Art. 168(1)(a).Is composes of members chosen by direct elections, Constitution of India, Art. 170(1).Means the Legislative Assembly of Manipur. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(29); See also Representation of Peoples (Amendment) Act, 1992 (1 of 1992)]...
legislative assembly
legislative assembly often cap L&A 1 : a bicameral legislature 2 : the lower house of a bicameral legislature ...
assembly
assembly pl: -blies 1 a : a company of persons collected together in one place usually for some common purpose b cap : a legislative body esp. that makes up the lower house of a legislature see also general assembly, legislative assembly 2 : the act of coming together : the condition of being assembled see also unlawful assembly ...
general assembly
general assembly 1 : a legislative assembly ;esp : a U.S. state legislature 2 cap G&A : the supreme deliberative body of the United Nations ...
Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency, means a constituency provided by law for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assembly of a State. [Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), s. 2 (b); See also Act (1 of 1992), s. 2(b)]...
Dissolution
Dissolution, the act of breaking up. A partnership may be dissolved either by a proper notice, or effluxion of time as agreed upon in the Articles of partnership, or by death, marriage, lunacy, bankruptcy, or by judgment of the High Court, (English) Partnership Act,1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), ss. 32-34.A dissolution is the civil death of the Parliament, and is effected in two ways:- (1) By the sovereign's will, expressed either in person or by representation. (2) By length of time, i.e., five (formerly seven) years. See (English) Parliament Act, 1911; SEPTENNIAL ACT. By the (English) Representation of the People Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c.102), s. 51, Parliament is not determined or dissolved by the demise of the Crown.When a company has been completely wound up by the Court, the Court must make an order that the company is dissolved from the date of the Order (English) (Companies Act, 1929 s. 221): as to dissolution on a voluntary winding up see ss. 236 and 245 ibid. Under the same s....
Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha, is not a subject of dissolution; but one-third of its members retire on the expiration of every second year. [Constitution of India, Art. 83(1)]Rajya Sabha, is the Council of 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 the absence of any authoritative translation of the expression 'State legislative assembly' in Gujarati, the Supreme Court is not guided by the popular rendering of the expression, Virjiram Sutaria v. N.P. Bhavadia, AIR 1970 SC 765: (1969) 1 SCC 77.Members nominated to Rajya Sabha consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in literature, science, art and social service. Constitution of India, Art. 80.The representatives of the Union Territories are elected by an electoral college, Representation of Peoples' Act, 1951, section 27A; Constitution of India, Art...
Competent authority
Competent authority, means (i) the speaker in the case of the House of the people or the legislative Assembly of a State or a Union Territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in case of the council of Staff or legislative Council of a State (ii) Chief Justice of India in case of Supreme Court, (iii) Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of the High Court (iv) the President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of other authorities established or constituted by or under the Constitution, (v) the administrator appointed under Article 239 of the Constitution. [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) s. 2(e)]Means any authority authorised by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette to perform all or any of the functions of the competent authority under this Act. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (d)]Means, in relation to the United Kingdom, the CAA, and in relation to any other country the authority respo...
Public man
Public man, a public man clearly includes the Chief Minister or any other Minister of State Legislative Assembly or Legislative Assembly and excludes a Government Servant, M. Karunanidhi v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC 898 (904). [Tamil Nadu Public Men Criminal (Misconduct) Act, (2 of 1974), s. 2(c)]...
Regulation
Regulation, has been defined as a rule or order prescribed for management or governance, Corpus Juris Secundum (Vol. 76, p. 615).Regulation, includes regulation, Constitution of India, Art. 13(3)(a).Means a rule or order prescribed for management or governance. As a matter of fact the regulation has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes a power to levy, Saurashtra Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 8. [See Constitution of India, Sch. 7, List 1, Entry 54; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 2]Means the regulations made by the council under s. 40. [Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Act, 2002, s. 2(r)]The expression 'regulation' in a given case may amount to prohibition, Talcher Municipality v. Talcher Regulated Market Committee, (2004) 6 SCC 178 (181). (Orissa Municipalities Act, 1950)The act or process of controlling by rule...
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