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Likely

Worthy of belief probable credible as a likely story...

Like minded

Having a like disposition or purpose of the same mind...

Commodities of like nature

Commodities of like nature, meant to include commodities other than those specifically mentioned, Pappu Sweets and Biscuits Commr. of Trade, (1998) 7 SCC 228....

Equality

Equality, Equality under art. 16 could not have a different content from equality under art. 14. Equality of opportunity for unequals can only mean aggravation of inequality. Equality of opportunity admits discrimination with reason and prohibits discrimination without reason, State of Kerala v. N.M. Thomas, (1976) 2 SCC 310: AIR 1976 SC 490: (1976) 1 SCR 906.The quality or state being equal; esp. likeness in power or political status, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 597.Indian Constitution guarantees equality of opportunity to all citizens in the matter of employment or appointment to any office under the State, no citizen will be denied employment on the ground of religion, race, caste, sex and place of birth etc. However, the State can make special provision for reservation of posts for backward class citizens, Constitution of India, Art. 16(1), (2) & 4.The equality before law does not mean absolute equality of men, it only means equal subjection of all individuals to the ordin...

Retrait

A portrait a likeness...

Similar

Similar, the word 'similar' may be said to be a word of ambiguous import in the sense that the mere stipulation in a statute that something should be done similarly is insufficient by itself to signify the degree of stipulation with which that thing must be done, CIT v. T.V. Sundaram Iyenger and Sons (P) Ltd., AIR 1976 SC 255: (1976) 1 SCC 77: (1975) Supp SCR 93.The expression 'similar' is a significant expression. It does not mean identical but it means correspond-ing to or resembling to in many respects; somewhat like; or having a general likeness, Nat Steel Equipment v. Collector of Central Excise, AIR 1988 SC 631 (632): (1988) 1 SCC 605. [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, First Schedule Items 33C and 68]...

Reservation/Class

Reservation/Class, the expression 'class' means a homogeneous section of the people grouped together because of certain likeness or common traits and who are identifiable by some common attributes such as status, rank, occupation, residence in a locality, race, religion and the like, Makhanlal Waza v. State of J&K, AIR 1971 SC 2206: (1971) 1 SCC 749: (1971) 3 SCR 832....

Photographs

Photographs. By the (English) Copyright Act, 1911, s. 5, the author of a work is the first owner of the copyright therein, but where in the case of a photograph the plate or other original was ordered by some other person, and was made for valuable consideration in pursuance of that order, then, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the person by whom such plate or other original was ordered will be the first owner of the copyright; and such person can restrain the public sale of his photographic likeness, Pollard v. Photographic Co., (1888) 40 Ch D 345. The period for which copyright in photographs sbsists is fifty years from the making of the original negative (s. 21). 'photograph' includes photo-lithograph and any work produced by any process analogous to photography (s. 35). See COPYRIGHT.It is a misdemeanour to send indecent matter, including photographs, through the post. [(Eng-lish) Post Office Act, 1908, s. 63, as amended by the (English) Post Office Act, 1935, s. 13...

VerbarSimulacrum

A likeness a semblance a mock appearance a sham now usually in a derogatory sense...

Similitude

The quality or state of being similar or like resemblance likeness similarity as similitude of substance...

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