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Waste lands
desolate or useless, without trees or grass or vegetation, not capable of any use. In Rajanand Brahma Shah v. State of Uttar Pradesh, ((1967) 1 SCR 373: AIR 1967 SC 1081: (1967) 2 SCJ 830), this Court, while … wild and desolate region; 2. A piece of land not cultivated or used for any purpose, and producing little or no herbage or wood. In legal use, a piece of such land not in any man's occupation
Repeal
the Act intended to be repealed, for once legislative competence to effect a repeal is posited, it matters little whether this is done expressly or inferentially or by the enactment of repugnant legislation, State of Orissa v.
Penetration
the accused was within the labia of the pudendum of the woman, no matter how little, Aman Kumar v. State of Haryana, (2004) SCC 379: 2004 SCC (Cri) 1266.
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Change in fact-situation
change which has a direct impact on the earlier decision and not merely cosmetic changes which are of little or no consequence, State of Maharashtra v. Buddhikota Subha Rao, 1989 Supp (2) SCC 605: 1989 Supp (1)
Morganatic marriage
occasion to resort to that supposition in defence of their conduct, since the state of concubinage itself was little inferior to this in the public estimation; See Croke's Introd. To Horner v. Liddiard, pp. 115-117, A.D. 1800.
Waste land, and arable land
for cultivation or habitation, desolate and barren land with little or no vegetation thereon, Raja Anand Brahma Shah v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1967 SC 1081 (1085): (1967) 1 SCR 373. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 17(1)(u)]
Liberty
possession of a man. Liberty is the right of doing an act which the law permits, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (757). The preamble of our constitution lays its resolve to assure to … the (English) Liberties Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 105), of which statute, it is believed, but little advantage was taken. As to election of a 'people's magistrate,' in 1891, by the tenants and inhabitants of
Tax
be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State. Taxes are either … (1975) 3 SCR 475. Tax includes fee in the wider sense of the term, Southern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals v. State of Kerala, AIR 1981 SC 1863: (1981) 4 SCC 391: (1982) 1 SCR 519. The rural employment cess
Information
any statement which the referee may make is nevertheless information within the purview of s. 20, Hirachand Kothari v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1985 SC 998 (1001): (1985) Supp SCC 17. [Evidence Act, 1872, s. 20] The expression … with the crown or government, the proceeding was then by information and bill. Information differed from bills in little more than name and form; and the same rules were substantially applicable to each, Story's Eq. Plead. The
Suit
a plaint and the claim should be one triable by a court, Maharana Bhagwat Singh Bahadur of Udaipur v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1964 SC 444: (1964) 5 SCR 1: (1964) 1 SCWR 258: (1963) 25 FJR 171: … 7th Edn., p. 1448. The word 'suit' has not been defined in the Code; but there can be little doubt that in the context the plain and grammatical meaning at the word would include the whole of
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