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local union

local union : a local branch of a union (as a national or international union) made up of many branches called also local ...


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Local authority

Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)]It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321.Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)]Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat, Taluka Pa...


Local Government

Local Government. That part of the government of the country which, by delegation from the Imperial Government, is conducted the bodies appointed or elected to conduct it within limited areas, as parishes, boroughs, local government districts, poor law unions, petty sessional districts, county boroughs, and counties. See these titles respectively, and COUNTY COUNCIL; DISTRICT COUNCIL; PARISH COUNCIL; and BOROUGH COUNCIL.Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41). The Act established county councils throughout England and Wales, and has been amended and extended by many other Acts.Transfer of Imperial Powers to County Councils.--The (English) Local Government (Transfer of Powers) Act, 1903 (3 Edw. 7, c. 15), though permissive only, extended general, tentative, unsued and almost unknown powers of decentralization which had previously been entrusted to the Local Government Board by the (English) Local Government Act, 1888. The (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 7...


Trade Union

Trade Union. The Acts 30 & 31 Vict. cc. 8, 74, provided for facilitating the proceedings of a commission appointed by Queen Victoria to inquire into and report on the organization and rules of trade unions, and other associations of employers and workmen. The (English) Trade Union Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 31), provides:-S. 2. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful, so as to render any member of such trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise.'S. 3. 'The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be unlawful so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust.'S. 4. 'Nothing in this Act shall enable any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for breach of any of the following agreements, namely,(1) Any agreement between members of a trade union as su...


Local area

Local area, 'Local area', in relation to any local cadre, means the local area specified in para 6 for direct recruitment to posts in such local cadre, and includes, in respect of posts belonging to the category of Civil Assistant Surgeons, the local area specified in sub-para (5) of paragraph 8 of this Order', S. Prakasha Rao v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, AIR 1990 SC 997: (1990) 2 SCC 259 (261). [A.P. Employment (Organisation of Local Cadre and Regulation of Direct Recruitment) Order, 1975]It means any area, whether urban or rural, declared by the Central Government or the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a local area for the purposes of this Act. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), s. 2 (vii)]The words 'local area' in Entry 52 of the Constitution, (when the area is a part of the State imposing the law) in an area administered by a local body like a municipality, a district board, a local board, a union board, a Panchayat or t...


Local Employment Exchange

Local Employment Exchange, means--(a) in the whole of India except the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange (other than the Central Employment Exchange) notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government or the Administration of the Union territory as having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishments concerned is situated or over specified classes or categories of establishments or vacancies; and(b) in the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange established either by the Union territory Administration of Chandigarh or by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana notified in the States respective Official Gazette as having jurisdiction over specified clauses or categories of establishments, or vacancies, provided that the employment exchanges established by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana shall not have jurisdiction over--(i) the public sector offices/establishments other than those belonging to the respective States; and(ii) ...


Serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in the State

Serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in the State, explanation to r. 2(a) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 enlarges the meaning of the expression 'serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in connection with the affairs of the State'. It provides that a member of the Service whose services are placed at the disposal of a company, corporation or other organisation or a local authority by the Central Government or the Government of a State, shall, for the purpose of those rules, be deemed to be a member of the Service serving in connection with the affairs of the Union or in connection with the affairs of the State, as the case may be, notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from the sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of that State. The legal function contained in Explanation to Rule 21(a), is for a limited purpose, S.S. Dhanoa v. Municipal Corporation, AIR 1981 SC 1395: (1981) 3 SCC 431: (1981) 3 SCR ...


Local land charges

Local land charges. Charges on land acquired at anytime by any local authority, including county, borough or rural district councils under the Public Health Metropolis Management or Private Street Works Act, or under any similar statute (public, general or local or private) passed at any time, must be registered in the local land-charge registry (see (English) Local Land Charges Rules,1927, S.R. & O., 1927, 869/L, 33), as provided by the Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 15, as amended by (English) Law of Property (Amendment) Act, 1926, or they will be void as against a purchaser for money or money's worth of a legal estate in the land affected. The following are included: town planning schemes and resolutions, and restrictions created after 1925 on user of land or buildings, imposed or enforceable by a local authority with some exceptions [see s. 15 (7) (b), ibid.], and this applies to local land charges affecting both registered and unregistered land. As to searches and official certificate...


bar

bar often attrib 1 a : the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench, dock, jury box, stand b : court tribunal [the younger judge brought a fresh viewpoint to the ] 2 a : the whole body of lawyers ;esp : those qualified to practice in the courts of a particular jurisdiction [admitted to the Arizona ] [the bankruptcy ] compare bench b : the profession or occupation of lawyer c : bar examination [passed the ] 3 : something that prevents admission, progress, or action: as a : an intangible impediment, obstacle, or barrier [the restrictive covenant raised a racial ] [consent of the victim is a to conviction] b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action esp. due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties [its earlier successful suit against the purchaser for the price was a to...


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