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Doctrine of basic structure

does not exist in vacuo. Inferences from it must be shown to be embedded in and to flow logically and naturally from the bases of that structure. In other words, it must be related to the provisions

Hope and believe

Hope and believe, There is a marked difference between 'hope' and 'believe'. 'To hope' means 'to want and expect'; 'to look forward with expectation and desire'. 'Hope' is a wishful feeling floating on nebulous foams projected...

Import

Import, in relation to any technology, means the bringing into India of, such technology from a place outside India. [Research and Development Cess Act, 1986, s. 2 (d)] Means bringing into any place within the territories...

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Inference

Inference, means (1) A conclusion reached by considering other facts and deducing a logical consequence from them. (2) The process by which such a conclusion is reached; the process of thought by

Jurisdiction

in a more useful legal concept even though the formal structure of law may lose something of its logical symmetry, Hari Prasad Mulshanker Trivedi v. V.B. Raju, AIR 1973 SC 2602: (1974) 3 SCC 415. [Representation of

Legal fiction

all the consequences which flow from that state of facts have got to be worked out to their logical extent, Bengal Immunity Co. v. State of Bihar, (1955) 2 SCR 603: AIR 1955 SC 661 (709). [Constitution

Theory of the case

either party to a suit, the purpose being to bring together certain facts of the case in a logical sequence and to corelate them in a way that produces in the decision-makers mind a definite result or

Look-at-able

something which is capable of being looked at. 'This court has come to the conclusion that whatever is logically relevant is legally look-at-able' [Union of India v. Sankalchand, AIR 1977 SC 2328 (2373), para 80]. (Justice V.R.

Possession

polymorphous term which may have different meanings in different contexts. It is impossible to work out a completely logical and precise definition of 'possession' uniformly applicable to all situations in the contexts of all statues. Supdt. &

Precedent

is of the essence in a decision is its ratio and not every observation found therein nor what logically follows from the various observations made in it. It is not proper to extract a sentence here and

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