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Persona designata

Persona designata, a persona designata, is 'a person who is pointed out or described as an individual, as opposed to a person ascertained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character.' (See...

Railway Station

Railway Station, means outer wall of the main building of a station, conceivably not fronting any street falls within railway station, Corpn. of Madras v. Oriental Mercantile Company Ltd., Madras, (1967) ILR 3 Mad 818: (1966)...

Wife

Wife [wif, Sax.; wiff, Dut,; wyf, Icel.; uxor, Lat.], a woman that has a husband. See HUSBAND AND WIFE. Wife includes a divorced Muslim wife, Zohara Khatoon v. Mohd. Ibrahim, AIR 1981 SC 1243: (1981) 2...

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Vegetables

Vegetables, as understood in common parlance are not products of manufacture unless, agriculture is an industry for certain purposes and vegetables are products of the Industry, Saraswati Sugar Mills v. Haryana State Board, AIR 1992 SC...

Santati

Santati, connotes all clauses of issues or heirs, whether male or female, yet in a particular context they may be restricted to male heirs only, KMSL Sundararamier v. KN Sarojini, AIR 1984 Mad 227: (1984) 1...

Maintenance

Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11...

Putravakasam property

Putravakasam property, etymologically means pro-perty given to a son but it is not disputed that it includes also property given to children, whether male or female, Thaumulpad v. Kovunni Thirumulpad, AIR 1954 Mad 987: (1954) Mad...

Putravakasam

Putravakasam, rights is consistent with the gift made by the father to his children or to all the members of tavazhi, Thirumulpad v. Kavunni Thirumulpad, AIR 1954 Mad 987: (1954) Mad LJ 294: (1954) 67 Mad...

Public policy

Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition. Concept of 'public policy' is considered to be vague, susceptible to narrow or wider meaning depending...

Public Order Act, 1936

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of...

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