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Madly

In a mad manner without reason or understanding wildly...


Horn mad

Quite mad raving crazy...


Public order

Public order, expression 'public order' has a distinct corrodation. Investigation into the offence under the Essential Commodities Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana, (2006) 1 SCC 294.Public order, has a comprehensive meaning so as to include public safety in its relation to the maintenance of public order and maintenance of public order involves consideration of public safety. They are closely allied concepts, Revana Siddaiah v. State of Mysore, AIR 1952 Mys 85: (1951) ILR Mys 455: (1952) Cr LJ 1526.Public order, has a very wide connotation public order is the basic need in any organized society. It implies the orderly State of Society and Community in which citizens can peacefully pursue their normal activities of life, Kamlakar Shankar Patil v. B. Akashi, (1994) Cr LJ 1870.Public order, has in several decisions, been equated with public safety and tranquility. Each and every breach of tranqui...


Profession

Profession, 'one of a limited number of occupation or vocations involving special learning and carry-ing a social prestige -- the learned professional, law, medicine, and the church', New Lexicon Webster Dictionary, p. 798.A profession ordinarily is an occupation requiring intellectual skill, often coupled with manual skill. Thus a teacher uses purely intellectual skill while a painter uses both. In any event, they are not engaged in an occupation in which employers and employees co-operates in the production or sale of commodities or arrangement for their production or sale or distribution and their services cannot be described as material services, Safdarjung Hospital v. Kuldip Singh Sethi, AIR 1970 SC 1407 (1413): (1970) 1 SCC 735; see also Sodan Singh v. NDNC, (1989) 4 SCC 155.Calling, vocation, known employment; divinity, physic, and law are called the learned professions.Includes business, Pioneer Motors v. Municipal Council Ngarcoil, AIR 1967 SC 684: 1961 (3) SCR 609.Profession,...


Private transfer

Private transfer, means the expression 'private transfer', occurring in s. 64, C.P.C. would only mean a transfer by person against whom the attachment was made or prohibitory order was issued in respect of immovable property or whose interest, including that of his legal representative, is attached, but would not include a sale or transfer made by mortgagee with a power of sale, S.V.S. Davey & Sons v. P.M. Narainaswamy, 1983 Mad 217: (1983) 96 Mad LW 1: ILR 1983 (1) Mad LW 1: ILR 1983 (1) Mad 321: (1983) 2 Mad LJ 534....


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 Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary, 4th Edn., p. 253). In the words of Schwabe, C.J. In Parthasarathi Naidu v. Koteswara Rao, ILR 47 Mad 369: (AIR 1924 Mad 561) (FB), personae designate are 'persons selected to act in their private capacity and not in their capacity as Judges', Central Talkies v. Dwarka Prasad, AIR 1961 SC 606 (609): (1961) 3 SCR 495; see also Mukri Gopalan v. Cheppilat, (1995) 5 SCC 5: AIR 1995 SC 2272.Persona designata, connotes person pointed out by name or other personal description in contradis-tinction to one whose identity is to be ascertained by the office which he holds. So then, where a person is indicated in statute not by name but by an official designation a question will arise whether the intention was to single him out as a persona designata, Ram Chandra ...


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 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts involving it. By the Roman Law it was a species of crimen falsi to enterin to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134.It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands, by taking or holding the possession of them for him; or where one stirs up quarrels or suits in the country; or it is curialis, in a Court of justice, where one officiously intermeddles in a suit depending in any court, which does not belong to him, and with which he has nothing to do, 2 Rol. Abr. 115. Maintaining suits in the spiritual courts is not within the statutes relating to maintenance, Cro. Eliz. 549. A man may, however, maintain a suit in...


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 upon the content in which it is used, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. Saw Pipes Ltd., AIR 2003 SC 2629.Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns the public good and the public interest, Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd. v. Broja Nath Ganguly, AIR 1986 SC 1571; Shri Parsar v. Municipal Board, (1997) 1 WLC 443.Public policy, demands that where fraud might have been contemplated but was not perpetrated, the defendants should not be allowed to perpetrate a new fraud. If the illegality of the transaction is trivial or venial and the plaintiff is not required to rest his case upon that illegality, then public policy demands that the defendant should not be allowed to take advantage of the position, Kedar Nath Motani v. Prahla...


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 LW 455 (DB)....


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 LJ 294: (1954) 67 Mad LW 455 (DB)...


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