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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)...
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) 2 Mad LJ 440: (1966) 79 Mad LW 671...
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 Mad LJ 255: (1984) 97 Mad LW 169....
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 228.The word 'vegetables' in taxing statutes is to be understood as in common parlance, Vegetables in item 6 does not include betel leaves, Ramavatar Budhaiprasad v. Asst. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1961 SC 1325 (1327): (1962) 1 SCR 279. [C.F. and Bezar Sales Tax Act, (21 of 1947), Sch. II, Item 6]The word 'vegetables' should be understood as denoting the class of vegetables which are grown in kitchen garden or in a farm and are used for the tables. There can be no dispute that both chillies and lemons are grown in kitchen gardens or at any rate in farms and they are used for the tables, Mangulu Sahu Ramahari Sahu v. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1974 SC 390: (1972) 4 SCC 423. [Orissa Sales Tax Act, 1947, s. 6]The word 'vegetables' is not defined in the Act and it ...
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 SCC 509: (1981) 2 SCR 910. [Criminal PC, (1974), s. 125 (1) Cl. (b) and s. 127(3)]Wife includes divorced wife, Capt. Ramesh Chander Kaushal v. Veena Kaushal, AIR 1978 SC 1807: (1978) 4 SCC 70: (1978) 3 SCR 782.The word 'wife' is not defined in the Code except indicating in the Explanation its inclusive character so as to cover a divorcee, Yamuna Bai Anantrao Adhav v. Anantrao Shivram Adhav, AIR 1988 SC 644: (1988) 1 SCC 530: (1988) 2 SCR 809.It means a Parsi wife. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936), s. 2 (9)]Clause (b) of the Explanation to s. 125(1), provides that 'wife' includes a woman who has been divorced by, or has obtained a divorce from her husband and has not remarried. 'Wife' means a wife as defined, irrespective of the religion professed by her or by her husband....
Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...
Prathista
Prathista, means consecration, Rama Rao v. Venkata Ratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88: 230 IC 438: 1947 All LJ 365: 1947 All WR (PC) 25: 1947 Mad LJ 400: (1947) Mad WN 240 (PC).Consecration or setting up of an image, or a temple a ceremony performed on the completion of a house before it is inhabited; also, purification or re-consecration of an idol, house, or temple that has been polluted, Kapalavayi Kasi Raa Rao v. Kotta Venkataratnam, AIR 1947 PC 88....
Property
Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...
Propriety
Propriety, means fitness, appropriateness, aptitude, suitability appropriateness to the circumstance or conditions, conformity with the requirement rule or principle rightness; correctness; justness; accuracy, Raman and Raman Ltd. v. State of Madras, 1956 SCA 526: 1956 SCR 256: AIR 1956 SC 463: 1956 SCC 259: 1956 (1) Mad LJ 169 (SC); Ching Chong Sine v. Puttary Gowder, AIR 1986 Mad 152....
Public
Public, includes a section of the public. The word 'public', includes in its ordinary acceptation, any section of the public, Venkataraman Devani v. State of Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255: (1958) SCR 895: (1985) SCJ 382: (1958) 1 Andh WR (SC) 109: (1958) 1 Mad LJ 109 (SC).Is a term of uncertain import, used with many different shades of meaning; public policy, public rights of way, public property, public authority, public nuisance, public house, public school, public company, Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. C 61.Public, is ordinarily used with reference to a joint body of citizens. It means that it is shared in or participated in or enjoyed by people at large, Otherwise, it is common to all the people, Azam Khan v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1972) 2 Andh WR 288: (1972) Mad LJ (Cr) 674.The word 'public' includes any class of the public or any community. [Penal Code, 1860, s. 12]...
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