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Home Dictionary Name: maharajamaharaja
A sovereign prince in India a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja a title given also to other persons of high rank...
maharani
A great rani a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja...
Intended for personal or household use
Intended for personal or household use, the expression 'intended for personal or household use' did not mean capable of being intended for personal or household use. It meant normally, commonly orordinarily intended for personal or household use, H.H. Maharaja Rana Hemant Singhji v. CIT, AIR 1976SC 662 (665): (1976) 1 SCC 996: (1976) 3 SCR 423....
Kept
Kept, the word 'kept' has not been defined in the Taxation Act. Therefore, to interpret it in its ordinary popular sense, consistently with the context. The word 'kept' has been repeatedly used in the s.. In sub-s. (1), it occurs in association with the phrase 'for use on roads'. In that context, the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word 'keep in' is 'to retain', 'to maintain' or 'cause to stay or remain in a place', 'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness. It is something different from a mere state of transit or a course of journey through the State. It is something more than a mere stoppage or halt for rest, food or refreshment, etc., in the course of transit through the territory of the State, State of Mysore v. T.V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons (P) Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 148: (1980) 1 SCC 66: (1980) 2 SCR 1. [Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 19...
Legislative contract
Legislative contract, there is no magic in the expression 'legislative contract'. A contract is a contract between two or more parties and is either executory or executed. If a statute adopts or confirms it, becomes law and is no longer a mere contract, Maharaja Shree Umaid Mills Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1963 SC 953 (959): 1963 Supp (2) SCR 515....
Our Government
Our Government, the expression 'Our Govern-ment' means the Maharaja's Government, in other words, the Government of the State of Travancore. After the integration of the two States of Travancore and Cochin and the formation of the United State of Travancore-Cochin the expression 'Our Government' has to be construed according to the new set-up of government and when the Council of Ministers had come into being, it is obvious that the expression 'Our Government' as adapted to fit in with the new Constitution means 'The Council of Ministers', P. Joseph John v. State of Travancore-Cochin, (1955) 1 SCR 1011: AIR 1955 SC 160 (165). [Travancore Public Servants (Inquiries) Act (11 of 1122 ME), s. 1.]...
Paper
Paper, includes vellum parchment or any other material or which an instrument may be written, Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1999, s. 2(xxvi).Paper. As to the paper on which proceedings in the Supreme Court must be printed, see PRINTING.It includes vellum, parchment or any other material on which an instrument may be written. [Indian Stamp Act, 1899, s. 2 (18)]The word 'paper' admittedly not having been defined either in the U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 or the rules made thereunder, it has to be understood according to the aforesaid well-established canon of construction in the sense in which persons dealing in and using the article understand it. It is, therefore, necessary to know what is paper as commonly or generally understood. The said word which is derived from the name of reedy plant papyrus and grows abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers interlaced into a compact web, made ...
Permanent malikana
Permanent malikana, see, State of Bihar v. Maharaja Pratap Singh Bahadur, AIR 1969 SC 164. [Bihar Land Reforms Act 1950 (30 of 1950), s. 24A]...
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 ...
Personae designata
Personae designata, a persona designata is a person selected to act in his private capacity and not in his capacity as a Judge. A persona designata is a person who is pointed out or described as an individual as opposed to a person as certained as a member of a class, or as filling a particular character, Maharaja Dharmendra Prasad Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1969 All 484 (486). (Court-fees Act, 1870, s. 5)...
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