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Home Dictionary Name: manner or main ourActing in any manner prejudicial to the main-tenance of public order
Acting in any manner prejudicial to the main-tenance of public order, The expressions 'law and order', 'public order' and 'security of the State' are distinct concepts though not always separate. Whereas every breach of peace may amount to disturbance of law and order, every such breach does not amount to disturbance of public order and every public disorder may not prejudicially affect the 'security of the State'. One has to imagine three concentric circles, in order to understand the meaning and import of the above expressions. 'Law and order' represents the largest circle within which is the next circle representing 'public order' and the smallest circle represents 'security of State'. It is then easy to see that an act may affect law and order but not public order just as an act may affect public order but not security of State. It is in view of the above distinction, the Act defines the expressions 'acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of the State' and 'acting in any ...
majority rule
The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority2 of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group as our club makes decisions by majority rule Contrasted with unanimous consent or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization...
Our
Of or pertaining to us belonging to us as our country our rights our troops our endeavors See I...
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.]...
Discriminatory manner
Discriminatory manner, means affording different to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, colour, creed, or sex whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages that are not accorded to person of another such description....., Attorney-General of Antigua and Barbuda v. Lake (P.C.), (1999) 1 WLR 68....
Our Federalism
Our Federalism [from the language of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), which proclaimed that “Our Federalism” represents “a system in which there is sensitivity to the legitimate interests of both State and National Government … ”] : a doctrine in federal jurisprudence that limits federal interference in state civil and esp. criminal proceedings out of respect for the interests and policies of the states ...
age of majority
age of majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities (as liability under contract) of an adult compare emancipate NOTE: At common law, the age of majority was 21. Age of majority is now set by statute, in most states at 18. The age at which a person may perform various acts, as legally drink alcoholic beverages, make a binding contract, or make a valid will, does not necessarily correspond with the age of majority. ...
majority
majority pl: -ties 1 a : legal age b : the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a : a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the group or political party whose votes predominate b : the judges voting in a particular case who together determine the prevailing decision see also majority opinion at opinion compare dissent majority adj ...
Mainly
Mainly, 'mainly' should be interpreted as 'solely'. 'Solely' means 'exclusively' while 'mainly' means 'substantially', but not in any case 'wholly' or 'solely'. Himachal Road Transport Corporation v. M/s. Bhanno Mull, AIR 1992 HP 37 (45). [Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, (23 of 1971), s. 2(d)(i)]The word 'mainly', according to the ordinary plain meaning, means substantially, principally, chiefly, as far as practicable' or so far as possible, Swaran Lata v. Union of India, (1979) 3 SCC 165 (178): (1979) 2 SCR 953....
Distributing main
Distributing main, S. 2(18) 'distributing main' means the portion of any main with which a service line is or is intended to be, immediately connected. [Electricity Act (36 of 2003), s. 2 (18)]...
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