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Material resources

Material resources, 'Material resources' is enshrined in art. 39(b) are wide enough to cover not only natural or physical resources but also movable or immovable properties. The mere fact that the resources are material will make no difference in the concept of the word 'resources'. Black's Law Dictionary defined the word recourses thus: Money or any property that can be converted to meet needs; means of raising money or supplies; capabilities of raising wealth or to supply necessary wants. The mere fact that the resources are material will make no difference in the concept of the word recourse. In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (Vol. 3) at page, 1634, the word material is defined thus: Materials tools or implements, to be used by such artificer in this trade or occupation, if such artificer be employed in mining; wooden props or 'sprags' though neither 'tools or implements' were 'materials' within these words. 'Material' includes a painter's bucket of distemper and brush. In Webster's T...


Material resources of the community

Material resources of the community, The expression 'material resources of the community' does not mean that the ownership of the resource must already vest in the State. The distribution envisaged by Article 39 (b) necessarily takes within its stride the transformation of wealth from private ownership into public ownership by nationalisation. Hence the expression 'material resources of the community' is not confined to natural resources; it is not confined to resources owned by the public; it means and includes all resources, natural and man-made, public and private-owned, Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company v. M/s. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, AIR 1983 SC 239 (251): (1983) 1 SCC 147: (1983) 1 SCR 1000. [Constitution of India, Art. 39 (b)]The expression 'material resources of the community' would cover the lands held by private owners also, State of Maharashtra v. Basanti Bai Mohanlal Khetan, AIR 1986 SC 1466: (1986) 2 SCC 516: (1986) 1 SCR 707....


Resources

Resources, 'resources' is a sweeping expression. Material resources of the community in the context of re-ordering the national economy embraces all the national wealth, not merely natural resources, all the private and public sources of meeting material needs, not merely public possessions. Every thing of value or use in the material world is material resource and the individual being a member of the community his resources are part of those of the community, State of Karnataka v. Shri Ranganatha Reddy, AIR 1978 SC 215 (250): (1977) 4 SCC 471: (1978) 1 SCR 647....


Biological resources

Biological resources, 'biological resources' means plants, animals and micro-organisms or parts thereof, their genetic material and by-products (excluding Value Added Products) with actual or potential use or value, but does not include human genetic material. [Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (18 of 2003), s. 2(c)]...


Material facts and material particulars

Material facts and material particulars, all those facts which are essential to clothe the petitioner with a complete cause of action, are 'material facts' which must be pleaded, and failure to plead even a single material fact amounts to disobedience of the mandate of s. 83(1)(a) of Representation of the People Act. 'Particulars', on the other hand, are 'the details of the case set up by the party'. 'Material particulars' within contemplation of cl. (b) of s. 83(1) of RPA, 1951 would therefore mean all the details which are necessary to amplify, refine and embellish the material facts already pleaded in the petition in compliance with the requirements of cl. (a), Shri Udhav Singh v. Madhav Rao Scindia, AIR 1976 SC 744: (1977) 1 SCC 511: (1976) 2 SCR 246.Distinction between 'material facts' and 'particulars'. The word 'material' in material facts under s. 83 of the Act means facts necessary for the purpose of formulating a complete cause of action; and if any one 'material' fact is omi...


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Computer resource

Computer resource, means computer, computer system, computer network, data, computer data base or software. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (k)]...


Raw material

Raw material, as commonly understood, is used in the process of manufacture. Printing machinery will certainly not come under the category of 'raw material', Re KI Kosalram, AIR 1968 Mad 113.Raw material, defined one of the valid tests could be that the ingredient should be so essential for the chemical process culminating in the emergence of the desired end product, that having regard to its importance in and indispensability for the process, it could be said that its very consumption on burning up is its quality and value as raw materials, Collector of Central Excise, New Delhi v. Ballarpur Industries Ltd., AIR 1990 SC 196.Raw material, is something from which another new or distinct commodity can be produced. When it is used in a taxing statute, it may have related meaning depending on the context in which it has been used, Tata Engineering & Locomotive Company Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1996) 6 SCC 479.The expression 'raw-material' is not a defined term. The meaning to be given to it...


Raw materials

Raw materials, means goods used as the ingredient in the manufacture of other goods and includes processing materials, consumable stores and material used in the packing of the goods so manufactured but does not include fuels for the purpose of generation of electricity. [Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(19)]Raw materials, ought to be construed in the sense of those basic materials which are required for the production of finished articles which the manu-facturer manufactures and not in the sense of unmanufactured materials or materials in their raw state, Municipal Committee, Burhanpur v. Allauddin Aolia Saheb, (1957) MP LJ 279....


Material alteration

Material alteration, A material alteration is one which varies the rights, liabilities, or legal position of the parties as ascertained by the deed in its original state, or otherwise varies the legal effect of the instrument as originally expressed, or reduces to certainty some provision which was originally unascertained and as such void, or which may otherwise prejudice the party bound by the deed as originally executed, Loonkaran Sethia v. Mr. Ivan E. John, AIR 1977 SC 336 (347): (1977) 1 SCC 379: (1977) 1 SCR 853.The material alterations contemplate change of substantial nature affecting the form and character of the building. Many a time tenants make minor constructions and alterations for the convenient use of the tenanted accommodation. The legislature does not provide for their eviction; instead, the construction so made would furnish ground for eviction only when they bring about substantial change in the front and structure of the building. The essential element which needs ...


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