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Certify

the Supreme Court and such question must be clearly set out in its order. It is well-established that mere grant of certificate by the High Court does not prevent this Court from determining whether it was rightly

Title

complete title to lands and tenements. 1. The lowest and most imperfect degree of title consists in the mere naked possession, or actual occupation of the estate, without any apparent right or any shadow of pretence of

Domicile

is'that place in which a man has voluntarily fixed the habitation of himself and family, not for a mere special or temporary purpose, but with the present intention of making a permanent home, until some unexpected event

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Security

that makes the money more assured in its payment or more readily recoverable as distinguished from e.g. a mere IOU which is only evidence of a debt. The word is not confined to a document which gives

Person aggrieved

Person aggrieved, does not include a mere busy-body, but refers to one who has a genuine grievance on account of some order prejudicially affecting his

Obligation

in order that it may be enforced by a court, it must be a legal obligation and not merely moral, social or religious, Hyderabad Stock Exchange Ltd. v. Rangnath Rathi and Co., AIR 1958 AP 43 (47).

Penalty sale tax

Penalty sale tax, penalty is not merely sanction. It is not merely adjunct to assessment. It is not merely consequential to assessment. It is not

Premises

is 'premises' within the meaning of s. 5(8) and s. 5(8A) and does not cease to be premises merely because the building is capable of being used for the particular business only or merely because machinery or

Terrorism

It may be possible to describe 'terrorism' as use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the

Shall

It is needless to add that the employment of the auxiliary verb 'shall' is inconclusive and similarly the mere absence of the imperative is not conclusive either. The question whether any requirement is mandatory or directory had

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