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Requirement

Requirement, connotes that there should be an element of need, Bega Begum v. Abdul Ahad Khan, AIR 1979 SC 272. Requirement, coupled with the word reasonable means that

Detention

on behalf of her husband with the requisite intention. Such keeping back may be by force; but it need not be by force, Union of India v. Steel Stock Holders Syndicate, (1976) 3 SCC 108: AIR 1976

Scheduled caste

Scheduled caste, article 341 makes it clear that a 'Scheduled Caste' need not be a 'caste' in the conventional sense and, therefore, may not be a caste within the meaning

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interest

that has attached enables a creditor to obtain satisfaction of a debt out of the property without the need to obtain a judgment in court and levy on the property. Further, it provides the creditor with priority

privilege

Nixon, the Supreme Court held that this privilege is not absolute and that without a claim of a need to protect military, diplomatic, or national security secrets, the need for evidence in a criminal trial will outweigh

Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance

acknowledgment by the wife. Previously to 1925, by the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1882, no married woman need acknowledge a deed conveying property accrued to her after 1882; and no woman married since the Act need

Unless the contrary is proved

to be rebutted by proof and not by bare explanation which may be merely plausible. The required proof need not be such as is expected for sustaining a criminal conviction: it need only establish a high degree

Requires

Bombay Rents Hotel and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1947 means that there must be an element of need before a landlord can be said to 'require' premises for his own use and occupation. It is not

Exception

proceedings upon an Act of Parliament, an exception in the Act 'may by proved by the defendant, but need not be negatived or specified in the information or complaint'; and if so specified or negatived need not

Repair

Repair, 'repair' may include replacement or even a renewal. All replacements or renewals need not necessarily be repairs covenant for repairs making lessee liable to execute all repairs except major repairs, tenant

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