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Workman-agarias, a person could be a 'workman' even though he did piece-work and was paid not per day but by the job or employed his own labour and paid for it. Agarias were workmen within the meaning of the Act, Dharangadhra Chemical Works Ltd. v. State of Saurashtra, AIR 1957 SC 264: (1957) SCR 152....
Wite
Wite [Sax.], a punishment, pain, penalty, mulct, or criminal fine.The wite was a penalty paid to the Crown by a murderer. The were was the fine a murderer had to pay to the family or relatives of the deceased, and the wite was the fine paid to the magistrate who presided over the district where the murder was perpetrated thus, the wite was the satisfaction to be rendered to the community for the public wrong which had been committed, as the were was to the family for their private injury, Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dict...
Wharfage
Wharfage, money paid for landing goods at a wharf, or for shipping and taking goods into a boat or barge thence. Raichand Amulakh Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268; see London County Council v. General Steam Nav. Co. Ltd., (1907) 97 LT 863; and Harbours and Clauses Act, 1847, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920, supra.It means the charge levied on goods for not removing them from the railway after the expiry of the free time for such removal. [Railways Act, 1989, s. 2 (41)]As the wharfage and demurrage are charges in respect of goods unloaded from wagons and kept at the station, and also in respect of goods kept on platforms of the station, the said charges could certainly be described as charges in respect of the station, Raichand Amulkah Shah v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 1268 (1271): (1964) 5 SCR 148. [Railways Act, 1890, s. 3(14)]1. The fee paid for landing, loading or unloading goods on a wharf2. The accommodation for loading or unloading goods on a wharf, Black's...
Veal-money
Veal-money. The tenants of the manor of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, in lieu of veal paid formerly in kind, Bract....
Unpaid seller
Unpaid seller, (1) the seller of goods is deemed to be an 'unpaid' seller with the meaning of this Act:(a) when the whole of the price has not been paid or delivered;(b) when a bill of exchange or other negotiable ins-trument has been received as conditional payment, and the condition on which it was received has not been fulfilled by reason of the dishonour of the instrument or otherwise.(2) In this Chapter, the term 'seller' includes any person who is in the position of a seller, as, for instance, an agent of the seller to whom the bill of finding has been endorsed, or a consignor or agent who has himself paid, is or directly responsible for, the price. [Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (30 of 1930), s. 45]...
Unless and until the contrary is proved
Unless and until the contrary is proved, significance and effect of presumption under parties in contract themselves providing a sum to be paid by the party breaking the contract-Whether this provision removes the presumption under-Whether after removal of his presumption bar under s. 21 oper-ates. (ii) The fact that the parties themselves have provided a sum to be paid by the party breaking the contract does not, by itself, remove the strong presumption contemplated by the use of the words 'unless and until the contrary is proved'. The sufficiency or insufficiency of any evidence to remove such a presumption is a matter of evidence, M.L. Devender Singh v. Syed Khaja, AIR 1973 SC 2457: (1973) 2 SCC 515: (1974) 1 SCR 312....
Turnover of purchases
Turnover of purchases, in relation to any period, means:(a) in the case of the occupier of a jute-mill, the aggregate of the purchase prices or parts of purchase prices payable by such occupier for the quantities of raw jute purchased by him during such period after deducting the amounts, if any, refunded to him by the seller during such period in respect of any quantity of raw jute returned to the seller within ninety days from the date of its purchase and such other amounts as may be prescribed.(b) in the case of a shipper of jute, the aggregate of the purchase price or parts of purchase price payable by such shipper of jute in respect of the quantities of raw jute purchase by him in West Bengal and dispatched by him during such period to any place outside West Bengal by any means of transit.(c) in case of any dealer liable to pay tax under s. 12 or s. 13, the aggregate of the purchase price or parts of purchase price payable by such dealer in respect of the goods, prescribed under t...
Scheme
Scheme, a 'scheme' is a carefully arranged and systematic programme of action. A transaction under which, one party deposits with the other or lends to that other a sum of money on promise of being paid interest at a rate higher than the agreed rate of interest cannot, without more, be a money circulation scheme' within the meaning of s. 2(c) of the Act, howsoever high the promised rate of interest may be in comparison with the agreed rate, State of West Bengal v. Swapan Kumar Guha, AIR 1982 SC 949 (953): (1982) 1 SCC 561: (1982) 3 SCR 121.Means a scheme inviting subscription to security receipt proposed to be issued by a securitisation company or reconstruction company under that scheme. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), s. 2(1)(y)]1. A systematic plan; a connected or orderly arrangement, esp. of related concepts 2. An artful plot or plan usu. to deceive others, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1346....
Occupier
Occupier, includes, --(i) any person who for the time being is paying or is liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable.(ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building.(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building, and(iv) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building. [The Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(i)]Means a person who occupies a site or building within a zone and including his successors and assignees. [The Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Development Act, 2003, s. 2(h)]Occupier, of a jute-mill means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the jute-mill. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]The person residing in or upon or having a right to reside in or upon any house, land, or place; formerly rateable to the poor rate under the Poor Rel...
Royalty
Royalty, a payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine or similar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. It is usually a payment of money, but may be a payment in kind, that is, of part of the produce of the exercise of the right, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, 2nd End., p. 1595.In the legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights and prerogatives of a sovereign are covered thereunder. In its secondary sense, the word 'royalty' would signify, as in mining leases, that part of the reddendum, variable thought, payable in cash or kind, for rights and privileges obtained, Inderjeet Singh Sial v. Karam Chand Thapar, (1995) 6 SCC 166.Royalty, is not a tax. Simply because the royalty is levied by reference to the quantity of the minerals produced and the impugned cess too is quantified by taking into consideration the same quantity of the mineral produced, the latter does no...
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