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Make allowance
Make allowance, the words 'make allowance' occurring in the proviso to clause 3(1) of the Order mean that deduction in or abatement of the price to be paid by the Government can be allowed by the requiring authority if the quality of the paddy is found to be poor or the Government has to incur any packing or weighing charges, Ram Chandra Pal v. Hiramba Kumar Pal, AIR 1952 Cal 502....
Voluntary, voluntary confession
Voluntary, voluntary confession, the crux of mak-ing a statement voluntarily is, what is intentional, intended, unimpelled by other influences, acting on one's own will, through his own conscience. Such confessional statements are made mostly out of a thirst to speak the truth which at a given time predominates in the heart of the confessor which impels him to speak out the truth. Internal compulsion of the conscience to speak out the truth normally emerges when one is in despondency or in a perilous situation when he wants to shed his cloak of guilt and nothing but disclosing the truth would dawn on him. It sometimes becomes so powerful that he is ready to face all consequences for clearing his heart, Devender Pal Singh v. State of NCT of Delhi, (2002) 5 SCC 234 (260): AIR 2002 SC 1661. [Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Preven-tion) Act, 1987, s. 15]...
Urban land
Urban land, means the land situated in such munici-pal area and the areas in the periphery there of as may be notified by the State Government and different limits of periphery areas may be notified for different classes of municipal areas. [Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 2003, s. 3(h)]Urban land, means, (i) any land situated within the limits of an urban agglomeration and referred to as such in the master plan; or (ii) In a case where there is no master plan, or where the master plan does not refer to any land as urban land, any and within the limits of an urban agglomeration and situated in any areas included within the local limits of a municipality (by whatever name called), a notified area committee, town area committee. A city and town committee, a small town committee, a cantonment board or a panchayat, but does not include any such land which is mainly used for the purpose of agriculture, Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415: (1979) 3 SCC 324: (1979) 3 S...
Terrorism
Terrorism, as ordinarily understood, means the act of terrorising, Muralidhar Sarangi v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., (2000) 3 SCC 466.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 potential of producing on the society as a whole. There may be death, injury, or destruction of property or even deprivation of individual liberty in the process but the extent and reach of the intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of the land and its main objective is to overawe the Government to disturb harmony of the society or 'terrorise' people and the society and not only those directly assaulted, with a view to disturb even tempo, peace and tranquillity of the society an create a sense of fear and insecurity. A 'terrorist' activity does not mere...
Taking any part in the publication of any adver-tisement
Taking any part in the publication of any adver-tisement, the definition of the words 'taking any part in the publication of any advertisement' contained in s. 2(d) of the Act is wide enough to include the printing of the advertisement and the sending of it in any part of India, Dr. Yash Pal Sahi v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1964 SC 784 (787): (1964) 5 SCR 582. [Drugs and Magic Remedies Objectionable Advertisements Act (21 of 1954), s. 2(d)]...
Taidad
Taidad, is an extract from a public register or other document of authority in confirmation of a claim, Tarakeshwar Pal v. Satish, AIR 1930 Cal 411....
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...
Revise
Revise, the word 'revise' meaning 'to re-examine, to review, to correct or to amend the fault', is not hedged or qualified by any condition or limitation, Ram Kanai Jamini Ranjan Pal Pvt. Ltd. v. Member Board of Revenue, AIR 1976 SC 1545: (1976) 3 SCC 369: (1976) Supp SCR 110. [Bengal Fiance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941, s. 20(3)]...
Retrospective law
Retrospective law, retrospective means looking backward; contemplating what is past; having reference to a statute or things existing before the Act in question. Retrospective law, according to the same dictionary, means a law which looks back-ward or contemplates the past; one which is made to affect acts or facts occurring, or rights occurring, before it came into force. Every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability in respect to transactions or considerations already past. Retroactive statute means a statute which creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past or destroys or impairs vested rights, Darshan Singh v. Ram Pal Singh, AIR 1991 SC 1654: (1992) Supp 1 SCC 191....
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