Panchayat - Law Dictionary Search Results
Voter on election duty
on election duty, unable to vote at the polling station where he is entitled to vote. [West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003, s. 2(27)]
Urban land
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
Time-barred
which cannot be recovered in court of law by the statutes of limitations, Hari Raj Singh v. Sanchalak Panchayat Raj, Uttar Pradesh Govt., Lucknow, AIR 1968 All 246.
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Specially appointed
Specially appointed, the expressional 'specially appointed' means appointment for specific purpose, AIR 1965 Pat 446 (447). [Bihar Panchayat Election Rules, 1959 r. 2(9)] The word 'specially' has reference to the special purpose of appointment and is
Sign
is unable to write his name, means to authenticate in such manner as may be prescribed. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(24)] Sign, where a person is unable to write his name, he may place
Sanitation
The word 'sanitation' as used in s. 91 of the District Boards Act and s. 15 of the Panchayat Raj Act is confined to its ordinary meaning in relation to con-servancy and drainage and the like with
Local area
administered by a local body like a municipality, a district board, a local board, a union board, a Panchayat or the like. The premises of a factory is therefore not a 'local area', Diamond Sugar Mills Ltd.
Qualifying date
date specified as such by the Commission by notification for the purposes of this Act. [The West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(22)]
Public prosecutor
purpose to allot land to a landless member of the backward class for his personal cultivation, Samadhiyala Gram Panchayat, Bhavnagar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1985 Guj 105. Public purpose, has been used in its generic sense
Public Holiday
for the purpose of s. 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881). [The West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(21)]
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