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Retirement, superannuation

when the same is used in the context of 'superannuation' or retirement by way of superannuation, in service parlance the well-settled meaning is that it has relevance and relates to discharge from a post on account of

Term loan

of Patiala v. Harbans Singh, (1994) 3 SCC 495. The expression 'term loan' is well understood in banking parlance. The expression implies the grant of loan for a fixed term. It has no relevance with the purpose

Viswas bai

like to escape from the rigorous of the terms and conditions of the transaction, 'Viswas' as per common parlance is love and affection. 'Bai' is an Urdu word. It indicates a sale transaction, Gurubasappa v. Gurulingappa, AIR

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Vegetable product

a technical sense nor from the botanical point of view. It should be understood as understood in common parlance. 'Vegetable products' are not defined in the Act, but is a phrase of every day use and so

Vanaspati and oil

undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal H. Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1980 SC 1889 (1891): (1980) 4 SCC 329. (Minimum Wages

Under the colour of duty

of duty', or 'under colour of office', is not infrequently used in law as well as in common parlance. Whether or not when the act bears the true colour of the office or duty or right, the

Under the authority of any department of the Central Govt

any department of the Central Government' in s. 32(iv) of the Payment of Bonus Act would in ordinary parlance mean that the department is directly responsible for the management of the industrial undertaking, Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh

Ultimate

Ultimate, in common parlance means last or final, J.K. Industries Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, 1997 SCC (L&S) 1.

Ton

each: see (English) Weights and Measures Act, 1878, s. 14. Ton, is a unit of volume in shipping parlance and is not to be taken as weight as may be commonly understood, Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd.

Termination

or removal from service, Hartwell Prescott Singh v. Uttar Pradesh Government, AIR 1957 SC 886. Termination, in ordinary parlance may include termination for misconduct; but in the light of rules and prevailing practice, the meaning of the

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