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Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of the law, Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra S.R.T.C., (1999) 1 SCC 90.The words 'pecuniary advantage' are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is an agreement between the officer and the trader that the officer is not expected to pay for the goods then there is no doubt that this would amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage, but if there is no such agreement and the officer does not pay it cannot be said that he has obtained any pecuniary advantage, Delhi Administration v. S.N. Khosla, AIR 1971 SC 1480 (1481): (1971) 1 SCC 872: (1971) 3 SCR 315. [P.C. Act, 1947, s. 5(1)(d)]...
Pecuniary
Relating to money monetary as a pecuniary penalty a pecuniary reward...
Pecuniary liability
Pecuniary liability, The words 'pecuniary liability' in s. 2(6) of Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951, will cover any liability which is of a monetary nature and includes a mortgage debt, Rajkumari Kaushalya Devi v. Bawa Pritam Singh, AIR 1960 SC 1030 (1031): (1960) 3 SCR 570. [Displaced Persons Debt (Adjustment) Act, 1957, s. 2(6)(c)]...
pecuniary
pecuniary : consisting of, measured in, or relating to money [ damages] ...
Pecuniary causes
Pecuniary causes, such as arise either from the withholding of ecclesiastical dues, or the doing or neglecting to do some act relating to the church whereby damage accrues to the plaintiff, to obtain satisfaction for which he is permitted to institute a suit in the spiritual court, 3 Bl. Com. 88....
Damage
Damage, Any loss, whether actionable as an injury or not. See DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA.The expression 'damage' is not necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of the ship, such as in collision. But damage can also be caused to property by breach of contract or acts of commission or omission on the part of the carrier or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for example, when cargo is damaged by exposure to weather or by negligent stowage, or, by the misconduct of those in charge of the ship, like when cargo is disposed of contrary to the instructions of the owner or by reason of theft and other misdeeds. In all these cases, damage arises by reason of loss caused by what is done by the ship or by the breach, negligence or misdeeds of those in charge of the ship. It must however be noticed that the expression 'damage done by any ship' has been construed by the English Courts as not to app...
Damages
Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (202).The expression 'damages' is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to one by the wrongdoing of another, (b) reparation awarded to the injured through legal remedies, and (c) its quantum being determined by t...
Public officer
Public officer, means a person falling under any of the following descriptions, namely:-(a) every Judge;(b) every member of an All India Service;(c) every commissioned or gazetted officer in the military naval or air forces of the Union while serving under the Government.(d) Every officer of a court of justice whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate or keep any document, or to take charge of dispose of any property, or to execute any judicial process, or to administer any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order, in the Court, and every person especially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties.(e) Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement;(f) Every officer of the Government whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to bring offenders to justice, or to protect the public h...
consideration
consideration : something (as an act or forbearance or the promise thereof) done or given by one party for the act or promise of another see also contract compare motive NOTE: Except in Louisiana, consideration is a necessary element to the creation of a contract. The consideration must result from bargaining by the parties, and must be the thing that induces the mutual promises. ad·e·quate consideration : a consideration that is reasonably equivalent in value to the thing for which it is given fair consideration : a consideration that is reasonable and given in good faith ;specif : something with a reasonably equivalent value that under the laws of fraudulent conveyances is given in good faith in exchange for the transfer of property good consideration 1 : a consideration based on a family relationship or natural love and affection 2 : valuable consideration in this entry NOTE: When used as defined in sense 1 good consideration is the opposite of valuable consider...
Benefit
Benefit, does not include any benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3 (b)]The word 'benefit' in the context means for the immediate benefit of the individual or his wife or minor child, Yeshwant Rao Ghorpode v. CWT, AIR 1967 SC 135 (137): 1966 Supp SCR 419. [Wealth-tax (Amendment) Act, 1964 s. 4(i)(iii)]Where a person derives a pecuniary advantage as a result of or in connection with the commission of an offence, he is treated as if he had obtained thereby a sum of money equal to the value of the pecuniary advantage, R. v. Righby, (2006) 1 WLR 3067....
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