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Inclined to persist tenacious of purpose persistent...
Persistent default
Persistent default, means contumacious perseverance despite opposition or remonstrance, yet it cannot be said that in the absence of warning or opposition, persistent default cannot be established, State of Madras v. Tirunelveli Municipal Council, (1967) ILR 1 Mad 493: (1967) 1 Mad LJ 47....
Persistence
The quality or state of being persistent staying or continuing quality hence in an unfavorable sense doggedness obstinacy...
Persistent
Inclined to persist having staying qualities tenacious of position or purpose...
Persistently
In a persistent manner...
Persistive
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Habitually
Habitually, a person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappu Nawabkhan Pathan v. S.N. Sinha, AIR 1990 SC 2069 (2071): (1990) 4 SCC 552. [Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985, s. 2(c)]The word 'habitually'connotes some degree of fre-quency and continuity. It requires a continuance and permanence of some tendency, something that has developed into a propensity, that is, present from day-to-day, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Fourth Edn., Vol. 2, p. 1204, Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar, AIR 1984 SC 1334 (1338): (1984) 3 SCC 14: (1984) 3 SCR 435.Means 'usually' and 'generally', Mustakmiya Jabbar-miya Shaikh v. M.M. Mehta, Commissioner of Police, (1995) 3 SCC 237.Would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing ...
importune
importune -tuned -tun·ing vt : to press or urge with troublesome persistence [who solicits, requests, commands, s or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which constitutes an offense "General Statutes of Connecticut"] vi : to beg, urge, or press another persistently or troublesomely compare coerce, solicit ...
Habitual
Habitual, means repeated several times. Management of Monghyr Factory of I.T.C. Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, AIR 1978 SC 1428 (1434): (1978) 3 SCC 504: (1978) 3 SCR 1044.The expression 'habitual' would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts. An isolated default of rent would not mean that tenant was a habitual defaulter, Vijay Amba Das Diware v. Balkrishna Wamon Dande, AIR 2000 SC 1414 (1416): (2000) 4 SCC 126. (Rent Control and Eviction)A habitual offender or a person habitually addicted to crime is one who is a criminal by habit or by disposition formed by repetition of crimes, Dhanji Ram Sharma v. Supt. of Police, AIR 1966 SC 1766 (1767). [Punjab Police Rules, 1934, R. 23.4 (3) (b)]Means constant customary, addicted to a specified habit. In other word it would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts, Advanced Law Lexicon, 3rd Edn. by P. Ramanatha Aiy...
Habitual criminal
Habitual criminal, A person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappubhan Navab Khan Pathan v. S.N. Sinha, AIR 1990 SC 2069 (2071): (1990) 4 SCC 552. [Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act (16 of 1985), s. 2(c)]. See PREVENTIVE DETENTION.A person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be continuity in commission of those offences, R. Kalavathi v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2006) 6 SCC 14: (2006) 6 JT 69: (2006) 6 SCALE 385: (2006) 5 Supreme 116: (2006) 5 SLT 321: (2006) 6 SCJ 69: (2006) 7 SCJD 583: (2006) 8 SRJ 57: (2006) 3 SCC (Cri) 11: (2006) 3 Crimes 7 (SC): (2006) 2 JCC 1185: (2006) 3 Recent CR...
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