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Personally interested, does not imply merely intellectual interest but something of the nature of an expectation of advantage to be gained, or of a loss or some disadvantage to be avoided by one who was said to be so interested, Jokhan Singh v. Marjad Koeri, AIR 1972 Pat 208: (1972) Cr LJ 788: (1977) BLJR 403.The question whether a Magistrate is 'personally interested' in a case within the meaning of s. 556, Criminal Procedure Code, has essentially to be decided on the facts of each case. There is no question that 'personal interest' within the meaning of the section is not limited to private interest, and that it may well include official interest also, Rameshwar Bhartia v. State of Assam, AIR 1952 SC 405: (1953) SCR 126.The words not imply mere intellectual interest of a Judge or the court, but something of the nature of an expectation of advantage to be gained, or of a loss or some disadvantage to be avoided, by the person who was said to be interested in the case, Jokhan Singh v. M...
Personality of laws
Personality of laws. By the personality of laws, foreign jurists generally mean all laws concerning the condition, state, and capacity of persons; by the reality of laws, all laws which concern property of things; qu' ad rem spectant. Whenever they wish to express that the operation of a law is universal, they compendiously announce that it is a personal statute; and whenever, on the other hand, they wish to express that its operation is confined to the country of its origin, they simply declare it to be a real statute, Story's Confl. Of Laws, 8th Edn. p. 20....
Personal luggage
Personal luggage, personal luggage has been de-fined as whatever a passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience, either with reference to his immediate necessities or for his personal needs at the end of his journey, State of Maharashtra v. M.H. George, AIR 1965 SC 722 (744): (1965) 1 Cr LJ 641. [FERA, 1947, s. 8(1)]...
Personal injuries
Personal injuries, do not mean injuries to the body alone but all injuries to a person other than those which cause death and that the relevant words must be read ejusdem generis with the words 'defamation and assault' and not with the assault alone, M. Veerappa v. Evelyn Sequeira, AIR 1988 SC 506: (1988) 1 SCC 556. [Indian Succession Act, 1925, s. 306]Personal injuries, includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition. [Interest Act, 1978, s. 2 (d)]...
Personal
Personal, clearly shows that some extra service must be rendered by the administrator general personally, different from his normal duties which would entitle him to receive fee, Ronal Llyod Powell v. Administrator-General, AIR 1967 All 231: (1966) ILR All 709: (1967) All LJ 536: (1966) All WR (HC) 109.Personal, means anything connected with the person, as distinguished from that connected with the land. Any movable thing, Chander Sekhar Singh Bhoi v. State of Orissa, (1972) 1 SCC 63 (69)....
Person interested in Wakf
Person interested in Wakf, 'person interested in a wakf' means any person who is entitled to receive any pecuniary or other benefits from the wakf and includes, - (i) any person who has a right to worship or to perform any religious rite in a mosque, idgah, imambara, dargah, Khangah, makbara, graveyard or any other religious institution connected with the wakf or to participate in any religious or charitable institution under the wakf; (ii) the wakf and any descendant of the wakf and the mutawalli, Board of Muslim Wakfs v. Radha Kishan, AIR 1979 SC 289: (1979) 2 SCC 468: (1979) 2 SCR 148....
Person in-charge
Person in-charge, a person 'in-charge' must mean that the person should be in over-all control of the day to day business of the company or firm. When a partner in-charge of a business proceeds abroad it does not mean that he ceases to be in-charge, unless there is evidence that he gave up charge in favour of another person, Girdhari Lal Gupta v. D.N. Mehta, AIR 1971 SC 2162 (2163): (1971) 3 SCC 189: (1971) 3 SCR 748. [FERA, 1947, s. 23 (c) (2)]...
Person having interest
Person having interest, means a disciple of the math or a person professing the Hindu religious or Sikh faith to which the math belongs, Mahant Sri Regunath Das v. Commissioner of Hindu Religious Endowment, (1986) 61 Cut LT 189 (Ori).The definition of the expression 'person having interest' in s. 2(10), (as amended in 1953) which is an inclusive one, and includes the suit brought by two or more trustees in the name of the idol, to recover possession of its property against a person holding it adversely to the trust from the purview of s. 50(ii) of the Act. That expression is wide enough to include not merely the beneficiaries of a temple, math, wakf etc. but also the trustees, Shree Gollaleshwar Dev v. Gangawwa Kom Shantayya Math, AIR 1986 SC 231: (1985) 4 SCC 393: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 646: (1986) Mah LR 220 (SC). [Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, s. 2 (10) 50 (ii) (a) and 51(1)]...
Intended for personal or household use
Intended for personal or household use, the expression 'intended for personal or household use' did not mean capable of being intended for personal or household use. It meant normally, commonly orordinarily intended for personal or household use, H.H. Maharaja Rana Hemant Singhji v. CIT, AIR 1976SC 662 (665): (1976) 1 SCC 996: (1976) 3 SCR 423....
Gainfully occupied person
Gainfully occupied person, means a person who is engaged in any trade, business, profession, office, employment or vocation and is wholly or sub-stantially dependent thereon for a livelihood, or a person who, though temporarily unemployed, is normally so engaged and dependent. [Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962 (59 of 1962), s. 2(4)]...
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