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Home Dictionary Name: politicalPolitical offence
Political offence. as to the meaning of 'offence of a political character' in the (English) Extradition Act, 1870, see Re Castioni, (1891) 1 QB 149, where it was held that to come within the words of the statute the offence must be incidental to and form part of political disturbances. Cf. Re Meunier, (1894) 2 QB 415.Offences of a political character are well known in International law and the Law of Extradition. The Indian Extradition Act refers to 'offences of a political character'. For our present purpose it is really unnecessary for us to enter into a discussion as to what are political offences except in a sketchy way. It is sufficient to say that politics are about government and therefore, a political offence is one committed with the object of changing the govern-ment of a State or inducing it to change its policy, Rajender Kumar Jain v. State, AIR 1980 SC 1510: (1980) 3 SCR 982: (1980) 3 SCC 435....
Political party
Political party, in UK origins of organised political parties are relatively recent. They were first acknowledged by Burke in 1769; according to some commentators, the parties originated in Whig and Tory Groups in the late seventeenth century, Political Parties in Modern Britain, John D. Lees and Richard Kinber, p. 1.Means the largest mass organisation of voters in modern government, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 417.Unlike in UK, the political parties in India are registered with Election Commission, Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951, s. 29A....
Active politics
Active politics, 'Active politics' means almost whole time in politics, Pyare Lal Sharma v. Managing Director AIR 1989 SC 1854 (1859): (1989) 3 SCR 428: (1989) 2 SCC 448. [J&K Industries Employees Service Rules and Regulation Reg 16, R. 14 (as amended in 1983)]Means service at outposts, or against hostile tribes or other persons in the field. Assam Rifles Act, 1941.As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4(2)Means service or duty--(a) during the period of operation of a proclamation of emergency issued under clause (1) of article 352 of the constitution; or (b) during any peri...
Political office
Political office, is an office which forms part of a political department of the government or the political executive. This, therefore, clearly includes cabinet ministers, ministers, deputy ministers and parliamentary secretaries who are running the department formulating policies and are responsible to the parliament, V.C. Shukla v. State (Delhi Administration), AIR (1980) Supp 249....
body politic
body politic pl: bod·ies politic : a group of individuals organized under a single governmental authority ...
political question doctrine
political question doctrine : a doctrine under which a court will refrain from adjudicating a question that is more properly resolved by the other branches of government because of its inherently political nature and not because of a lack of jurisdiction ...
Politic
Of or pertaining to polity or civil government political as the body politic See under Body...
Body politic
Body politic [fr. bodig, A. S.; bodhag, Gael.], the nation; also a corporation.A group of people regarded in a political (rather thana private) sense and organised under a single Government authority; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Children of political sufferers
Children of political sufferers, The children of political sufferers are not only distinguishable from the rest but such a classification has a reasonable nexus with the object of the rules which can be nothing else than a fair and just distribution of seats, D.N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore, (1971) 2 SCC 293: AIR 1971 SC 1762 (1776): (1971) Supp SCR 608. [Mysore Medical Colleges (Selection for Admission) Rules, (1970)]...
High public or political office
High public or political office, the term 'high public or political office' used in the Special Courts Act, 1979 contemplates only a special class of officers or politicians who may be categorised as follows:(1) officials wielding extraordinary powers entitling them to take major policy decisions and holding positions of trust and answerable and accountable for their wrongs;(2) persons responsible for giving to the state a clean, stable and honest administration;(3) persons occupying a very elevated status in whose hands lies the destiny of the nation, State (Delhi Administration) v. V.C. Shukla, AIR 1980 SC 1382 (1411): (1980) Supp SCC 249: (1980) 3 SCR 500. (Special Courts Act, 1979, Preamble)...
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