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To remove contamination or contaminants from by a cleansing process usually used of radioactive infectious or toxic materials as to decontaminate clothing worn by persons with infective disease decontaminate an area of PCBs after explosion of a transformer...
In all
In all, the words 'in all' which occur in clause (a), must be resolved by having regard to the underlying legislative purpose of the provisions contained in Chap. VIII of the Act which deals with third party risks. That is a sensitive process which has to accommodate the claims of the society as reflected in that purpose. Indeed, it is in this area of legislative ambiguities, unfortunately not receding, that Courts have to fill gaps, clear doubts and mitigate hardships, Motor Owners' Insurance Company Limited v. Jadavji Keshavji Modi, AIR 1981 SC 2059: (1981) 4 SCC 660: (1982) 1 SCR 860. [Motor Vehicles Act (4 of 1939), s. 95(2)(9)]...
Labourers' dwellings
Labourers' dwellings. Prior to 1890 the following five sets of enactments provided for the erection and maintenance of healthy 'labourers' dwellings,' the first three of the five being materially amended by the (English) Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 72):(1) The (English) Labouring Classes Lodging Houses and Dwelling Houses Acts, 1851, 1866, and 1867. These Acts might be 'adopted' by the town council of a borough and other local authorities. Upon the adoption of the Acts, corporate land might be appropriated and lodging-houses erected thereon, or money might be borrowed by the local authorities for erecting such houses on other land.The (English) Act of 1885 amended the procedure for adopting these Acts, allowed land to be bought for the purpose of the Acts, and allowed separate houses to be erected under the process of the Acts.The (English) Act of 1885 took away from an owner, required to demolish such dwellings, the power which he had under these Acts of...
Regulation
Regulation, has been defined as a rule or order prescribed for management or governance, Corpus Juris Secundum (Vol. 76, p. 615).Regulation, includes regulation, Constitution of India, Art. 13(3)(a).Means a rule or order prescribed for management or governance. As a matter of fact the regulation has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes a power to levy, Saurashtra Cement and Chemical Industries v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 8. [See Constitution of India, Sch. 7, List 1, Entry 54; Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 2]Means the regulations made by the council under s. 40. [Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Act, 2002, s. 2(r)]The expression 'regulation' in a given case may amount to prohibition, Talcher Municipality v. Talcher Regulated Market Committee, (2004) 6 SCC 178 (181). (Orissa Municipalities Act, 1950)The act or process of controlling by rule...
Sanctuary
Sanctuary, privilege of, existed in England from a period commencing soon after the conversion of the Saxons to Christianity. Its effect was that a person accused of any crime except treason or sacrilege might by flying to any church or churchyard, or even to certain other places in Westminster, Wells, Norwich, or York, or in London to Whitefriars or the Savoy, within forty days, on confession and taking oath of abjuration of the realm (see ABJURATION), escape to a foreign country, under the disability of not being able to return without the royal licence. If arrested during the forty days, he might put in the plea of Sanctuary. The privilege extended to civil as well as criminal process, but was attended by attainder of blood and forfeiture of goods.Sanctuary and abjuration were abolished in 1625 by 21 Jac.1, c. 21, after having been restricted by 26 Hen. 8, c. 13, 27 Hen. 8, c. 19, and 39 Hen. 8, c. 12.Means an area declared as a sanctuary by notification under the provisions of Chap...
Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
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