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Public interest

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In the service of that government

the service of that government, the expression 'in the service of that government' in s. 2 of the Public Servants Inquiries Act, 1859 is the equiva-lent of 'employed under that government' in the context where it occurs, … service of that government, the expression 'in the service of that government' in s. 2 of the Public Servants Inquiries Act, 1859 is the equiva-lent of 'employed under that government' in the context where it occurs, R.P.

Mandamus

(1613). (Constitution of India, Art. 226) Mandamus, in England, this writ does not issue to Crown or any public servant acting as the agent of the Crown unless there is a Statutory liability, Commentary on the Constitution of

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Libel

which justified the writing or printing of it; e.g., that the defendant was giving a character of a servant, or commenting upon a matter of general interest to the public. No privilege, however, attaches to information supplied … a libel and not merely a slander, Yossopoff v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Corporation, 78 Sol Jo 617. As to publication by dictation, etc., to a typist, see Osborn v. Boulter & Son, (1930) 2 KB 226. All contumelious

In the pay of

Twelfth (a) does not inhere a master-servant or command-obedience relationship between the Government as the payer and the public servant as the payee and may comprehend a situation that the person may be in the pay of the

Salary

to s. 60, Civil Procedure Code must be construed as meaning the total monthly emoluments to which a public servant is entitled, including any sum which may be required for the payment of taxes or payments or repayments

Issue (despatch)

out; ... to give or send out authoritatively or officially; to send forth or deal out formally or publicly; to emit, put into circulation'. The issue of a charge-sheet, therefore, means its dispatch to the government servant,

Public man

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Bribe

betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It is a misdemeanour at common law for a public officer, whether judicial or ministerial, to accept a bribe, or for such an officer to conspire with others … Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, which is directed against the bribery and corruption of members, officers, and servants of public bodies. A right to vote for a candidate for election to the House of Commons being

National insurance

under the control of the employer. (d) (Generally) Employment as an officer or servant of a local or public authority. (e) Employment in plying for hire with a vehicle or vessel the use of which is obtained

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