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Germane

Germane, Relevant; pertinent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 695

Reason to believe

a limited scrutiny by the court that such 'a reason to believe' or 'opinion' was not formed on relevant facts or within the limits, or within the restraints of the statute as an alternative safeguard to rules

Successor-in-interest

Successor-in-interest, 'successor-in-interest' the relevant facts to be taken into account in determining this question was explained by Gajendragadkar, J. in the following

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Pertinence

quality or state of being pertinent justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand fitness appositeness relevancy suitableness

Having regard to

that in exercising the power, regard must be had also to the factors enumerated together with all factors relevant for exercise of that power, India Cement Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1991 SC 724 (730): (1990)

Lacuna in the prosecution

be equated with the fallout of an oversight committed by a public prosecutor during trial, either in producing relevant materials or in eliciting relevant answer from witnesses, Rajendra Prasad v. Narcotic Cell, (1999) 6 SCC 110.

Social backwardness

backwardness which results from poverty is likely to be aggravated by considerations of their caste. This shows the relevance of both caste and poverty in determining factor of social backwardness of citizens. Poverty by itself is not

Provide

mean provide ex-pressly or by necessary implication. The necessary implication of a provision has the same effect and relevance in law as an express provision has, unless the relevance of what is necessarily implied is excluded by

Population

Druitt, (1903) 1 Ch 446. Population means the population ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(43)] Means the population as ascertained

discovery

by parties to a civil or criminal action to obtain information held by the other party that is relevant to the action see also deposition, interrogatory, request for production b : the disclosure of information held by

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