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Termination

to contractual termination unconnected with any idea of punishment for misconduct, Devraj Urs v. General Manager, Mysore State Road Transport, Corporation, AIR 1971 Mys 99: 1970 (2) Mys LJ 496: 1971 Lab IC 469. Termination embraces not

Petty Sessions

High Court. Appeals to petty sessions are provided for by a number of Acts, e.g., Public Health, Housing, Road Traffic, etc. As to the duties of justices, see JUSTICES, and Stone's Justices' Manual.

Quasi Judicial Act

acts; provided those Rules conform to the principles of judicial procedure, Gullapali Nageswara Rao v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1959 SC 308 (326): 1959 Supp (1) SCR 319. (Constitution of India Art. 154)

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Pilot

person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port, defined in s. 742 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act,

Platform

has been adopted. Platform means any structure which is placed on or covers or projects over, any public road or any open drain, sewer or aqueduct. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(42)]

Precedent

principle on which a question before a court has been decided is alone binding as a precedent, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation v. Mansaram Nainwal, (2000) 6 SCC 366. A precedent acquirers added authority from lapse of time,

Previous conviction

to whipping in addition. Frequently statutes [see, e.g., (English) Licensing Act, 1872, s. 12, as to drunkenness; (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930, s. 13; (English) Truck Act, 1831, s. 9] in imposing penalties, increase them for second

Public prosecutor

alleged to have been committed within his district. Public purpose, acquisition of land for connecting two temples by road is considered to be a public purpose, Bajirao T. Kote v. State of Maharashtra, 1995 (2) SCC 442.

Public street

Public street, means any street, road square, court, alley, passage or riding path over which the public have a right of way whether a

Railway Rates Tribunal

some of the powers exercised by the Railway and Canal Commission in addition to granting new powers [(English) Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53)], Part II., ss. 37 et seq.

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