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Ruler, art. 366(22) defines a 'Ruler' in relation to an Indian State as meaning the Prince, Chief, or other person by whom any such covenant or agreement as is referred to in clause (1) of Art. 291 was entered into and who for the time being is recognised by the President as the Ruler of the State, and includes any person who for the time being is recognised by the President as the successor of such Ruler. There is no substance in the contention that the impugned Act is void because the definition of the word 'ruler' is inconsistent with Article 366(22) of the Constitution. There is no doubt that the definition of the word 'Ruler' prescribed by s. 2(h) of Act is wider than that prescribed by Art. 366(22). The definitions prescribed by Article 366 are intended for the purpose of interpreting the articles in the Constitution itself, unless the context otherwise requires. The whole object of defining the word 'ruler' in the Act is to specify and described the lands in respect of which the...
Ruler of a foreign State
Ruler of a foreign State, 'foreign State' means any State outside India which has been recognised by the Central Government, and 'Ruler' in relation to a foreign State, means the person who is for the time being recognised by the Central Govt. to be the head of that State, Mirza Ali Akbar Kashani v. United Arab Republic, AIR 1966 SC 230: (1966) 1 SCR 319...
matriarch
The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants a ruler by maternal right...
Monarch
A sole or supreme ruler a sovereign the highest ruler an emperor king queen prince or chief...
India
India, the territory of India comprises the territories of the States and that of Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c).means Bharat, a Union of States, Constitution of India, Art. 1.India, in 1876, by the (English) Royal Titles Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 6), Queen Victoria was empowered to add to the style of the Crown, with a view of recognizing the transfer of the Government of India to the Queen by the Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), and the addition of 'Empress of India' was made by Proclamation in April, 1876, with which addition as 'Emperor of India' it has passed to his present Majesty.In any Act of Parliament passed after 1889 the expression 'British India' means 'all territories and places within her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any govern...
Privy purse
Privy purse, is the sum fixed by the Government of India for covering the expenses of each of the rulers of former Indian States and their families in consideration of their agreement of merger in the Indian Union, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 4, p. 369.Privy purse, the income set apart for the sovereign's personal use. See CIVIL LIST.The periodical payment of money by the Govern-ment to a Ruler of a former Indian State as privy purse all political considerations and under political sanctions and not under a right legally enforceable in any municipal court is strictly a political pension within the meaning of s. 60(1)(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The use of the expression 'privy purse' instead of the expression 'pension' is due to historical reasons. The privy purse satisfies all the essential characteristics of a political pension, and as such, is protected from execution under s. 60(1)(g), Code of Civil Procedure. Moreover, an amount of the pr...
Tyranny
Tyranny, means an arbitrary or despotic government; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, whether vested constitutionally in one ruler or usurped by that ruler by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental power, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1523....
governor
governor : one that governs: as a : one that exercises authority esp. over an area or group b : an official elected or appointed to act as ruler, chief executive, or nominal head of a political unit ;specif : the chief executive of a U.S. state c : the managing director and usually the principal officer of an institution or organization d : a member of a group that controls or directs an institution [the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors] gov·er·nor·ship n ...
prime minister
prime minister 1 : the chief minister of a ruler or state 2 : the official head of a cabinet or ministry ;esp : the chief executive of a parliamentary government prime min·is·te·ri·al [-mi-nə-stir-ē-əl] adj prime min·is·ter·ship n prime min·is·try [-mi-nə-strē] n ...
social contract
social contract : an actual or hypothetical agreement among individuals forming an organized society or between the community and the ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each ...
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