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Court
Sales Tax Officer is not a 'court' within the meaning of s. 195 of the Criminal Procedure Code, Jagannath Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 416 (422): (1963) 2 SCR 850. [Criminal Procedure Code … compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar, AIR 2000
Fraud
order to gain by another's loss. It is a cheating intended to got an advantage, S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, AIR 1994 SC 853 (855): (1994) 1 SCC 1. A term used in a variety of meanings. At
May
Tax Act, 1957 in the context cannot mean 'shall' or 'must', Raja Jagannath Baksh Singh v. State of U.P., AIR 1962 SC 1563: (1963) 1 … 6 of the Act a meaning other than its ordinary meaning and to interpret it as 'shall', State v. Surajdeo Sinha, 1953 BLJR 571: 1954 Cr LJ 139: 1954 Pat 80. The word 'may' does not always … meaning. Primarily it is permissive in its meaning and until the contrary is established the word 'may' in section 6 of the Criminal (Amendment) Act could be read to mean that 'It shall be lawful'. There is
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Fraud on a power
order to gain by another's loss. It is a cheating intended to get an advantage, C.S.P. Changalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, (1994) 1 SCC 1. In equity has been defined as an act or omission to act or concealment
Such
kind mentioned before', Nemi Chand Sen v. Kumud Behari, 1951 ILR 1 Cal 404; CIT Punjab, Himachal Pradesh v. Jagannath, AIR 1957 Punj 226: (1957) 32 ITR 418. Means a gift of 'such parts' of testator's property as
Abstraction
connecting the main with a private terminal, the connecting wire is the artificial means for abstraction, Jagannath Singh v. B.S. Ramaswamy, AIR 1966 SC 849 (850): (1966) 1 SCR 885. (Electricity Act, 1910 s. 39) … Abstraction, the word 'abstraction' in the context of s. 39 means taking or appropriation. Energy may be dishonestly abstracted by artificial means or unauthorised devices. For instance,
Artificial means
and is thus an 'artificial means' for preventing the meter from duly registering the energy supplied, Jagannath Singh v. B. S Ramaswamy, AIR 1966 SC 849 (851): (1966) 1 SCR 885. (Electricity Act, 1910, ss. 39 and … Artificial means, the exposure of the stud hole permits the insertion of foreign material inside the meter retarding the rotation of the inside disc, and
Fact of State
is not purely a question of fact but a question relating to a 'fact of State', Hardeodas Jagannath v. State of Assam, AIR 1970 SC 724 (727). (Extra Provincial Jurisdiction Act, 1947, s. 6) … Fact of State, The question whether the Dominion of India was entitled to exercise extra provincial jurisdiction over the Shillong administered
Otherwise directed
appellate authority to permit the assessee to furnish security in lieu of cash amount of tax, Hardeodas Jagannath v. State of Assam, AIR 1970 SC 724: (1969) 2 SCR 261. [Assam Sales Tax Act, 1947 (17 of … authority can ask the assessee to deposit a portion of the amount and not the whole but the section gives no power to the appellate authority to permit the assessee to furnish security in lieu of cash
Malice
to say by spite or ill will or by any indirect or improper motive, Ramesh Chandra Singh Mohapatra v. Jagannath Singh Mohapatra, AIR 1975 Ori 121 (22). In common law or acceptance means ill will against a person, … technically called malitia pr'cogitata, or malice prepense or aforethought. It is either express, as when one with a sedate and deliberate mind and formed design kills another, which formed design is evidenced by certain circumstances discovering such
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