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Satisfactorily account, the legislature has advisedly used the expression 'satisfactorily account'. The emphasis must be on the word 'satisfactorily', and the Legislature has, thus, deliberately cast a burden on the accused not only to offer a plausible explanation as to how he came by his large wealth, but also to satisfy the court that his explantation was worthy of acceptance, C.S.D. Swami v. State, AIR 1960 SC 7 (10): (1960) 1 SCR 461. [Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, s. 5(3)]...
Known sources of income
Known sources of income, the expression 'known sources of income' must have reference to sources known to the prosecution on a thorough investigation of the case. It was not, and it could not be, contended that 'known sources of income' means sources known to the accused. Affairs of the accused are matters specially within the knowledge of the accused; within the meaning of s. 106 of the Evidence Act, C.S.D. Swami v. State, AIR 1960 SC 7: (1960) 1 SCR 461. [Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, s. 5(3)]The expression 'known sources of incomes' means 'sources known to the prosecution'. So also, the same meaning must be given to the words 'for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account' occurring in s. 5(1)(e), State of Maharashtra v. Wasudeo Ramchandra Kaidalwar, AIR 1981 SC 1186; (1981) 3 SCC 199: (1981) 3 SCR 675.The expression 'known sources of income' has reference to sources known to the prosecution after thorough investigation of the case. It is not, and cannot be conten...
Inscrutable
Unsearchable incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily obscure incomprehensible as an inscrutable design or event...
Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit
Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit [Lat.], An accuser is not to be heard after a reasonable time unless he can account satisfactorily for the delay....
Account or Accompt
Account or Accompt [fr. compte, Fr., computo, Lat.], a registry of debts, credits, and charges, or a detailed statement of a series of receipts (credits) and disbursements (debits) of money-which have taken place between two or more persons. Accounts are either-(1) open, where the balance is not struck, or it is not accepted by all the parties; (2) stated, where it has been expressly or impliedly acknowledged to be correct by all the parties; and (3) settled, where it has been accepted and discharged. Stated and settled accounts may be investigated and reopened by the Court on the ground of fraud or fiduciary relationships. See SURCHARGE and FALSIFY.Companies under the Companies Act, 1929, must keep proper books of account, and present to the company in general meeting not less than 18 months after incorporation and subsequently at least once in every year a profit and loss account and balance sheet, to copies of which shareholders of all companies, except private companies, are entitl...
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