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Groundnut, A seed is one which germinates. It is not disputed that the groundnut greminates. Hence it is undoubtedly seed. The next question is whether it is generally used for manufacture of oil. Here again, there can hardly be any doubt that groundnut is mostly used for the manufacture of groundnut oil which is used in the manufacture of dalda and other cooking media. Groundnut is one of the items which is mostly used in this country for the manufacture of cooking media, Avadh Suarr Mills Ltd. v. Sales Tax Officer, AIR 1973 SC 2440: (1974) 3 SCC 271: (1973) 3 SCR 546....
Any premises including the precincts thereof
Any premises including the precincts thereof, the words 'any premises including the precincts thereof' under s. 2(m) are therefore wide enough to include all buildings with its surroundings which form part of one unit, Grauer and Weil (India) Ltd. v. CCE, AIR 1995 SC 543 (546): (1995) 1 SCC 77. [Factories Act (63 of 1948), s. 2(m)]...
Avoided
Avoided, word 'avoided' does not mean 'evaded' and that it has been used in the sense of escapment, Mansukhlal v. CIT, AIR 1969 SC 835 (839): (1969) 73 ITR 546. [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 28(1)(c)]...
Business
Business, 'business' is a word of wide import. It has no definite meaning. Its perceptions differ from private to public sector or from institutional financing to commercial banking, Mahesh Chandra v. Regional Manager Uttar Pradesh Financial Corpn., AIR 1993 SC 935 (939): (1993) 2 SCC 279. [State Financial Corporation Act, (63 of 1951), s. 24]--Business would undoubtedly be property, unless there is something to the contrary in the enactment, J.K. Trust Bombay v. CIT, (1958) SCR 65: 1957 SCJ 845: AIR 1957 SC 846.Business includes the activities carried on by any public body, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 20, 4th Edn., Para 546, p. 357. The term 'business' includes every trade, occupation and profession. The word 'business' has no technical meaning, but is to be read with reference to the subject and intent of the Act in which it occurs. The term 'business' means an affair requiring attention and labour as the chief concern; mercantile pursuits, that one does for livelihood, occupati...
Bye-law street
Bye-law street, means a street constructed so as to comply with any bye-laws, regulations or other enactments in force in the district, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 747, p. 546....
Enact
Enact, to act, perform, or effect; to establish by law; to decree.The make into law by authoritative act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 546....
Enactment
Enactment, The word 'enactment' does not mean the same thing as 'Act'. Act means the whole Act, whereas a s. or part of a s. may be an enactment, Prabodh Verma v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1984) 4 SCC 251: AIR 1985 SC 167: (1985) 1 SCR 216.An 'enactment' would include any Act or provision contained therein passed by the Union Parliament or the State Legislature, State of Punjab v. Sukh Deb Sorup Gupta, AIR 1970 SC 1641 (1642). [General Clauses Act, (10 of 1897), s. 3(19)]Enactment shall include a Regulation (as hereinafter defined) and any Regulation of the Bengal, Madras or Bombay Code, and shall also include any provision contained in any Act or in any such Regulation as aforesaid. [General Clause Act, 1897, s. 3(17)]The action or process of making into law, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 546....
May
May, Prima facie the word 'may' must be given its ordinary and natural 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 nothing in the provisions of the Act, which would compel a court to give to the word 'may' in section 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 import that the matter is discretionary with the court in exercising its functions. Similarly, 'shall' sometimes imports that the matter is entirely discretionary with the court in exercise of its functions, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Jogendra Singh, 1963 SC 1613; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Manbodan Lal, 1957 SC 912; Kamar Singh v. Delhi Administration, 1965 SC 971; Banwari Lal v. State of Bihar, 1961 SC 849; Narayana Rao v. State o...
Undertaking
Undertaking, denotes 'any business or any work or project which one engages in or attempts as an enterprise analogous to business or trade, Secretary Madras Gymkhana Club Employees Union v. Manage-ment of Gymkhana Club, AIR 1968 SC 554: (1968) 2 SCJ 138: (1968) 1 SCA 379: (1967) 2 SCWR 618: (1967) 2 Lab LJ 720: 33 FJR 157: (1968) Lab JC 547: (1968) 2 Andh WR (SC) 6: (1968) 2 Mad LJ (SC) 6: 15 Fac LR 411: 16 Law Rep 140.Undertaking, denotes, with reference to company law, all the assets of the company past present and future, and is a mortgageable interest being commonly charged by the debentures of the company. 'Undertaking' means a unit, such as a factory or a granary, Industrial Disputes Tribunal (in re:), (1956) 3 All ER 111.Undertaking, in a compromise decree does not mean a promise to a court. It is merely a solemn promise by one party to the other when it appears in an agreement between the two, Nisha Kant Roy v. Sandji Bashnai, Goho, AIR 1948 Cal 294: 49 Cr LJ 567.Undertaking, i...
State Public Information Officer
State Public Information Officer, means the State Public Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) and includes a State Assistant Public Information Officer designated as such under sub-section (2) of section 5. [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(m)]...
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