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Special Economic Zone

Special Economic Zone, means a specifically delineated duty-free enclave, as if it were a foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations, duties and tariffs, having been declared and notified in the official Gazette as a Special Economic Zone by the Central Government. [West Bengal Special Economic Zone Act, 2003, s. 2(l)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-section (4) of section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 (including Free Trade and Warchousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(za)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-s. (4) of s. 3 and sub-s. (1) of s. 4 (including Free Trade and Warehousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005, s. 2(Za)]Means the area declared by the Government of India as the Special Economic Zones. [Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(n)]Means an area identified...


deduction

deduction 1 : an amount allowed by tax laws to be subtracted from income in order to decrease the amount of income tax due see also Internal Revenue Code in the Important Laws section compare credit, exclusion, exemption busi·ness deduction : a deduction usually taken from gross income that is allowed for losses or expenses attributable to business activities or to activities engaged in for profit charitable deduction : a deduction allowed for a contribution to a charity usually that is qualified under the tax law (as sections 170 and 2055 of the Internal Revenue Code) de·pen·den·cy deduction : a deduction allowed to be taken in a set amount for a qualified dependent (as under sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code) itemized deduction : a deduction for a specifically recorded item that is allowed to be taken from adjusted gross income if the total of such deductions exceeds the standard deduction marital deduction 1 : a deduction allowed under th...


Costs

Costs, expenses incurred in litigation or professional transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc.Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to the solicitor by his client, whether he ultimately succeed or not; or between party and party, being those only which are allowed in some particular cases to the party succeeding against his adversary, and these are either interlocutory, given on various motions and proceedings in the course of the suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined.Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 4), gave cots to a successful plaintiff, and 2 & 3 Hen. 8, c. 6, and 4 Jac. 1, c. 3, to a victorious defendant; see Garnett v. Bradley, (1878) 3 App Cas 944.In proceedings between the Crown and a subject the general rule is that the Crown neither ...


Appellate Tribunal

Appellate Tribunal, means an Appellate Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 8. [Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), s. 2(a)]Means Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange established under section 18. [Foreign Exchange management Act, 1999]Means the Appellate Tribunal for energy Conservation established under section 30, Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001), s. 2(b)....


cancel

cancel -celed or: -celled -cel·ing or: -cel·ling 1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of compare revoke NOTE: The text of the will or of the will's provision need not be rendered illegible in order for a court to find that there was an intent to cancel it. b : to make (a negotiable instrument) unenforceable esp. by purposely marking through or otherwise marring the words or signature of NOTE: As stated in section 3-604 of the Uniform Commercial Code, a party that is entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument may cancel the instrument, whether or not for consideration, and discharge the obligation of the other party to pay. c : to mark (a check) to indicate that payment has been made by the bank NOTE: A check is no longer negotiable once it has been cancelled. d : to withdraw an agreement to honor (a letter of cr...


Pawn

Pawn, is a security, whereby contract, a deposit of goods is made as security for a debt. The right to property vests in the pledge only so far as is necessary to secure the debt. A pawn or pledge is an intermediate between a simple lien and a mortgage which wholly passes the property in the thing covered, Lallan Prasad v. Rahmat Ali, AIR 1967 SC 1322.Means security, whereby contract, a deposit of goods is made as security for a debt. The right to property vests in the pledge as to secure a debt, Holliday v. Holygate, (1968) 3 Ex 299; Lallan Prasad v. Rahmat Ali, AIR 1967 SC 1322: (1967) 1 SCWR 709....


Main

Main, means any electric supply-line through which energy is, or is intended to be, supplied to the public, State of U.P. v. HindustanAluminium Corpn., AIR 1979 SC 1459 (1463): (1979) 3 SCC 229: (1979) 3 SCR 709.It means any electric supply-line through which energy is, or is intended to be, supplied to the public.Means any electric supply-line through which electricity is, or is intended to be supplied. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(42)]...


Milk products

Milk products, milk and milk products are dealt with in that Appendix under Group A.11 which is divided into various items. Item A.11.01 which is further divided into sub-items A.11.01.01 to A.11.01.11 contains definition and standards of purity of various kinds of milk. Item A.11.02 defines milk products thus: Milk Products means the products obtained from milk such as cream, malai, curd, skimmed milk curd, chhanna, skimmed milk chhanna, cheese, processed cheese, ice cream, milk ices, condensed milk sweetened and unsweetened, condensed skimmed milk sweetened and unsweetened, milk powder, skimmed milk powder, partly skimmed milk powder, khoa, infant milk food, table butter and deshi butter, Kisan Chand v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1979 SC 1128 (1130): (1979) 4 SCC 709....


Nationalisation

Nationalisation, the expression 'nationalisation' means 'the acquisition and control of privately owned business by government', Maharashtra State Electricity Board v. Thana Electric Supply Co., AIR 1990 SC 153 (164): (1989) 3 SCC 709: (1989) 2 SCR 544. [Preamble General Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act]...


Lay off

Lay off, s. 2(kkk) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 defines a lay off. Lay-off may be due to shortage of coal or shortage of power or shortage of raw materials or accumulation of stocks or break-down of machinery or any other reason, Management of Kairbetta Estate v. Rajamanickam, AIR 1960 SC 893: (1960) 3 SCR 371.It means the failure, refusal or inability of employer on account of contingencies mentioned in clause (kkk) of the Industrial Disputes Act, s. 2 to give employment to a workman whose name is borne on the muster rolls of his industrial establishment. It is merely a fact of temporary unemployment of the workman in the work of the industrial establishment. The principles governing the case of lay-off are very akin to those applicable to a suspension case. When lay-off is found justified workmen may not be awarded any wages or compensation, Workmen of M/s. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co. of India (P) Ltd. v. Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co., AIR 1976 SC 1775: (1976) 3 SCC 819: (1976) 3 S...



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