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Sanitation, includes leaving of open space in between a building and the road, Bashir Ahmad Khan v. State, (1972) ILR 2 All 340: (1972) All WR (HC) 620: (1972) All Cr Rep 396.The word 'sanitation' as used in s. 91 of the District Boards Act and s. 15 of the Panchayat Raj Act is confined to its ordinary meaning in relation to con-servancy and drainage and the like with reference to the necessity of avoiding dirt and disease and cannot be given such a wide meaning as to include control or regulation of trades, callings or practices, District Board v. Lakshmi Narain Sharma, AIR 1961 SC 356: (1961) 2 SCR 81....
Then
Then, as an adverb of time, it generally refers to the last antecedent, Archer v. Jegone, 6 LJ Ch 340.Mean 'in consequence of that' when used in a Will, Abbot v. Middleton, (1858) 7 HL Cases 68.Means 'at that time' or 'in that case' according to the context. If this word is used twice in the same sentence construed in the first instance, it points to the event and in the second as an adverb of time, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.The word 'then' occurring in s. 42A of Presidency Small Causes Courts Act, 1882 is prefaced b the preceding steps. First the occupant is to appear at the time appointed. Second, he is to claim that he is a tenant of the applicant within the meaning of the 1947 Act. Thirdly, he is to claim that in consequence he is entitled to the protection of that Act. Fourthly, that the claim of the occupant is not admitted by the applicant asking for possession, M. Laxmi & Co. v. Dr. Anant R. Deshpande, AIR 1973 SC 171 (174): (1973) 1 SCC 37: (1973) 2 SCR 172....
Tuta est custodia qua sibimet creditur
Tuta est custodia qua sibimet creditur (Hob. 340), that guardianship is secure which trusts to itself alone....
Wrongful confinement
Wrongful confinement, wrongful confinement is a wrongful restraint in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond a certain circumscribed limits and this offence has nothing to do with the investigation or search, Shyam Lal Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1972 SC 886: (1972) 1 SCC 764 (770): (1972) 3 SCR 422. (Indian Penal Code, s. 342)Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceedings beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said 'wrongfully to confine' that person. (Indian Penal Code, s. 340)...
Leave
Leave, having regard to the language of Rule 123 doubtless the word 'leave' has been used as a verb and not as a noun. Taking the word in its ordinary parlance if used as a verb it clearly connotes that the candidate should have given up the job or quitted the service or severed all connections with the post that he was holding. If the word 'leave' would have been used as a noun in the sense of obtaining leave or furlough then the concept of permission would undoubtedly have to be considered. In Black's Law Dictionary, Revised Fourth Edition at p. 1036 the author referring the case of Landreth v. Casey, 340 III 519; 173 NE 84 (85) observes as follows: 'Wilful departure with intent to remain away, and not temporary absence with intention of returning.' To the same effect is the definition of the word 'leave' when used as a verb in Webster's New International Dictionary at p. 1287 where it has been defined as meaning 'desert, abandon, forsake, to give up the practice, to quit service and...
Nagative pregnant
Nagative pregnant, a form of denial which does not sufficiently distinguish that which is denied from that which is admitted. As to its former effect in pleading, see Steph. Plead., 7th ed. 340....
Tape-recorded conversation
Tape-recorded conversation, a previous statement, made by a person and recorded on tape, can be used not only to corroborate the evidence given by the witness in Court but also to contradict the evidence given before the Court, as well as to test the veracity of the witness and also to impeach his impartiality. Apart from being used for corrobora-tion, the evidence is admissible in respect of the other three last-mentioned matters, u/s. 146(1), Exception 2 to s. 153 and s. 155(3) of the Evidence Act; Shri N. Sri Rama Reddy v. Shri V.V. Giri, AIR 1971 SC 1162: (1970) 2 SCC 340: (1971) 1 SCR 399....
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...
Carecta and carectata
Carecta and carectata, a cart and cartload, Dugd. Mon. tom. 2, p. 340....
Feres doctrine
Feres doctrine [from Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), the case which established the doctrine] : a doctrine in tort law: a member of the military is barred from recovering damages from the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained in the course of activity incident to his or her military service called also Feres rule ...
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