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Self determination

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Part of a building

not correct. The provisions of the State Rent Act clearly show that the State Rent Act is a self-contained Act and the rights and liabilities of landlord and tenant are determined by the provisions contained therein and … the State Rent Act is a self-contained Act and the rights and liabilities of landlord and tenant are determined by the provisions contained therein and not by the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act or any

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Tenant

Tenant, embraces in itself, the heirs of the deceased called 'statutory tenants' as even after the determination of the tenancy continued to have an estate on the tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v. … tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v. Brimlal, 1986 Sim LJ 86. Tenant, includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder, Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, ss. 5, 6, 7, 8; Punjab

Magna Carta

at once the security of peace and the sinews of war). The 9th chapter perpetuates our right of self-government, the source and bulwork of our constitutional freedom. It enacts that:-'The City of London shall have all the … at the coming of our foresaid justicers, being sent to take those assizes in the counties, cannot be determined, shall be ended by them in some other place in their circuit; and those things which for difficulty

Sovereignty

is governed; supreme political authority paramount control of the constitution and frame of government and its administration; the self-sufficient source of political power from which all specific political powers are derived; the inter-national independence of a State … receiving them, we have the sovereign power in the State. In an independent political community that sovereign is determinate and absolute. Its will is illimitable because, if it could not be constrained to act, it would cease

Uses

the Common Law, as it would have been absurd to give possession by livery of seisin to one's self. This was found to be convenient, especially in the following example: It frequently happened that upon the death … could bar it. (8) Every remainder, at the Common Law, must be limited, so as to await the determination of the particular estate, before it can take effect in possession: but an abridgment of the particular estate,

Natural justice

262. Historically, 'natural justice' has been used in a way 'which implies the existence of moral principles of self-evidence and unarguable truth'. In course of time, judges nurtured in the traditions of British jurisprudence, often involved it … a formulated law involving linguistic technicalities and grammatical niceties. It is the substance of justice which has to determine its form, Canara Bank v. Debasis Das, AIR 2003 SC 2041 (2047): (2003) 4 SCC 557.

Any mistake apparent from record

said to be an error apparent on the face of the record, if it is patent, manifest or self-evident. If one has to travel beyond the record to see whether the judgment or order is correct or … Any mistake apparent from record, cannot be defined scientifically, precisely or exhaustively and should be determined in the light of the fact and circum-stances of each case. It is well-settled that an error can

National insurance

to do more than give a bare outline of the two branches of National Insurance, and for the determination of any particular question reference should be made to the Acts themselves and the regulations made thereunder; see … these benefits are subject to various qualifications and conditions. The administration of the scheme is carried out through self-governing societies known as 'Approved Societies,' who administer the above benefits, except (1), which are administered by statutory bodies

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