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Cement

dams etc. and also by common people for building, residential or commercial buildings, Associated Cement Co. Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2006) STC 95 (Vol. 144, Pt. 1). … Cement, is used for building, roads, bridges, and dams etc. and also by common people for building, residential or commercial buildings, Associated Cement Co.

open

available for use until canceled [an insurance contract] 4 : not repressed or regulated by legal controls [a state with gambling] vb opened open·ing vt 1 : to begin the process of [ the succession] 2 a … in effect or operation [an mine] [a bench warrant still ] b : available for use [an toll road] c : not finally determined, decided, or settled : subject to further consideration [an question] d : remaining

Public utility

depending upon the context in which it is used in a statute, rules or regulations, Earth Builders v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1997 Bom 148 … usefulness but it is often used to refer to a corporation that performs a public service. Hence rail, roads, airlines, bus lines, gas and electricity corporation are known as public utilities. Public utilities also means public purpose

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Out of

Director Francis De Costa v. Francis De Costa, (1996) 6 SCC 1 AIR 1996 SC 432 (434). [Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, s. 2(8)] … that the injury must be caused by an accident which had its origin in the employment. A mere road accident, while an employee is on his way to his place of employment cannot be said to have

Industrial or other establishment

is being carried one; (h) any other establishment or class of establish-ments which the Central Government or a State Government may, having regard to the nature thereof, the need for protection of persons em-ployed therein and other … means any-- (a) tramway service, or motor transport service eng-aged in carrying passenger or goods or both by road for hire or reward; (aa) air transport service other than such service belonging to, or exclusively employed in

Kept

the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness. It is something different from a mere state of transit or a course of journey through the State. It is something more than a mere stoppage … repeatedly used in the s.. In sub-s. (1), it occurs in association with the phrase 'for use on roads'. In that context, the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word 'keep in' is 'to retain', 'to maintain' or

Information

'information' in s. 34(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1922 includes information as to the true and correct state of the law and so would cover information as to relevant judicial decisions, Maharaj Kumar Kamal Singh v. … 43), ss. 1, 10, 11; s. 11 is extended as to the time within which proceedings under (English) Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 112, may be brought by

Use

Use, suggests 'something done' positively e.g. utili-zation of disposal. Mere 'non-use' is not included in the word 'use', State of Uttar Pradesh v. Ramagya Sharma Vaidya, AIR 1966 SC 78. … to include the period when the vehicle is not moving and is stationary, being either parked on the road and when it is not in a position to move due to some breakdown or mechanical defect, Shivaji

Gas

in section 2(g) of the Gujarat Gas Act wherein 'gas' has been defined as 'a matter of gaseous state which pre-dominantly consist of methane'. It would certainly include natural gas also under Entry 25, List II of … in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Gas.' By s. 161 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (see also (English) Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), s. 23), any urban authority may contract with

Precedent

is not proper to extract a sentence here and there from a judgment and to build upon it, State of Orissa v. Sudhansu Sekhar Misra, AIR 1968 SC 647. A precedent is not binding if it was … principle on which a question before a court has been decided is alone binding as a precedent, Uttaranchal Road Transport Corporation v. Mansaram Nainwal, (2000) 6 SCC 366. A precedent acquirers added authority from lapse of time,

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