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Step child, the child of one's spouse by a previous marriage, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Child
Child, means any person below the age of eighteen years and includes any adopted, step or foster child. [Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (43 of 2005), s. 2(b)]Child includes a still-born child. [Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), s. 3 (b)]Means a person who has not completed fourteen years of age. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (52 of 1966), s. 2 (b)]Means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age. [Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s. 2 (c)]Means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (ii)Means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (a)]Means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. [Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), s. 2 (bb)]Means a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) A...
Mother and step mother
Mother and step mother, There is inherent distinction between the status of a 'mother' and 'stepmother' and they are two distinct and separate entities and both could not be assigned the same meaning. The expression 'mother' clearly means only the natural mother who has given birth to the child and not the one who is the wife of one's father by another marriage, Kirtikant D. Vadodaria v. State of Gujarat, (1996) 4 SCC 479. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 125 (1) (d)]...
Step or proceeding
Step or proceeding, explanation (a) to s. 20(4) of the U.P. Act, provides: 'For the purposes of this sub-s.:- (a) the expression 'first hearing' meant the first date for any step or proceedings mentioned in the summons served on the defendant. The step or proceeding mentioned in the summons referred to in the definition should be construed to be a step or proceeding to be taken by the Court for it is, after all, a 'hearing' that is the subject-matter of the definition, unless there be something compelling in the said Act to indicate otherwise. Further, it is not possible to construe the expression 'first date for any step or proceeding' to mean the step of filing the written statement, though the date for that purpose may be mentioned in the summons, for the reason that, it is permissible under the Code for the defendant to file a written statement even thereafter but prior to the first hearing when the Court takes up the case, since there is nothing in the said Act which conflicts wit...
Taking any other step in the proceeding
Taking any other step in the proceeding, means the step must be such as would clearly manifest intention to waive benefit or arbitration agreement, Rachappa Gurudappa, Bijapur v. Gurusiddappa Nananiappa, 1989 (1) SCJ 14.The expression 'taking any other steps in the proceedings' must be given a narrow meaning and be confined to taking steps in the proceedings for resolution of the substantial dispute in the suit, Food Corporation of India v. Yadav Engineer & Contractor, AIR 1982 SC 1302 (1309): (1982) 2 SCC 499: (1983) 1 SCR 95. (Arbitration Act, 1940, s. 34)...
Child in need of care and protection
Child in need of care and protection, s. 2(d) 'child in need of care and protection' means a child-(i) who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence, (ii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not) and such person-(a) has threatened to kill or injure the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out, or (b) has killed, abused or neglected some other child or children and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused or neglected by that person, (iii) who is mentally or physically challenged orill children or children suffering from terminal diseases or incurable diseases having no one to support or look after, (iv) who has a parent or guardian and such parent or guardian is unfit or incapacitated to exercise control over the child, (v) who does not have parent and no one is willing to take care of or whose parents have abandoned him or who is m...
Step in the proceeding
Step in the proceeding, means a step in aid of the progress of the suit. The step must have been consciously taken with a view to submit to the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of adjudicating the controversy on the merits, Sadhu Singh Ghuman v. Food Corporation of India, AIR 1990 SC 893: (1990) 2 SCC 68; Bansidhar v. E.B. Sukhia, AIR 1957 HP....
Child living
Child living. The rule extending the meaning of 'child living' to include for the purposes of the child's benefit a child en ventre sa mere does not apply to s. 21 of the Finance Act, 1920, which provides for certain claimant has a child living at the commencement of a financial year; Jackson v. Voss, 39 TLR 445....
high stepping
having or moving with a high step as a high stepping horse...
Step in aid of execution
Step in aid of execution, implies if the facts of a particular case show that the proceedings in question has the effect of facilitating or advancing the execution of any extent or removing some obstacle from the way of execution, it may well be regarded as step in aid of execution, Ram Bharose v. Ramman Lal, AIR 1932 Oudh 148....
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