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Subjective satisfaction

Subjective satisfaction, means that 'satisfying oneself', Yakub Ismail Chhipa v. District Magistrate, Bharuch, 1996 Cr LR Guj 4....


Reason to believe

Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. CIT, Bangalore, AIR 1967 SC 523: (1967) 65 ITR 219: 1967 1 SCJ 161.Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The believe must be held in good faith. It cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. C.I.T., Bangalore, 1967 ITR 219: AIR 1967 SC 523.Reason to believe, is not synonymous with subjective satisfaction of the officer. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot merely be a pretence, Partap Singh v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1985 SC 989: (1985) 3 SCC 72.Means that reasons should exist but the court will not go into the adequacy of such reason, Manchand & Co. v. CIT, West Bengal, AIR 1969 Cal 431.Means coming to the conclusion on the basis of the information that a thing, condition, statement or fact exists. It only means facts which prima facie will convince any reasonable person under the c...


Satisfaction

Satisfaction, legal compensation; the recompense for an injury done, or the payment of money due and owing. See ACCORD.The giving of something with the intention, express or implied, that it is to extinguish some existing legal or moral obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1343.The doctrine of satisfaction of legacies, portions, and debts means the gift of a thing with the intention, either expressed or implied, that it is to be taken either wholly or partly in extinguishment of some prior claim or demand. Of course, it is open to a donor expressly to provide that his subsequent gift shall be a satisfaction of a prior demand, so as to prevent such donee from claiming both. With regard to implied or presumable satisfactions, they have been divided in to the three following classes:-(1) The satisfaction of legacies by portions, otherwise called the ademption of legacies. Upon this subject Lord Eldon laid down in Ex parte Pye, (1811) 18 Ves. 140; 2 W. & T.L.C., that 'where a p...


Satisfaction of Governor

Satisfaction of Governor, wherever Constitution requires the satisfaction of Governor for exercise of any power or function, the satisfaction required by Constitution is not the personal satisfaction of Governor but the satisfaction in the Constitutional sense under the cabinet system of Government, implying that Governor exercises all his powers and functions by or under the Constitution on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, PU Myllai Hlychho v. State of Mizoram, (2005) 2 SCC 12....


Business of the Govt. of the State

Business of the Govt. of the State, The expression 'business of the Government of the State' in Art. 166(3) of the Constitution, comprises functions which the Governor is to exercise with the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers including those which he is empowered to exercise on his subjective satisfaction and including statutory functions of the State, Government State of M.P. v. Dr. Yashwant Trimbak, AIR 1996 SC 765 (769): (1996) 2 SCC 305....


Has reason to believe

Has reason to believe, the expression 'reason to believe' in s. 34 does not mean purely subjective satisfaction on the part of the Income Tax Officer. The belief must be held in good faith: it cannot be merely a pretence. It is open to the Court to examine whether the reasons for the belief have a rational connection or a relevant bearing to the formation of the belief and are not extraneous or irrelevant to the purpose of the section, M.P. Industries Ltd. v. ITO, (1970) 2 SCC 32 (37): AIR 1970 SC 1011. (Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 34)...


satisfaction

satisfaction 1 a : the act or fact of satisfying b : execution of an accord by performance of the substituted obligation often used in the phrase accord and satisfaction compare accord, transaction c : a document indicating that an obligation has been satisfied [a of mortgage] 2 : the quality or state of being satisfied ...


Satisfaction on the Roll, Entry of

Satisfaction on the Roll, Entry of. As soon as a judgment is satisfied, by payment, levy, or otherwise, the defendant is entitled to have satisfaction entered upon the roll, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac., 12th Edn. 721 et seq, and see QUIETUS...


satisfaction piece

satisfaction piece : a formal written acknowledgment by an obligee (as a mortgagee) that an obligation has been satisfied and that the obligor is discharged ...


Ademption by satisfaction

Ademption by satisfaction, means an ademption that occurs because the testator, while alive, has already given property to the beneficiary with the intention of rendering the testamentary gift inoperative, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 40....


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