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Appeal

of testing the correctness of the decision given by the inferior forum. The right of appeal is a substantive and valuable right of any appellant who is normally a person aggrieved by the impugned decision, Bolin Chetia

Anticipation

effective form; e.g. a bill or other order of the day is more effective than a motion, a substantive motion is more effective than a motion for the adjournment of the House. Parliamentary Practice ' Erskine May, … beforehand, to make happen earlier than due; Webster Law Dictionary, p. 63. In House of Commons, (U.K.), the rule is that a matter must not be anticipated if it is contained in a more effective form of

judgment

directed verdict directed verdict of acquittal judgment on the merits : a judgment made after consideration of the substantive as distinguished from procedural issues in a case judgment on the pleadings : summary judgment in this entry … court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an

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Reduction in rank

however, he has no right to the particular rank, his reduction from an officiating higher rank to his substantive lower rank will not ordinarily be a punishment (AIR 1958 SC 36 referred); Shitla Sahai Srivastava v. North … Vice Chancellor, 1985 BLJR 195. Reduction in rank, is a punishment inflicted on Government servants under the service rules, Purushotham v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 36. Reduction in rank, losing places in seniority list is

Salary or wages

can be no doubt that the retaining allowance paid to the workmen during the off-season falls within the substantive part of the definition of the expression 'salary or wage'. It undoubtedly is remuneration which would, if the … the context of the Food Act, therefore, the term 'sale' has to be construed according to the mischief rule, Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Laxmi Narain Tandon, AIR 1976 SC 621: (1976) 1 SCC 546: (1976) 2

silent witness theory

photographic evidence (as photographs or videotapes) produced by a process whose reliability is established may be admitted as substantive evidence of what it depicts without the need for an eyewitness to verify the accuracy of its depiction … silent witness theory : a theory or rule in the law of evidence: photographic evidence (as photographs or videotapes) produced by a process whose reliability is

Collateral

written contract. See WARRANTY. A collateral or incidental issue is one that is ancillary to a direct and substantive issue, the former is an auxiliary issue and the latter the principal issue, Sajjadanashin Sayad M.D.B.E. EDR v. … Guildford, 1901 (2) KB 215] with a contract in writing made at the same time, notwithstanding the general rule that an oral merges in a written contract. See WARRANTY. A collateral or incidental issue is one that

Service and cadre

definition contained in r. 2(d), membership of the Service is limited to persons who are appointed in a substantive capacity to the Service. By the second part of r. 2(b), if read in an extended sense every … Service and cadre, according to the scheme of the Rules, 'Service' is a narrower body than the 'Cadre'. By the definition contained in r. 2(d), membership of the

due process

and may not contain provisions that result in the unfair or arbitrary treatment of an individual called also substantive due process NOTE: The guarantee of due process is found in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which … : a course of formal proceedings (as judicial proceedings) carried out regularly, fairly, and in accordance with established rules and principles called also procedural due process 2 : a requirement that laws and regulations must be related

Caste

or the whole State and also sometimes outside it. Homo Hierarchicus is expected to be the central and substantive element of the caste system which differentiates it from other social systems. The concept of purity and impurity … Caste, Since a caste is a social combination of persons governed by its rules and regulations, it may, if its rules and regulations so provide, admit a new member just as it

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