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sustain 1 : to support as true, legal, or just 2 : to allow or uphold as valid [ an objection] compare overrule sus·tain·able adj ...
life sustaining
being the seat or source of life performing a necessary function in the living body as the need for life sustaining air and water...
Sustainable use
Sustainable use, means the use of components of biological diversity in such manner and at such rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of the biological diversity thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations. [Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (18 of 2003), s. 2(o)]...
Food stuff
Food stuff, the term ' foodstuff' is ambiguous. In one sense it has a narrow meaning and is limited to articles which are eaten as food for purposes of nutrition and nourishment and so would exclude condiments and spices such as yeast, salt, pepper, baking powder and turmeric. In a wider sense, it includes everything that goes in to the preparation of food proper (as understood in the narrow sense) to make it more palatable and digestible In my opinion the problems posed cannot be answered in the abstract and must be viewed in relation to its background and context, State of Bombay v. Virkumar Gulabchand Shah, AIR 1952 SC 335: (1952) SCR 877. [Essential Supplies (Temporary powers) Act, 1946, s. 2(9)]'Foodstuff' need not necessarily mean only the final food product which is consumed. It also includes raw food articles which may after processing be used as food by human beings, K. Janardhan Pillai v. Union of India, AIR 1981 SC 1485: (1981) 2 SCC 45: (1981) 2 SCR 676.Expression 'foodstuf...
nuclear reactor
Any of several devices that maintain and control a sustained nuclear fission chain reaction for the production of energy heat or artificial elements or for research purposes The main fuel sustaining the reaction and consumed by the process is typically uranium or plutonium...
Accumulated loss
Accumulated loss, means so much of the loss of the amalgamating banking company under the head 'profits and gains of business or profession' (not being a loss sustained in a speculation business) which such amalgamating banking company, would have been entitled to carry forward and set off under the provisions of section 72 if the amalgamation had not taken place. [Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 72AA, Exp.]Means so much of the loss of the amalgamating banking company under the head 'Profits and gains of business or profession' is not being a loss sustained in a speculation business which such amalgamating bank company, would have been entitled to carry forward and set-off under the provisions of section 72 if the amalgamation had not taken place, [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 72AA Explanation]...
Consideration
Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment or inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153.Consideration is one of the facts which the courts require as evidence of intention, (a) that a person intends his promise to be binding on him, or (b) that he intends to divest himself of a beneficial interest in property. In its widest sense consideration is the price, motive or inducement for a promise or for a transfer of property from one person to another. The nature or quality of the consideration which will be sufficient for these purposes varies with the nature of the transaction and in the absence of consideration the Courts will, except in the case of s...
Damages
Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (202).The expression 'damages' is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to one by the wrongdoing of another, (b) reparation awarded to the injured through legal remedies, and (c) its quantum being determined by t...
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
Liquidated damages
Liquidated damages, the amount agreed upon by a party to a contract to be paid as compensation for the breach of it, and intended to be recovered, whether the actual damages sustained by the breach be more or less, in contradistinction to a penalty; which is only the maximum amount agreed to be paid, and is intended to be reducible in proportion to the actual damage sustained. See Kemble v. Farren, (1829) 6 Bing 141; Lord Elphinstone v. Monkland Iron Co., (1886) 11 App Cas 332; Diestel v. Stevenson, (1906) 2 KB 345. See DAMAGES; PENALTY....
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