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Technical assistance

Technical assistance, may involve sending experts into the field to teach skills and to help solve pro-blems in their areas of specialization, such as irrigation, agriculture, fisheries, education, public health forestry, (New Encyclopaedia Britannica), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552...


Technical Instruction

Technical Instruction. By the repealed (English) Technical Instruction Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 76), technical instruction, i.e., by s. 8, instruction in the principles of science and art applicable to industries, but not including the teaching, the practice of any trade or industry or employment, might be provided by local authorities at the expense of the ratepayers; and by the repealed Technical Instruction Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 4), a local authority might provide for a supply of such instruction in a school outside its own district, so far as necessary for the requirements of its own district, in cases where similar provision could not be so advantageously made by aiding a school within its own district; but these Acts are superseded by the Education Act, 1921, Part VI., and the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 35), ss. 83 and 113....


Technical

Technical, means what is characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, or trade, (New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.The word 'technical' is described in the Concise Oxford Dictionary to mean a particular art, science or of applied science or vocational training dealing with applied science. It is trite to say that when a word has many etymological meanings attributed to it, the same takes its true colour from the text and context. The dictionary meaning of the word 'technical' is also 'professional' and is used in contradiction with pure sciences, Dean Goa Medical College, Sudhir Kumar Solanki, AIR 2001 SC 3422 (3423): (2001) 7 SCC 645. [Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987, s. 58]...


Technical education

Technical education, has the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of s. 2 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (52 of 1987). [National Commission for Minority Educational Institution Act, 2004, s. 2(k)]Technical education, includes medical education, Nachane Ashwini Shivram v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1998 Bom 1. [See also Constitution of India, Art. 371(2)(c), List III, Entry 25]...


Technical services

Technical services, includes 'professional services' as well, Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.The expression 'technical services' has a very broad connotation and it has been elsewhere in the statute also so widely as to comprehend professional services: vide s. 9(1)(vii), referred to earlier. But we need not digress on this aspect for two reason. Firstly, whatever may be the position regarding other 44 professional services', there can hardly be any doubt that services involving specialised knowledge, experience and skill in the field of constructional operations are 'technical services', Continental Construction Ltd. v. C.I.T., 1992 Supp (2) SCC 567: AIR 1992 SC 803 (825). [Income Tax Act, 1961, s. 80-89(1)(vii) Expln. 2]...


ineffective assistance of counsel

ineffective assistance of counsel :representation of a criminal defendant that is so flawed as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial [claimed ineffective assistance of counsel following his conviction] called also ineffective assistance NOTE: Ineffective assistance of counsel is a violation of the guarantee of the assistance of counsel that is provided in the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel may be brought as a result of government interference with the attorney-client relationship that precludes effective representation, as when an informant is present during conversations between the attorney and the defendant. The existence of a conflict of interest on the part of the attorney may also be the basis for a claim. Most claims are, however, based on the attorney's failure to provide competent representation. Competent representation does not require the best representation, only a performance that is reasonable under prevailin...


Temporary assistant officers

Temporary assistant officers, the expression 'Temporary Assistant Officers', which was not previously defined in the Railway Establishment Code, was sought to be defined by new clause 17 of Rule 102 to mean a 'a gazetted railway servant drawing pay on the scale applicable to junior scale officers but not classified either as Class I or as Class II Officer'. The expression Assistant Officer was redefined so as not to include a Temporary Assistant Officer who was not 'classified either as Class I or as Class II', Katyani Dayal v. Union of India, (1980) 3 SCC 245: (1980) 3 SCR 139....


assistance of counsel

assistance of counsel :the help of a lawyer which a defendant in a criminal prosecution is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution see also ineffective assistance of counsel Powell v. Alabama in the Important Cases section NOTE: The Supreme Court held in Powell v. Alabama that the Sixth Amendment requires the state to provide a lawyer to a defendant too poor to hire one. ...


employee assistance program (eap)

employee assistance program (eap) A workplace program provided by the employer to assist employees in recovering from drug or alcohol abuse, emotional problems, job stress, marital discord, or workplace conflict ...


University Professor, University Assistant Pro-fessor, University Reader, or University Lecturer

University Professor, University Assistant Pro-fessor, University Reader, or University Lecturer, means a Professor, Assistant Professor, Reader or Lecturer appointed or recognized as such by the University. [Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2004. s. 2(23)]...


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