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Termination

contractual termination unconnected with any idea of punishment for misconduct, Devraj Urs v. General Manager, Mysore State Road Transport, Corporation, AIR 1971 Mys 99: 1970 (2) Mys LJ 496: 1971 Lab IC 469. Termination embraces not merely

Legal representative

person or a person on whom the estate devolves on the death of an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation v. Ramanbhai Prabhat Bhai, AIR 1987 SC 1690 (1699): (1987) 3 SCC 234: (1987) 3 SCR 404.

Wharfinger

persons other than the occupier of such premises. See also Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 492. Wharfingers, who transport goods of their customers by lighter from importing ships, do not come under liability as common carriers, Consolidated

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Void and voidable

same, it cannot be treated to be void but would be obviously voidable, Government of Orissa v. Ashok Transport Agency, (2000) 9 SCC 28 (50). The distinction between void and voidable is often great practical importance. Whenever

Value of goods

the purchase invoices or bills and includes insurance charges, excise duties, countervailing duties, value added tax, sales tax, transport charges, freight charges and all other charges incidental to the transaction of the goods: Provided that where the

Trunk Roads Act, 1936

Roads Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 5), provides that the Minister of Transport shall be the highway authority for the principal roads in Great Britain which constitute the national system of

Town-service route

have to ply between a place in the town and a place outside, Andhra Pradesh S.R.T.C. v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, (1998) 7 SCC 353

Toll

the term is a charge for the landing or shipping goods at a port; a charge made for transport of goods, esp. by railway or canal, Hansraj & Sons v. State of J&K, (2002) 6 SCC 227:

To store

keep it in any one place, but does not include any detention happening during the ordinary course of transport. [Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934), s. 2 (f)]

To perform those duties etc

44(3) has to be read once after the word 'fit' and a second time after the words 'Regional Transport Authority'. That will explain the importance of the conjunction 'and' which is found in sub-cl. (b) after the

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