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Judicial experience

two or more parties adjudicating upon their legal rights or liabilities, Badridass Kanhaiyalal v. Appellate Tribunal of State Transport Authority Rajasthan, AIR 1960 Raj 105.

Fishery harbour

Fishery harbour, is a small harbour which, in the opinion of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is principally used by the fishing industry, Halsbury's Laws of

Heard

of the U.P. High Court (Amalgamation) Order, 1948 be directed to be heard at Allahabad, Nasiruddin v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, AIR 1976 SC 331: (1975) 2 SCC 671: (1976) 1 SCR 505 [U.P. High Courts (Amalgamation)

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Endorsement

It means the signing by the consignee or the endorsee after adding a direction on a negotiable multimodal transport document to pass the property in the goods mentioned in such document to a specified person. [Multimodal Transportation

Conveyance

Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (viii)] Means any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or any other means of transport including any animal. [Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), s. 2 (c)] Includes a

Colourable legislation

State, (1954) SCR 1: AIR 1953 SC 375. See also Gullapalli Nageswara Rao v. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, AIR 1959 SC 308: (1959) Supp 1 SCR 319. It is only when a legislature which has

Commerce or commercial

commercial, means concept of a trading activity. Trading activity may involve any kind of activity be it a transport or supply of goods, M.P. Electricity Board v. Shiv Narayan, (2005) 75 SCC 283.

Compensatory tax

or a tax by a meticulous test, and in the nature of things that cannot be done, Automobile Transport (Rajasthan) Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1962 SC 1406 (1425). (Constitution of India, Art. 301) Means taxes

Competent authority

by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act. [Multimodal Transporta-tion of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (b)] Means any person or authority authorised by the

Condition of service

any such legislative provisions or rule lays down otherwise, it will clearly be ultra vires. Mysore State Road Transport Corporation v. Mirja Khasim Ali Beg, (1977) 2 SCR 282: AIR 1977 SC 747. The expression 'conditions of

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