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Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly--(i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government, (ii) by the State Government, the State Government [Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), s. 2(a)]The Appropriate Government means, in relation to fees or stamp relating to documents presented or to be presented before any officer serving under the Central Government, that Government, and in relation to any other fees or stamps, the State Government. [Court-Fees Act, 1870 (7 of 1870), s. 1A]Means as respects any matter--(i) enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. (ii) relating to any State law enacted under List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (e)]Means in relation to any major port the Central Government, an...
Application
Application, a request, a motion to a Court or judge; the disposal of a thing.A prayer made to an authority for relief to set aside an order of another authority, Shaik Saidulu v. Chukka Yesu Ratnam, (2002) 3 SCC 130 (136): AIR 2002 SC 749. [Hyderabad Municipal Corporatiion Act (2 of 1956) s. 71]Includes a petition. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (b)]Means an application made to a Tribunal under s. 19. [Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), s. 2 (b)]Means an application made under s. 19. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (b)]Means an application made to a Tribunal under section 19, Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993), s. 2(b).Means an application made under section 16, Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 (54 of 1987), s. 2(a).An application for the purpose is a request by all the lessees to permit the change of the user of the land showing readiness and willingness to ...
Martial law
Martial law, in India, Parliament by law can impose law in any part of the country in case of grave insurrection and provide for indemnity of acts of persons in the maintenance or restoration of order in any area where martial law was in force, validate any sentence passed, punishment inflicted, forfeiture ordered or any other act done under martial law, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., p. 297, Constitution of India, Art. 34.Martial Law, in the proper sense of the term, means the suspension of ordinary law and the government of a country or parts of it by military tribunals. It must be clearly distinguished (1) from 'military law' (see that title), and (2) from that 'martial law' which forms part of the laws and usages of war. The term 'martial law' is also sometimes used as meaning the common law right of the Crown to repel force by force in the case of insurrection, invasion or riot, and to take such exceptional measures as may be necessary f...
Processing
Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to characterise an operation as 'processing' is that the commodity must, as a result of the operation, experience some change' (See Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, 1981 (1) SCC 653: AIR 1981 SC 1014). In a cold storage, vegetables, fruits and several other articles which requires preservation by refrigeration are stored. While as a result of long storage, Scientific examination might indicate loss of moisture content that is not sufficient for holding that the stored articles have undergone a process, Delhi Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, AIR 1991 SC 2125.Processing, include the preservation of such products as canning, freezing drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting etc., Regional Executive, Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund...
Special Leave to Appeal
Special Leave to Appeal, in England, the judicial committee of the Privy Council possesses the power to grant special leave to appeal, a petition for special leave lies where the court below lacks the power to grant leave to appeal or possessing that power has declined to exercise that power, in criminal cases, leave is granted only when some substantial or gross injustice has been done; in civil cases, on a question of general interest or public importance, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p. 305.Is exercisable outside the purview of the ordinary law relating to appeal and in cases where needs of justice demand interference by the highest court of the land; to be exercised only under exceptional circumstances, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p. 305.The Supreme Court of India possesses the power to grant special leave to appeal from any judgment, decree, determination, sentence or order in any caus...
Shall be final
Shall be final, sub-s. (5) of s. 35 after the amendment states that the decision of the Commissioner of Sales Tax under this s. shall, subject to an appeal to the Tribunal, be final. In view of the language of the s., in our opinion, it cannot contemplate a further revision to the High Court against a decision of the Tribunal. 'Shall be final' means it is final and there is an end, Commissioner of Sales Tax v. Super Cotton Bowl Refilling Works, AIR 1989 SC 922: (1989) 1 SCC 643: (1989) 1 SCR 421...
Route
Route, means a line of travel which specifies the highway which maybe traversed by a motor vehicle between one terminus and another. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2 (38)]Under s. 2(28A) inserted by s. 2 of Act 56 of 1969 the word 'route' has been defined as meaning 'a line of travel which specifies the highway which may be traversed by a motor vehicle between one terminus and another', Mysore State Road Transport Corporation v. Mysore State Transport Appellate Tribunal, AIR 1974 SC 1940: (1975) 1 SCR 615: (1974) 2 SCC 750.A route as defined is a line of travel between two termini on a highway, but the idea of a route as a notional line that the definition suggests has not been consistently maintained in the Act. A route may mean not only the notional line of travel between one terminus and another, but also the area of the road over which the motor vehicles ply. Yet the two terms are not inter-changeable, D. Papiah v. Mysore State Transport Appellate Tribunal, AIR 1976 SC 1731: (1976) ...
Rem, Judgment in
Rem, Judgment in, is an adjudication pronounced upon the status of some particular subject-matter by a tribunal having competent jurisdiction and concluding all persons (not merely the parties to the proceedings) from saying that the status of the thing adjudicated upon was not such as declared by the adjudication, Rex. v. Hartington, 4 E&B 780; and see Castrique v. Imrie, 8 CBNS (1) 405 and LR 4 HL 414. Where a Court rei sit' has control over the thing and jurisdiction to decide as to its dis-position, the adjudication is conclusive against the world, see opinion of judges, per Blackburn J., in the House of Lords, supra. The chief instances are in the Admiralty Courts; foreign judgments, declar-ing status of a ship; or in the matrimonial causes, etc.; grants of probate or administration; con-demnation of goods by a competent tribunal, Geyer v. Aquilar, 7 TR 696; and as to highways, Wakefield Corporation v. Cooke, 1904 AC 31. See The Duchess of Kingston's case, and notes thereto, 2 Sm....
Prosecution
Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an offender upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the prosecutor. See titles PUBLIC PROSECUTOR and ADVOCATE, LORD.The word 'prosecution' as used in Article 20 contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before a court or a judicial tribunal, Thomas Dana v. State of Punjab, AIR 1959 SC 375: (1959) Supp 1 SCR 274.Means a criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of a person charged with crime', Jasbir Singh v. Vipin Kumar Jaggi, AIR 2001 SC 2734.Means criminal proceedings in general. It includes all criminal proceedings to which any oral obloque is attached, ST Sahib v. Hasan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957 Mad 646.Means a person appointed by the government to conduct all prosecutions on behalf of the State, Mansoor v. State of Madhy...
Proceeding
Proceeding, includes administrative proceeding, Nathibai v. Maheshwari Samaj Ramola Trust, AIR 1997 MP 19.It includes execution proceedings also, Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 22.Proceeding, is a term of wide amplitude. It means a prescribed course of action for enforcing or protecting a legal right and further embracing the requisite steps to be taken whether procedural or substantive. Also means forms in which relief is sought before courts of law or before other bodies or authorities determining rights and liabilities and in which actions are brought and defended and the manner of conducting them and the mode of deciding them. All these happenings or events before a labour court or industrial tribunal or any other authority on whom jurisdiction is conferred by law to dispose of contentious matters are understated by the term 'proceeding', Workmen of Bali Singh Bhagwan Singh v. Management, 1968 ILR 2 Punj 371: 1969 Lab IC 581: AIR 1969 Punj 147; K.J. Lingan and A.V. Mahayalam v. Jt. ...
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