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vice president 1 : an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or discharge 2 : any of several officers serving as a president's deputies in charge of particular locations or functions (as sales) vice presidential adj ...
Vice-President
Vice-President, is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. He presides over the sittings of that House. He enjoys all powers to regulate the debate and proceeding of Rajya Sabha and is also the Head of the Secretariat of that Hose, A Comment-ary on the Constitution of India, Durga Dass Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 388, Constitution of India, Art. 64.Means the Vice-President of the Council. [Maharashtra State Council for Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Act, 2002, s. 2(v)]...
vice-presidency
vice-presidency : the office of vice president ...
president
president 1 : an official chosen to preside over a meeting or assembly 2 : an appointed governor of a subordinate political unit 3 : the chief officer of an organization (as a corporation or institution) usually entrusted with the direction and administration of its policies 4 : the presiding officer of a governmental body [the Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 5 a : an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic having a presidential government b : an elected official having the position of chief of state but usually only minimal political powers in a republic having a parliamentary government pres·i·den·tial [pre-zə-den-chəl] adj pres·i·den·tial·ly adv pres·i·dent·ship n ...
Officer
Officer. See ARMY; NAVY. A contract between the Crown and any of its military or naval officers for services rendered or to be rendered is not enforceable in a Court of law, see Jynaston v. A.G., 49 TLR 300.It means a person commissioned, gazetted or in pay as an officer in the Air Force, and includes--(a) an officer of any Air Force Reserve or the Auxiliary Air Force who is for the time being subject to this Act.(b) in relation to a person subject to this Act when serving under such conditions as may be prescribed, an officer of the regular Army or the Navy. [Air Force Act, 1950, s. 4(xxiii)]It means a president, vice-president, chairperson, vice chair-person, managing director, secretary, manager, member of a board, treasurer, liquidator, an administrator appointed under s. 123 and includes any other person empowered under this Act or the rules or the bye-laws to give directions in regard to the business of a multi-State co-operative society. [Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, ...
Election Commission
Election Commission, 'Election Commission' means the Election Commission referred to in Article 324. [Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), s. 2(d)]Means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324. [Representation of the People Act, 1950, s. 2 (d)]The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only in the like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of a Supreme Court; his conditions of service cannot be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment. An Election Commissioner or Regional Commissioner can be removed from office only on the recommendations of the Chief Election Commissioner. [Constitution of India, Art. 394(5)]Is a Constitutional body in India, created for the pur-pose of holding elections to Parliament, State Legislatures and Offices of President and Vice-President. [Constitution of India, Art. 324]Can disqualify a person for six years from voting on ground of conviction for certain offences. [Representati...
Chairman
Chairman, 'Chairman' according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means a person chosen to preside over meetings, e.g., one who presides over the meetings of the Board of Directors. In Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed., p. 230, the same expression is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression in Ballentine's Law Dictionary, 3rd Ed., pp. 189-190, Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged, 2nd Ed., p. 299, and Aiyer's Judicial Dictionary, 11th Ed., p. 238. The function of the Chairman would, therefore, be to preside over meetings, preserve order, conduct the business of the day, ensure that precise decisions are taken and correctly recorded and do all that is necessary for smooth transaction of business. The nature and duties of this office may vary depending on the nature of business to be transacted but b...
Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferraro a United States politician Born in 1935 she was a congresswoman from New York in the United States Congress from 1978 to 1984 and ran unsuccessfully in 1984 a candidate for Vice President of the United States with Walter Mondale as the Presidential candidate She was the first woman to be nominated by a major U S political party for the office of Vice President...
Candidate
Candidate [fr. Candidatus, Lat., clothed in white], a competitor, one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name is derived from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a specially extensive meaning. Corrupt and Illegal practices (English) Prevention Act, 1883, s. 63, by which, with a saving for a person nominated without his consent-In the Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, as amended by this Act, the expression 'candidate at an election' and the expression 'candidate' respectively mean, unless the context otherwise requires, any person, elected to serve in Parliament at such election, and any person who is nominated as a candidate at such election, or is declared by himself or by others to be a candidate on or after the day of the issue of the writ for such election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which such writ has been issued.Making certain false statements a...
Zero
Zero, is a lowest point or lowest in order, Webster's Third New International Dictionary.It is a mathematical value, intermediate between negative and positive values, Random House Dictionary of English Language.Zero, represents the lowest point of degree of the lowest number of votes which can be possibly be obtained by a candidate, Shrimikar v. Keshri Chand, AIR 1984 Raj 14 (18). [Rajasthan Municipalities (Election of Chairman,Vice-Chairman, President and Vice-President) Rules (1959), R. 10(8)(a)(ii)]Zero, undoubtedly has a mathematical value inter-mediate between positive and negative values. Every member of the board has one vote and if a duly nominated candidate does not receive the vote of even one of the members, then he would be considered to have obtained zero vote, because votes have to be counted in terms of number, Shriniwas v. Keshri Chand, AIR 1984 Raj 14....
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