Day: March 23, 2019

Absconder
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Absconder

“absconder” means a person against whom a warrant is in force on account of an offence under the Indian Penal Code or any other law or in respect of whom an order of arrest has been made under sub-section...
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Classes of tenants
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Classes of tenants

There shall be, for the purpose of this Act, the following classes of tenants, (namely) :— (1) tenure-holders, including under-tenure-holders, (2)raiyats, and (3) under-raiyats, that is to say, tenants holding whether immediately or mediately under-raiyats; and the following classes...
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Occupant
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Occupant

“Occupant” includes every zamindar, tenure-holder, farmer and other person entitled to receive rents in respect of land or holding land on a claim that he is so entitled, and every raiyat in occupation of land ; Bengal Survey Act, 1875
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Tenure and tenure-holder
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Tenure and tenure-holder

“Tenure” includes all permanent interests in land, with the exception of estates as above defined, and with the exception of those of raiyats having a right of occupancy only; it also includes all ghatwali holdings; “tenure-holder” means all or any of the holders...
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Estate
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Estate

“Estate” means -any land which is entered on the revenue-roll as separately assessed with the public revenue ; any land acquired from the [Government] under one title, which is liable to pay land-revenue at any future time; any char or island...
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Property
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Property

Article 31, like Art, 19 (1) (f), is concerned with “property.” Both the Articles are in the same chapter and deal with fundamental rights. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that the word “property” must be given the same...
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Police power
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Police power

We are familiar with the expression “police power” which is in vogue in the United States of America. ‘This expression simply denotes that in special cases the State can step in where its intervention seems necessary and impose special...
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