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Every employee covered by the Act is entitled to receive gratuity after he has rendered continuous service for five year or more when his employment is terminated: (i) On his superannuation, or (ii) On his retirement or resignation, or ADVERTISEMENTS: (iii) On his death or disablement due to accident or disease. The qualifying condition of minimum five years continuous service is not necessary where the termination of the employment of any employee is due to death or disablement. For this purpose ‘disablement’ means such disablement as incapacitates an employee for the work which he was capable of performing before the accident or disease resulting in such disablement. In the case of death of an employee, gratuity payable to him is to be paid to his nominee, and if no nomination…

This method, which was introduced in 1917, is the oldest and the most extensively used method for production planning, scheduling and control. The Gantt chart shows the relationship between different activities over a time span. Time frame, expressed either in terms of hours, days, weeks or months is shown on the horizontal or X-axis and activities are plotted against the Y-axis.The time frame or time scale would depend on the nature of operations and activities, which may be determined by the previous experience or an approximation based on which activities may be scheduled and monitored.The charts may be in the form of any of the following: ADVERTISEMENTS: (a) Scheduling or progress charts, which show the sequence of job progress(b) Load charts which show the work assigned to a work group…

Legal provisions regarding wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed; if not committed under section 153 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot, if rioting be committed; if not committed: ADVERTISEMENTS: Whoever malignantly or wantonly, by doing anything which is illegal, gives provocation to any person intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause the offence of rioting to be committed, shall, if the offence of rioting be committed in consequence of such provocation, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both; and if the offence of rioting be not committed, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend…

A warrant-case is defined to mean a case relating to an offence punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years. A summons-case means a case relating to an offence, not being a warrant-case.The code classifies all offences into cognizable and non-cognizable, and the trial procedure into summons-cases and warrant-cases. This division is based on the nature and measure of punishment attached to the offence.It is to be noted that this distinction is distinct and different from the question whether a summons or a warrant would issue in the first instance and whether an offence is cognizable or not. Image Source: image.slidesharecdn.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Thus, a warrant-case is one which is punishable —(a) With death sentence, or(b) A sentence of life-imprisonment, or ADVERTISEMENTS: (c) A sentence…

If any place which is liable to be searched or inspected under this Chapter is closed, the person residing in, or who is in charge of, such a place must, on demand, allow the Officer executing the warrant free ingress into such place and also afford him all reasonable facilities for a search in such place. If no such facilities are afforded, the Officer may effect entrance into such place by breaking open any door or window of the place.Before making any such search, the Officer-in-charge must call upon two or more independent and respectable inhabitants of the locality to witness the search. The search is to be made in the presence of such witnesses, and the list of all the things which are seized in the course of the…

The main points of distinction between S. 145 and S. 147 are as follows:(i) Whilst S. 145 applies to disputes as to possession of land, S. 147 applies to the right as to the use of land or water claimed as an easement or otherwise.(ii) Whereas S. 145 provides for attachment, S. 147 does not contain any such provision, as this deals with abstract rights of the user. ADVERTISEMENTS: (iii) S. 145 requires proof of actual possession, irrespective of the legal right. S. 147, on the other hand, requires the Magistrate to ensure if the right of the actual user appears to exist, irrespective of the legal rights.(iv) Lastly, the provisions of S. 145 are mandatory, whereas those of S. 147 are discretionary. Image Source: brookmanblog.files.wordpress.com

Object: To demonstrate the process of osmosis. Image Source : pacificwater.com.au Requirement: One big beaker or flask, one thistle funnel, strong cane sugar solution, pure water, semipermeable membrane (cellophane), one piece of gummed paper, wax, etc. Principle: “Osmosis is a process in which water or any other solvent flows through a semipermeable membrane from a lower con­centrated solute solution to one of higher concentrated solute solu­tion”. ADVERTISEMENTS: It is simply a case of diffusion, but the movement of solvent usually causes an obvious volume change, whereas the movement of solute has a negligible effect. Procedure: Take a thistle funnel and the piece of a semiper­meable membrane is tied tightly across the button of the thistle funnel and the joint is waxed with melted wax to make it water-tight.Now fill up…

Legal Provisions of Section 206 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution: ADVERTISEMENTS: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as a forfeited property or in execution of a decree or order has been made an offence under this section. The section says that whoever with intention to defraud either remove, conceals, transfers or delivers to any person any property or any interest in that property, with the intention thereby to prevent the taking of that property or interest in that property as a forfeiture or in satisfaction of a fine, under a pronounced sentence, or under a sentence about which he has knowledge that it is likely to be pronounced, by either a court…

Here is your short summary of the Poem “Rondel of Merciless Beauty” by Geoffrey Chaucer:This poem is dedicated by Geoffrey to the love of his life that he admires but calls her merciless beauty because she has probably abandoned her. He finds his life too shaken and his heart completely broken after she left him. His is still fond of his eyes which he believes attacked and captured his heart. He was so moved by them that he uses the phrase “your two great will slay me suddenly”.It also shows that he is anticipating her to come back in his life and mend his broken heart and heal his wound. He is in deep love with her voice which he can’t listen to because she isn’t near to her anymore.…

Legal Provisions of Section 311 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), India.Power to summon material witness, or examine person present:The section confers wide discretionary power on Courts to summon any person as a witness or to examine any person who is present though not summoned or recall and re­examine any person already examined, when it thinks it expedient to do so in the interest of justice. ADVERTISEMENTS: The Judge or the Magistrate may resort to either of the three actions as stated above, not only in the interest of the accused only, but also for the benefit of the prosecution as well. The power is exercisable at any stage of inquiry, trial or other proceeding under the Code.The High Court of Punjab in Dalip Singh v. State of Punjab…