Enquiry - Indian Laws - General

Term enquiry In common parlance, to enquire would mean to seek information and enquiry would refer to the process of gathering such information. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines enquiry as 1 [countable] a question you ask in order to get information; 2 [uncountable] the act or process of asking questions in order to get information; 3 [countable] an official process to find out about something. The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary states that the words Inquiry or Enquiry connote: 1: examination into facts or principles 2: a request for information 3: a systematic investigation often of a matter of public interest. The Cambridge Advanced Learner s Dictionary Thesaurus defines- inquiry or enquiry as question or the process of asking a question. The Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary defines enquire as: an official process to find out the cause of something or to find out information about something; a request for information about somebody/something; a question about somebody/something; the act of asking questions or collecting information about somebody/something The Black s Law Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2009, p. 864 defines enquiry as a request for information, either procedural or substantive . The expression inquiry under Encyclopedia Law Lexicon, Vol. 4, Ashoka Law House, 2008/09, p. 2356 and K.J. Aiyar s Judicial Dictionary , Vol. 1, Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa, 15th Edition, 2011, p. 838 follows the explanation hereunder: According to the New Standards Dictionary, the word inquiry includes investigation into facts, causes effects and relations generally; to inquire , according to the same dictionary means to exert oneself to discover something. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary lays down that the meaning of the term to inquire is to ask, to seek and the meaning of the term inquiry is to give as: in search for knowledge; investigation; a question KATHIROOR SERVICE COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. VERSUS COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CIB) OTHERS - 2013 (11) TMI 728 - SUPREME COURT