Word "when" - Indian Laws - General

Word when In Shorter Oxford Dictionary , for instance, one of the meanings undoubtedly is at what time or on what occasion. The second meaning in which the word is used is to introduce a Clause as the object of a verb, or to indicate in what circumstances the following Clause is to apply. In Black s Law Dictionary , 5th Edition, an American publication, ...............the word when is used to indicate (1) in the event that (2) on condition that (3) in virtue of the circumstances that. The Dictionary further says that it is frequently employed an equivalent to the word `if in legislative enactments and in common speech. Stround s Judicial Dictionary , where the very first meaning given is that (1) when usually creates a condition precedent (2) where there is a testamentary gift to `if or `when or `provided or `in case or `as soon as are phrases which are synonymous. SYNTHETICS AND CHEMICALS LTD. VERSUS SC. COUTINHO AND OTHERS - 1980 (3) TMI 94 - HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY