Tag Archives: Legal Terms

Act done in good faith A thing is deemed to have been done in good faith where it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not [section 3(22) of the General Clauses Act]. A person cannot be said acting in good faith where he has a suspicion that there is something… Read More »

Natural justice  For controlling abuse of power, the Courts in their various landmark judgments have held that no decision which prejudicially affects a person can be taken without giving him a prior opportunity of hearing. Courts have now obliterated distinction between a quasi-judicial function and an administrative function. If the urgency and the nature of… Read More »