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“Clause 16 of the Government Order uses the term ‘may’ and not ‘shall’, and therefore assistance of a higher authority of the department concerned is not mandatory. Mere irrelevant procedural irregularities would not vitiate the proceedings unless they have an absolute deterrent effect to destroy the prosecution case in toto.”
“Just because the witnesses’ statements do not disclose any overt act, that by itself would not be a ground to discharge the accused as law does not insist plenty of witnesses to prove an offence and the evidence of a solitary wholly reliable witness would suffice the purpose.”
The incidents that led to the case has deeply hurt the religious sentiments of scores of Ayyappa devotees and pilgrims.
“The misappropriated amount showed that the foreign liquor found in shortage was a gigantic quantity and therefore, prima facie, it could not be held that the shortage occurred because of some unintentional omissions or oversights.”
“Merely because the power of appointment and removal was delegated to the Administrator, he could not be held as the competent authority to remove the accused, who was appointed prior to the delegation by the President”
“Effacing abominable offences through quashing process would not only send a wrong signal to the community, but may also accord an undue benefit to unscrupulous habitual or professional offenders, who can secure a “settlement” through duress, threats, social boycotts, bribes or other dubious means”