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Habitual

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Habitual, means repeated several times. Management of Monghyr Factory of I.T.C. Ltd. v. Presiding Officer, AIR 1978 SC 1428 (1434): (1978) 3 SCC 504: (1978) 3 SCR 1044.

The expression 'habitual' would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts. An isolated default of rent would not mean that tenant was a habitual defaulter, Vijay Amba Das Diware v. Balkrishna Wamon Dande, AIR 2000 SC 1414 (1416): (2000) 4 SCC 126. (Rent Control and Eviction)

A habitual offender or a person habitually addicted to crime is one who is a criminal by habit or by disposition formed by repetition of crimes, Dhanji Ram Sharma v. Supt. of Police, AIR 1966 SC 1766 (1767). [Punjab Police Rules, 1934, R. 23.4 (3) (b)]

Means constant customary, addicted to a specified habit. In other word it would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts, Advanced Law Lexicon, 3rd Edn. by P. Ramanatha Aiyer, SC Annual Digest 2006, para 5454, p. 5452.

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