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Not fixed or firm liable to change unstable of a changeable mind not firm in opinion or purpose inconstant capricious as Fortunes fickle wheel...
Fantastical
Fanciful unreal whimsical capricious fantastic...
Capricious
Governed or characterized by caprice apt to change suddenly freakish whimsical changeable...
invidious
invidious : of, relating to, or being discrimination that arises from the creation of a classification that is arbitrary, irrational, or capricious and not related to a legitimate purpose in·vid·i·ous·ly adv in·vid·i·ous·ness n ...
Humorously
Capriciously whimsically...
Humorousness
Moodiness capriciousness...
Jilt
A woman who capriciously deceives her lover a coquette a flirt...
Arbitrarily
Arbitrarily, The expression 'arbitrarily' means: in an unreasonable manner, as fixed or done capriciously or at pleasure, without adequate determining principle, not founded in the nature of things, non-rational, not done or acting according to reason or judgment, depending on the Will alone, Sharma Transport v. Govt of Andhra Pradesh, (2002) 2 SCC 188: AIR 2002 SC 322 (331)....
Fairness
Fairness, is a fundamental principle of good administration. It is a rule to ensure the vast power in the modern State is not abused but properly exercised. The State power is used for proper and not for improper purposes. The authority is not misguided by extraneous or irrelevant considerations. Fairness is also a principle to ensure that statutory authority arrives at a just decision either in promoting the interest or affecting the rights of persons, M.S Mally Bharat Engg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1990) 2 SCC 48 (55).Implies that even an administrative authority must act in good faith; and without bias, apply its mind to all relevant considerations and must not be swayed by irrelevant consideration, must not be act arbitrarily or capriciously and must not come to a conclusion which is perverse or is such that no reasonable body of persons properly informed could arrive at, Pyrites, Phosphates & Chemicals Ltd. v. Bihar Electricity Board, AIR 1996 Pat 1....
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