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Reasonable and probable cause

Reasonable and probable cause, means genuine belief based on reasonable grounds that the proceedings are justified, ST Sahib v. Hassan Ghani Sahib, AIR 1957

Person aggrieved

Person aggrieved, does not include a mere busy-body, but refers to one who has a genuine grievance on account of some order prejudicially affecting his interests, K.C. Pazhanimala v. State of Kerala, AIR 1969

Not proceeding from true source

mean that the thing is not what it pretends to be, which only means that it is not genuine or legitimate, Chaitanya Kumar Adatiya v. Sushila Dixit, AIR 1975 SC 1718 (1721): (1976) 3 SCC 97. --only

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Fictitious entry

Fictitious entry, A fictitious entry is one which is not genuine. It is an unreal entry. Entries which are not genuine cannot confirm anybody's rights. It is too obvious

Benami

sells properties to B but the sale deed mentions X as the purchaser. Here the sale itself is genuine, but the real purchaser is B, X being his benamidar. This is the class of transactions which is

sham

sham : something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine adj : not genuine : intended to mislead or deceive : false illusory [the sale for one dollar

issue

by the other and that is a subject of the final determination (as by jury) of the proceedings genuine issue : an issue of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence

authenticate

authenticate -cat·ed -cat·ing 1 : to prove or serve to prove that (something) is genuine ;esp : to prove that (an item of evidence) is genuine for the purpose of establishing admissibility 2

Legitimate expectation

or custom or an established procedure followed in regular and natural sequence. Again it is distinguishable from a genuine expectation. Such expectation should be justifiably legitimate and protectable. Every such legitimate expectation does not by itself fructify

Bona fide

deceit; valid under or in compliance with the law; made with or characterized by sincerity; being real or genuine, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 54. Bona fide, (in good faith), implying the absence of

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