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Bringing shame or disgrace injurious to reputation disgraceful...
Stigma
Stigma, denotes loss of confidence by the employer amount to 'stigma', Kamal Kishore Lakshman v. Pan American World Airways, AIR 1987 SC 229: (1987) 1 SCC 146.Stigma, is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign etc., indicting that something is not considered normal or standard (Webster's New World Dictionary), Dipti Prakash Banerjee v. Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, (1999) 3 SCC 60.Stigma, is understood to be something that is detraction from the character or reputation of a person. It is blemish, imputation, mark or label indicating a deviation from a norm, mere description of background fact cannot be called as stigma. State of U.P. v. Ram Bachan Tripathi, AIR 2005 SC 3212.--in the absence of a statutory definition of the word 'stigma', its meaning as available in dictionaries. According to Webster's New World Dictionary it is something that detracts from the character or reputation of a person, a mark, sign, etc. in...
Disgraceful
Bringing disgrace causing shame shameful dishonorable unbecoming as profaneness is disgraceful to a man...
Flagitious
Disgracefully or shamefully criminal grossly wicked scandalous shameful said of acts crimes etc...
Modesty
Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 4 SCC 371.Modesty, as freedom from coarseness, indelicacy or indecency; a regard for propriety in dress, speech or conduct, (Webster's Third New International Dictionary); Raju Pandurang Mahale v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 4 SCC 371.Modesty, can be described as the quality of being modest; and in relation to a woman , 'womanly propriety to behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct.' It is the reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Aman Kumar v. State of Haryana, (2004) 4 SCC 379 (389). (Indian Penal Code, s. 354)--the essential ingredients of the offence unders. 354, IPC are as under:(i) that the person assaulted must be a wom...
Ragging
Ragging, any disorderly conduct whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student will not do in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student. The cause of indulging in ragging is deriving a sadistic pleasure or showing off power, authority or superiority by the seniors over their juniors or freshers, President v. J. Mission v. Cabinet Secretary, AIR 2001 SC 2793 (2794): (2001) 6 SCC 577.Ragging, means the doing of any act which causes, or is likely to cause any physical, physiological harm or ...
Basely
In a base manner with despicable meanness dishonorably shamefully...
Bismare
Shame abuse...
Browless
Without shame...
Cover shame
Something used to conceal infamy...
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