Colour of office - Indian Laws - General

Meaning of the words colour of office In Wharton s Law Lexicon, 14th Ed. Which is as follows: Colour of office When an act is unjustly done by the countenance of an office, being grounded upon corruption, to which the office is as a shadow and colour. In Stroud s Judicial Dictionary, 3rd Edition, set out hereinbelow: Colour: Colour of office is always taken in the worst part, and signifies an act evil done by the countenance of an office, and it bears a dissembling face of the right of the office, whereas the office is but a veil to the falsehood, and the thing is grounded upon Vice, and the Office is as a shadow to it. But by reason of the office and by virtue of the office are taken always in the best part. D. DEVARAJA VERSUS OWAIS SABEER HUSSAIN- 2020 (6) TMI 802 - SUPREME COURT