Prejudice - Indian Laws - General

Prejudice Black s Law Dictionary [Eighth Edition] explains; prejudice to mean damage or detriment to one s legal rights or claims. Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Tenth Edition, Revised] defines prejudice as under : 1. Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. unjust behaviour formed on such a basis. 2. harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment. v.1 give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased. 2. cause harm to (a state of affairs) . Webster Comprehensive Dictionary [International Edition] explains prejudice to mean (i) a judgment or opinion, favourable or unfavourable, formed beforehand or without due examination ; detriment arising from a hasty and unfair judgment; injury; harm. P. Ramanatha Aiyar; the Law Lexicon, The Encyclopaedic Law Dictionary explains prejudice to mean injurious effect, injury to or impairment of a right, claim, statement etc. Prejudice is generally defined as meaning to the harm, to the injury, to the disadvantage of someone . It also means injury or loss. MANHARIBHAI MULJIBHAI KAKADIA ANR. VERSUS SHAILESHBHAI MOHANBHAI PATEL ORS. - 2012 (10) TMI 979 - SUPREME COURT