Aggrieved - Indian Laws - General

Word aggrieved In Collins English Dictionary, the word aggrieved has been defined to mean to ensure unjustly especially by infringing a person s legal rights . In Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition at page 28, aggrieved person is defined to mean subjected to ill-treatment, feeling an injury or injustice. Injured, as by legal decision adversely infringing upon one s rights . In Strouds Judicial Dictionary , Fifth Ed., Vol. 1, pages 83-84, person aggrieved means person injured or damaged in a legal sense . In Black s Law Dictionary , Sixth Ed. at page 65, aggrieved has been defined to mean having suffered loss or injury; damnified; injured , aggrieved person has been defined to mean One whose legal right is invaded by an act complained of, or whose pecuniary interest is directly and adversely affected by a decree or judgment. One whose right of property may be established or divested. The word aggrieved refers to a substantial grievance, a denial of some personal, pecuniary or property right, or the imposition upon a party of a burden or obligation. BABUA RAM AND OTHERS VERSUS STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER - 1994 (10) TMI 304 - SUPREME COURT