Public purpose - Indian Laws - General

Public purpose In Black s Law Dictionary (Special Deluxe fifth edition) at page 1107 the words public purpose have been defined thus: The term is synonymous with governmental purpose ..... A public purpose or public business has for its objective the promotion of the public health, safety, morals, general welfare, security, prosperity, and contentment of all the inhabitants or residents within a given political division, as, for example, a state, the sovereign powers of which are exercised to promote such public purpose or public business. STATE OF TAMIL NADU, ETC, ETC VERSUS L. ABU KAVUR BAI AND ORS. ETC. - 1983 (10) TMI 269 - SUPREME COURT