Perverse - Indian Laws - General

Perverse The expression perverse has been defined by various dictionaries in the following manner: Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary of Current English Sixth Edition PERVERSE: Showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - International Edition PERVERSE: Deliberately departing from what is normal and reasonable. The New Oxford Dictionary of English - 1998 Edition PERVERSE: Law (of a verdict) against the weight of evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law. New Webster s Dictionary of the English Language (Deluxe Encyclopedic Edition) PERVERSE: Purposely deviating from accepted or expected behavior or opinion; wicked or wayward; stubborn; cross or petulant. Stroud s Judicial Dictionary of Words Phrases, Fourth Edition PERVERSE: A perverse verdict may probably be defined as one that is not only against the weight of evidence but is altogether against the evidence. In Gaya Din (Dead) through LRs. and Ors. v . Hanuman Prasad (Dead) through LRs. and Ors.- 2000 (11) TMI 1254 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA , this Court observed that the expression `perverse means that the findings of the subordinate authority are not supported by the evidence brought on record or they are against the law or suffer from the vice of procedural irregularity. In Parry s (Calcutta ) Employees Union v. Parry Co. Ltd. and Ors.- 1964 (12) TMI 73 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT , the Court observed that `perverse finding means a finding which is not only against the weight of evidence but is altogether against the evidence itself. In Triveni Rubber Plastics v. Collector of Central Excise, Cochin - 1993 (3) TMI 124 - SUPREME COURT , the Court observed that this is not a case where it can be said that the findings of the authorities are based on no evidence or that they are so perverse that no reasonable person would have arrived at those findings. In M.S. Narayanagouda v. Girijamma and Anr.- 1976 (8) TMI 166 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT , the Court observed that any order made in conscious violation of pleading and law is a perverse order. In Moffett v. Gough 1 L.R. 1r. 371 the Court observed that a perverse verdict may probably be defined as one that is not only against the weight of evidence but is altogether against the evidence. In Godfrey v. Godfrey 106 NW 814 the Court defined `perverse as turned the wrong way, not right; distorted from the right; turned away or deviating from what is right, proper, correct etc. ARULVELU AND ANR. VERSUS STATE REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND ANR. - 2009 (10) TMI 954 - SUPREME COURT