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Dr. Amaragouda L Patil v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 574
Bench Dipankar Datta and Manmohan JJ.
Decided 11 February 2025

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We hold that the Division Bench grossly erred in failing to consider that mala fides, in the sense of malice in fact, i.e., actual malice, is not the only condition for interference; it is open to a Court to interfere when legal malice or malice in law is demonstrated to exist.

Judgment, page 24

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the challenge to the appointment of the third respondent as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Homeopathy on the ground of not fulfilling the requisite experience of working for ten years as a ‘leader’ in the area of health care. Headnotes† National Commission for Homeopathy Act, 2020 – s.4 Explanation – Appointment to the post of Chairperson of the National Commission for Homeopathy – Eligibility criteria that the Chairperson to have experience of not less than twenty years in the field of homeopathy out of which at least ten years shall

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