Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Offence u/s 138 does not involve moral turpitude - Order to discharge from service set aside...........
Moral turpitude -- Meaning - Its meaning depends to some extent on the state of public morals; it is anything that is done contrary to justice, honesty, principle, or good morals; an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellow man, or to society in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 311 -- Service - Termination - On ground of conviction u/s 294 IPC on pleading guilty which per se indicated moral turpitude - Validity - Termination ordered on ground of conviction of servant for offence u/S.294, Penal Code on his pleading guilty on presumption that conviction for offence u/S.294, Penal Code per se indicated moral..........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1992, Section 6(5)(b) -- Term "moral turpitude" - Neither defined anywhere nor possible to define it in a concise manner - Essentially dependent on facts in a given case - Anything done contrary to justice, honesty and principle of good morals - Fall within connotation of moral turpitude - Election challenged on ground of conviction of offence..........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1953, Section 6(5)(b) -- Convic-tion for offence under Section 160 I. P. C. (affray in a public place e. g. exchanging fist blows or so) - Can by no stretch of imagination be said to involve moral turpitude...........
Punjab Co-operative Societies Rules, 1963, Rule 25(d) -- Scope of - Conviction under Section 304-A I. P. C. for causing death in some incident through negligence or rash act - Does not involve any moral turpitude - Not a disqualification...........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, Section 6(5)(b) -- Panch convicted under Section 61(1)(a) Punjab Excise Act for possession of 6 grams of Charas - Does not necessarily show any defect or depravity of character - Cannot be said to be conviction of any offence involving moral turpitude - Would not entail disqualification for a member of Gram Panchayat,..........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1953, Section 6(5)(b), 13O(1)(a) - - Conviction under Section 61(1)(a) Punjab Excise Act for possession of illicit liquor - Does not involve moral turpitude - No disqualification under Section 6(5)(b) to be a member of Gram Panchayat - Offence involving moral turpitude - Tests laid down in A. I. R. 1963 Allahabad 527 applied...........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, Section 6(5)(b), 13O(1)(a) -- Conviction under Sections 324 and 326 Indian Penal Code for voluntarily causing simple and grevious injuries - Involves moral turpitude - Disqualification to be a member of Gram Panchayat. The offence of causing hurt can involve a certain amount of moral turpitude or depravity of character and the answer to the..........
Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, Section 5(5)(b), 13 -- O(1)(a) - Conviction under Punjab Excise Act for possession of a small quantity of charas - Does not involve any moral turpitude - No disqualification to be a member of Gram Panchayat. Possession of about a tola of charas for one's personal use does not necessarily show a depravity of character or moral turpitude...........
