Jwala Pratap Singh (Shri) vs Shri R.D. Mathur on 15 October, 2003
In Raghunath G. Panhale (dead) by LRs v. Chaganlal Sundarji and Co. (27), the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the requirement must be both reasonable and bonafide. The word reasonable connotes that the requirement is not fanciful or unreasonable. It cannot be a mere desire. The word requirement coupled with the word reasonable means that it must be something more, than a mere desire but need not certainly be a compelling or absolute or dire necessity. A reasonable and bonafide requirement is something in between a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other hand.