Nature Lovers Movement vs State Of Kerala And Ors. on 7 October, 1999
"In our opinion, there appears to be some
misapprehension about what actually social justice is. There is no ritualistic formula or any magical charm in the concept of social Justice. All that it means is that as between two parties if a deal is made with one party without serious detriment to the other, then the Court would lean in favour of the weaker section of the society. Social justice is the recognition of greater good to larger number without deprivation of accrual of legal rights of anybody. If such a thing can be done then indeed social justice must prevail over any technical rule. It is in response to the felt necessities of time and situation in order to do greater good to a larger number even though it might detract from some technical rule in favour of a party. Living accommodation is a human problem for vast millions in our country. (Sadhuram Bansal v. Pulin Behari Sarkar, AIR 1984 SC 1471).