Jugal Kishore vs Lt.Governor, Delhi & Anr. on 3 May, 2017
5. It is contended that Respondents have misread and misconstrued
provisions of Section 47 of the DP Act and wrongly interpreted the word
'habitually' mentioned in Section 47(c)(ii), (iii) and (iv) of DP Act, which
takes colour from the Explanation to the provision. It is provided in the
Explanation that a person, who during one year immediately preceding the
commencement of an action under this Section, has been found on not less
than three occasions to have committed or to have been involved in any of
the acts referred to in this section shall be deemed to have habitually
committed that act. In the present case, six FIRs were lodged against the
Petitioner in the years 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2023 respectively and he
is not involved in 3 cases in one year preceding commencement of action
under Section 47 and cannot be termed as 'habitual' as defined under the
Explanation to the Section. Reliance is placed on the judgments of this Court
in Shammy v. Lt. Governor and Others, (2005) 117 DLT 629 and Jugal
Kishore v. Lt. Governor, Delhi, (2017) 2 JCC 1335.