Gaya Prasad vs Shri Pradeep Srivastava on 7 February, 2001
23. The maxim has been held to be founded upon justice, equity and good conscience, which serves a safe and certain guidance for administration of law. (Vide Mohammed Gazi v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors (24); Gaya Prasad v. Pradeep Srivastava (25); Jayalakshmi Coelho v. Oswald Joseph Coelho (26); O.N.G.C. and Anr. v. Association of Natural Gas Consuming Industries and Ors. (27); and Kedarnath v. Mohan Lal Kesarwari (28).