Jasbhai Motibhai Desai vs Roshan Kumar, Haji Bashir Ahmed & Ors on 19 December, 1975
It is in this context that the submission of the University regarding the
locus standi of the first respondent to file the writ petition must also be
considered. The University has rightly pointed out that the original writ
petition does not disclose any legal injury to the original
petitioner/present first respondent, because there is no reason to come to
a conclusion that he would have been selected even if all his contentions
in the writ petition were accepted. The University has relied upon the
decision of this Court in Jashbhai Motibhai Desai v. Roshan Kumar, Haji
Bashir Ahmed & Ors. reported in [1976] 3 SCR 58 at page 71 for the purpose
of pointing out that the first respondent stands more in the position of a
meddlesome interloker than a person aggrieved. There is much force in this
contention also.