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Union Of India & Ors vs Major General Madan Lal Yadav [Retd.] on 22 March, 1996

“25.More so, if the initial action is not in 20/24 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Crl.O.P.No.7370 of 2015 consonance with law, the subsequent conduct of a party cannot sanctify the same, Sublato fundamento cadit opus – a foundation being removed, the superstructure falls. A person having done wrong cannot take advantage of his own wrong and plead bar of any law to frustrate the lawful trial by a competent court. In such a case, the legal maxim nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria applies. The person violating the law cannot be permitted to urge that their offence cannot be subjected to inquiry, trial or investigation. [Vide Union of India v. Major General Madan Lal Yadav and Lily Thomas v. Union of India]. Nor can a person claim any right arising out of his own wrongdoing (jus ex injuria non oritur).”
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