That the First Reference is, accordingly, based on
mala fides of law and is a nullity.'
That the First Reference is, accordingly, based on
mala fides of law and is a nullity." "That the so-called complaint and information against Justice Isa could only have been the result of covert and unauthorised surveillance or investigation.
He said that when the CDA had submitted these documents to the SC and stated in writing that they were '
mala fide', there was no justification to keep them intact.
The Chief Justice observed that 'quo-warranto' remedy should not be allowed to be a tool in the hands of the relators, who approach the court with
mala fide intentions and either have their own personal grudges and scores to settle with the holder of the public office or are a proxy for someone else who has a similar object or motive.
The order stated that the counsel for the Petitioner was unable to make out even the semblance of a case that the selection process in this behalf was tainted with
mala fides of facts or law or even otherwise was without jurisdiction or Coram non judice.