Home › CS Executive › jurisprudence › Administrative Law › Under the ICSI Lesson 5 classification, which of…
Under the ICSI Lesson 5 classification, which of the following is correctly listed as a category of 'abuse of discretion'?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The ICSI text classifies abuse of administrative discretion under **eight heads**:
2. (i) Mala fides, (ii) Irrelevant considerations, (iii) Leaving out relevant considerations, (iv) Arbitrary orders, (v) Improper purpose, (vi) Colourable exercise of power, (vii) Non-compliance with procedural requirements and principles of natural justice, and (viii) Exceeding jurisdiction.
3. **Self restriction** and **acting mechanically without due care** are categories of **'non-application of mind'** — the OTHER head under judicial control of exercise of discretion, not under abuse of discretion.
4. Options C and D invent grounds outside the doctrinal framework.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 5, '(a) Abuse of discretion', p. 122._
Related questions
An injunction, as an ordinary or equitable remedy against administrative action, may take Under Indian administrative law, when a public servant has, by mala fides or oppression inThe ICSI material classifies subject-matter bias under Indian administrative law into fourUnder Section 70 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, which the ICSI material applies to the Article 14 of the Constitution operates as a check on the conferment of administrative disArticle 300 of the Constitution declares that the Government of India or a State may be suPublic Corporations (statutory corporations) such as LIC, ONGC, FCI and SBI, under Indian In *Commissioner of Police v. Gordhandas Bhanji, AIR 1952 SC 60*, what was the basis on wh