Irregularity

Irregularity

Irregularity means ‘not according to rule’ and ‘not regular’ i.e. ‘contrary to rule’
The word ‘irregularity’ in common English parlance means and implies contrary to rule.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the case of The Martin Burn Ltd v. The Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1966 SC 529, while explaining the meaning of ‘irregularity’ observed – ‘that word clearly covers any case where a thing has not been done in the manner laid down by the statute, irrespective of what that manner might be.’

Black’s Law Dictionary defines the word as ‘not according to rule and not regular’ i.e. which stands contrary to rule.