Mala fide definition
Mala fide literally means “in bad faith”. All authorities, judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative, must exercise the powers conferred on them lawfully, reasonably and in good faith. If the power is exercised unlawfully, improperly, unreasonably or in bad faith, out of personal animosity, ill-will, with vengeance, oblique motive or with a view to achieve an object foreign to the statute, the exercise is bad and the action illegal. De Smith states:2