suo motu

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It means : On one's own volition, without someone prompting or pressing or otherwise instigating fo example.

I think it is a Latin phrase used in ancient British legalese that the British themselves probably have long stopped using, but continues to be, by Indian elites, to keep their fellow men, already cowed by poor English language skills, discombobulated. Its use, like the myriads of

AnonymousI think it is a Latin phrase used in ancient British legalese that the British themselves probably have long stopped using, but continues to be, by Indian elites, to keep their fellow men, already cowed by poor English language skills, discombobulated. Its use, like the myriads of other pompous, archaic and unfamiliar words and phrases that Indians writing Englis

As a western lawyer residing in Pakistan, you have hit the nail on the head with this response.

suo motu means on its own motion .....police registered a suo motu case

Couldn't have said it better. I am an english speaking Indian and I witness the sharp edges of pompous sounding english words bring down indians by their utterances and bring out the fear of the colonial master even today in a common indian man who is either illiterate or vernacular or is semi-literate in english. These words are used to put the fear of the 'establishment' or send out a threat