No party can be allowed to accept and reject the same thing, and thus one cannot blow hot and cold.” - Approbate and reprobate

Union of India and Others v. N. Murugesan and Others, (2022) 2 SCC 25, wherein it was clearly held “Approbate and reprobate These phrases are borrowed from the Scots law. They would only mean that no party can be allowed to accept and reject the same thing, and thus one cannot blow hot and cold.”