Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
Overruled Asian Resurfacing; held constitutional courts under Article 142 cannot issue blanket directions automatically vacating interim stay orders after six months.
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
Overruled Asian Resurfacing; held constitutional courts under Article 142 cannot issue blanket directions automatically vacating interim stay orders after six months.
Manifest arbitrariness is an independent constitutional ground to invalidate primary and subordinate legislation under Article 14. Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-biddat) struck down as manifestly arbitrary.
Article 142 powers cannot be used to subvert or bypass express statutory provisions or create entirely new substantive rights/punishments (cannot suspend advocate's license under contempt).
Secularism is an essential feature of the Basic Structure of the Constitution; mixing politics with religion is impermissible and justifies imposition of President's Rule under Article 356.
Article 142 powers to do 'complete justice' are plenary and unfettered by statutory limitations, though they cannot run counter to express fundamental constitutional prohibitions.
Manifest arbitrariness is an independent constitutional ground to invalidate primary and subordinate legislation under Article 14. Triple Talaq (Talaq-e-biddat) struck down as manifestly arbitrary.
Article 142 powers cannot be used to subvert or bypass express statutory provisions or create entirely new substantive rights/punishments (cannot suspend advocate's license under contempt).
Secularism is an essential feature of the Basic Structure of the Constitution; mixing politics with religion is impermissible and justifies imposition of President's Rule under Article 356.
Article 142 powers to do 'complete justice' are plenary and unfettered by statutory limitations, though they cannot run counter to express fundamental constitutional prohibitions.