In B.K. Pavitra v. Union of India reported in (2019) 6 SCC 129 wherein it was observed that owing to the sovereign nature of the power of the Governor to…
The Court in Epuru Sudhakar v. Govt. of A.P. reported in (2006) 8 SCC 161, speaking in the context of Articles 72 and 161 of the Constitution respectively, observed that…
In B.P. Singhal v. Union of India (2010) 6 SCC 331 , the court categorically held that unlike England, all powers that have been conferred upon the President and the…
In Minerva Mills v. Union of India reported in (1980) 3 SCC 625, the Court held that the jurisdiction of courts is not ousted merely because a question has a…
The nine-Judge Bench decision of this Court in S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994) observed that the concept of justiciability is not synonymous with judicial review. It noted that…
The Supreme Court, speaking through nine-Judges in Indra Sawhney v. Union of India reported in (1992) Supp (3) SCC 217 held that the yardstick of subjecting an act or a…
In Maru Ram v. Union of India reported in (1981) 1 SCC 107 the Court speaking eruditely through the inimitable Krishna Iyer, J., observed that all public power including constitutional…
“Be your ever so high, the law is above you” ~ Thomas Fuller The Supreme Court extensively discussed in the judgment of State of Tamilnadu v. Governor of Tamilnadu (2025)…
This is an edited excerpt from the judgment of State of Tamilnadu v. Governor of Tamilnadu (2025). The deletion of the expression “in his discretion” both from the substantive part…
Articles where the expression “acts in his discretion” is used in relation to the powers and functions of the Governor are those which speak of special responsibilities of the Governor.…
