Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 104 · Decided 24 February 2012
K.B. Nagur M.D. (AYU.) v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 104 · [2012] 1 S.C.R. 1023
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 33/2009
- Decided
- 24 February 2012
- Bench
- S.H. KAPADIA, A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: Arts. 14 and 16 - Held: The concept of equality has to A B c be patently infringed by a provision before that provision or any part thereof, can be declared as unconstitutional - The mere fact that there is some inconvenience arising from the language of due implementation cannot 0 be a ground for declaring a provision violative of fundamental rights - Besides, presumption of constitutionality is always in favour of a legislation, unless the contrary is shown - For the proper interpretation and examination of a provision of a statute, all bodies
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