Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 293 · Decided 5 May 2000
Lily Thomas, ETC. Etc v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 293 · [2000] 3 S.C.R. 1081
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 798/1995
- Decided
- 5 May 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494; CPC; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 21; Hindu Marriage Act Section 11, 17, 13
Headnote
Constitution of India, I950: Article 20( 1) : Review of Sar/a Mudgal's case-Alleging violation of constitutional provisions-Held, not sustainable-The procedure established by law, as men­ tioned in Article 21 of the Constitution m~ans the law prescribed by the Legislature-The judgment has Judgment in Sar/a Mudgal's case-Operation of-Whether would be prospective-Held, no-Since the Court had not laid down any new law but · only interpreted the existing law which was in force-The interpretation of a provision of law relates back· to the date of the law itself and
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