Supreme Court of India
The State of Manipur & Ors. v. Surjakumar Okram & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the Manipur Legislature was competent to enact the Repealing Act, 2018.
Judgment, page 26
From the headnote
Repeal: There is no question of repeal of a statute which has been declared unconstitutional by the Court – In Bimolangshu Roy, Assam Act, 2004 was struck down as unconstitutional – The 2012 Act was not the subject matter of consideration in Bimolangshu Roy – Thus, it is well within the competence of the Manipur Legislature to repeal the 2012 Act, which has not been adjudged as unconstitutional by any Court till the Repealing Act, 2018 was enacted – Manipur Parliamentary Secretary (Appointment, Salary and Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2012 – Assam Parliamentary Secretary…
Authorities it was built on
- 1954 Behram Khurshed Pesikaka v. The State of Bombay.
- 1967 I. C. Golak Nath & Ors. v. Sta Te of Punjab & Anrs.
- 1988 Ujagar Prints Etc. v. Union of India & Ors. Etc.
- 1959 Deep Chand v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Others
- 1989 India Cement Ltd. v. State of Tamil Nadu Etc.
- 1981 Gokaraju Rangaraju Etc. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 1997 Ashok Kumar Gupta and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 1991 Orissa Cement Ltd and Ors. Etc. Etc v. State of Orissa and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1961 The General Manager, Southern Railway v. Rangachari
- 1996 Election Commission of India v. Dr. Subramanian Swamy and Anr.
- 2002 State of Punjab v. Harnek Singh
- 2010 State of U.P. and Ors. v. Hirendra Pal Singh Etc
- 2017 Bimolangshu Roy (dead) through Lrs v. State of Assam & Another
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 2 mentioned
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