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ARTICLE 141 – DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT

  • December 31, 2021
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ARTICLE 141 – DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT

Context:

Recently, Supreme Court judges have expressed the need to ‘Indianise’ the legal system.

WHAT IS DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT?

  • The doctrine refers to a decision that has already been taken by a higher court is binding to the lower court and at the same time stands as a precedent to the lower court judgment, which cannot be altered by a lower court. This principle is known as Stare decisis.
  • The doctrine of stare decisis helps
    • To generate judicial accountability along with it
    • It also ensures fairness in adjudication and excludes arbitrariness
    • Helps in maintaining stability and certainty.
    • It is both a social as well as a legal norm.

THE DOCTRINE OF STARE DECISIS UNDER ARTICLE 141 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

  • Article 141 of the Indian Constitution states that
    • law declared by Supreme Court to be binding on all courts within the territory of India.
    • Article 141 states that only the ratio decendi of a case is binding not the obiter dicta and the mere facts of the cases.
    • Therefore, while applying the decision of S.C. by other courts, what is required is to understand the true principle laid down by the previous decision.
  • Some basic concept of Article 141
    • All the courts in India are bound by law to follow the decision of the Supreme Court.
    • The judgment has to be read as a whole and at the same time, the observation from the judgment has to be determined in the light of the questions presented before the court.
ARTICLE 141 - DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT

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