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SC power for complete Justice
May 17 , 2020
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- A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice of India Bobde, declared that superior courts enjoy untrammelled power to take up any cause to do complete justice.
- The court clarified that there is no fetter on the exercise of discretion of this court in referring questions of law to a larger Bench in review petitions.
- Being a superior court of record, it is for this court to consider whether any matter falls within its jurisdiction or not.
- Unlike a court of limited jurisdiction, the superior court of record is entitled to determine for itself questions about its own jurisdiction.
- The nine member bench also invoked Article 142 of the Constitution in this case.
- It is related with the review of Sabarimala case.
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