Article 141 of the Constitution of India

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Article 141 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the binding nature of the Supreme Court’s decisions as law on all courts within the country.

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Article 141 of the Constitution of India canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo High Courts in India ⓘ
administrative law cases ⓘ
all civil courts in India ⓘ
all criminal courts in India ⓘ
civil law cases ⓘ
constitutional law cases ⓘ
criminal law cases ⓘ
statutory interpretation by the Supreme Court ⓘ
subordinate courts in India ⓘ
tribunals in India ⓘ
basisFor binding precedent of Supreme Court judgments ⓘ
bindingOn all courts and authorities exercising judicial functions in India ⓘ
all courts within the territory of India ⓘ
category Supreme Court and High Courts (Part V and Part VI related provisions) ⓘ
linked to: High Courts
connectedTo Article 136 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 142 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 32 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalStatus in force ⓘ
declares law declared by the Supreme Court is binding precedent ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo obiter dicta of the Supreme Court (as generally understood in case law) ⓘ
effectiveIn territory of India ⓘ
enforcedBy Supreme Court of India ⓘ
ensures consistency in judicial decisions ⓘ
uniformity of law across India ⓘ
historicalContext adopted with the Constitution of India in 1950 ⓘ
influencedBy common law doctrine of stare decisis ⓘ
interpretedBy High Courts in India ⓘ
Supreme Court of India ⓘ
jurisdiction India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalSystem Indian legal system ⓘ
objective to maintain hierarchical discipline among courts ⓘ
to secure certainty and stability in the law ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
provides law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India ⓘ
relatesTo binding nature of Supreme Court decisions ⓘ
judicial precedent ⓘ
law declared by the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
requires courts to treat Supreme Court’s declared law as authoritative ⓘ
lower courts to follow Supreme Court law ⓘ
scope law declared in Supreme Court judgments and orders ⓘ
sourceOf doctrine of precedent in India ⓘ

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India → containsArticle → Article 141 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 142 of the Constitution of India → relatedTo → Article 141 of the Constitution of India ⓘ