The Supreme Court of India held that Article 14 of the Constitution of India embodies the principle of…
In "EP Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu", Justice Bhagwati first held that equality embodied in Article 14 is antithetic to arbitrariness, laying the foundation of the…
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The Supreme Court of India held that Article 14 of the Constitution of India embodies the principle of non-arbitrariness for the first time in
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In "EP Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu", Justice Bhagwati first held that equality embodied in Article 14 is antithetic to arbitrariness, laying the foundation of the non-arbitrariness test later developed in cases such as "Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi".
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