Supreme Court of India

Keshavan Madhava Menon v. The State of Bombay

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Reported as [1951] 1 S.C.R. 228
Decided 22 January 1951

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From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 13 (!)-Whether retrospective Prosecution for contravention of lndi'an Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931, ss. 15, IS-Constitution passed during pendency of prosecution-Laws inconsistent with fundamental rights declared void-Whether prosecution can be continued­ .bsence of provision saving pending proceedi1lgs-Effect a/­ Expiry of temporary laws or repeal of laws, and laws becoming void by statutory declaration.-Difference-Interpretation­ Spirit of the Constitution. Held by the Court (KANIA .J., PATANJALI SASTRI, MElD. CHAND MAHAJAN, DAs and CHANDRASEKHARA

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Of those, 4 mentioned

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