Supreme Court of India

Dr. D.C. Wadhwa & Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 1 S.C.R. 798
Bench P.N. Bhagwati CJI, Ranganath Misra, G.L. Oza, M.M. Dutt and K.N. Singh JJ.
Decided 20 December 1986

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Constitution of India, 1950, Article 213-Scope of-Power of the Governor to repromulgate Ordinances from time to time without getting them replaced by Acts of Legislature-Scope of-Whether a colourable exercise of power, repugnant to the constitutional scheme. The State of Bihar adopted a practice of repromulgating the ordi· nances on a massive scale from time to time without their provisions being enacted into acts of the legislature. The practice was that, after the session of the State Legislature was prorogued, the same ordinances which had ceased to operate were repromulgated containing

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