(Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court founded its jurisdiction to make rulings which had prospective effect only, on article 142 of the Indian Constitution. This article empowers the Supreme Court to ‘make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it’. In exercise of this power it is a ‘well settled proposition that it is open to the Court to grant, mould or restrict relief in a manner most appropriate to the situation before it, in such a way as to advance the interests of justice’
Citations:
1991 Supp (1) SCC 430
Commonwealth, Constitutional
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.228291
