Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’?
Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’? - Mathews J Nedumpara 1st July 2020 98205 35428 In the last two decades or so, we have often heard the elite lawyers in Delhi referring to the Supreme Court as constitutional courts which gives the impression to the common man that the Supreme court and High courts are the only courts empowered to interpret the constitution. The question is, in doing so, are they not committing a fraud on the constitution. I have, in my article titled, ‘Ten myths of constitutional law’, dealt with at some length of the falsehoods which have become gospel...
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