Paramount Parchment
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Paramount parchment, term denoting the Constitution of India. '...the immunity of the judiciary must be studied with aware allegiance to the scheme and sweep of the Constitution, with insightful homage to the soul of the paramount parchment.' [Union of India v. Sankalchand, AIR 1977 SC 2328 (2366), para 66]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)
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