Jurisdictional Servitude - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition jurisdictional-servitude

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Jurisdictional Servitude, a phrase which implies that the court (Supreme Court) is bound by its own jurisdictional limits. 'The bench, with all its limits to breakthrough, is bound by a jurisdictional servitude' [Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977 SC 949 (953), para 15]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)