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Nomothetic

Legislative enacting laws as a nomothetical power

Judicial power

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does not arise at all. Whether a statute is constitutional or not is thus always a question of power. The idea conveyed by the expression is that although apparently a legislature in passing a statute purported to … Colourable legislation, the doctrine of colourable legislation does not involve any question of bona fides or mala fides on the

Regulation

the power to make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of Union Territories. But when a legislative Assembly is set up in any of the Union Territories, this power of the President ceases to exist

Rule of law

the other is that, even in the hands of a democratically elected legislature, there should not be unfettered legislative power, and lastly there must be an independent judiciary to protect the citizen against excesses of executive and legislative … power, and lastly there must be an independent judiciary to protect the citizen against excesses of executive and legislative power, Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1982 SC 1325 (1340). (Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 21)

Authority of law

must be validly enacted; the law must not be a colorable use of or a fraud upon the legislative power to tax; the law must not violate the conditions of fundamental right as that in Article 19(1)(a) or … 19(1)(a) or 19(1)(g); it must not also contravene the specific provisions of the Constitution which impose limitation on legislative power relating to particular metters like Articles 276 to 286 or 301 and; the tax must be authorised by

Pith and substance-doctrine of

of two legislatures but in any case where the question arises whether a legislation is covered by particular legislative power in exercise of which it is purported to be made, Union of India v. Shah Goverdhan L. Kasra

Act of Parliament

Sabha, April, 2002. Means an action; a thing done or established; a written law formally passed by the legislative power of a State; a Bill enacted by the legislature into a law, as distinguished from a bill which

jurisdiction

from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed … created doctrines of ancillary and pendent jurisdiction. 2 : the authority (as of a state) to govern or legislate [the trade bill was within the Ways and Means committee's ] [whether a foreign state shall be subject

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