Supreme Court of India · 1959-11-26
STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS vs THAKUR GANGA SINGH AND ANOTHER
- Citation / case number
- SC 1959/55
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS
- Respondent
- THAKUR GANGA SINGH AND ANOTHER
- Author
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(),GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,SUBBARAO, K.,GUPTA, K.C. DAS,SHAHC.
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),GAJENDRAGADKAR, P.B.,SUBBARAO, K.,GUPTA, K.C. DAS,SHAH, J.C.
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court held that Article 132(2) of the Constitution allows for special leave to appeal only when a substantial question of law regarding constitutional interpretation is involved. The Court clarified that if parties agree on the interpretation of a constitutional provision, no substantial question arises. In this case, the dispute was about the reasonable classification under Article 14, which had already been settled by prior decisions, thus no special leave was granted as the matter did not involve a substantial question of law.