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Supreme Court strikes down Karnataka law validating 2011 recruitment
ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?
Can a legislature undo a court verdict? The separation of powers test behind Karnataka's struck-down recruitment law
SC voids Karnataka's validating law for 2011 recruitment; legislature can't nullify judgments.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
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The Supreme Court struck down a Karnataka law that sought to validate a 2011 recruitment process whose cancellation had been upheld by both the High Court and the Supreme Court.
The Court held that the legislature cannot annul a cancellation, even by legislation, and thereby nullify the judgments of constitutional courts.
The ruling reaffirms the separation of powers.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- The Supreme Court struck down a Karnataka law validating a 2011 recruitment process.
- The cancellation of that recruitment had already been upheld by both the High Court and the Supreme Court.
- A legislature may remove the legal basis of a judgment, but cannot directly annul or overrule the judgment itself.
- Separation of powers is part of the basic structure of the Constitution (Kesavananda Bharati, 1973).
- Validating laws are tested on whether they cure the defect in the law or merely nullify a court's decision.
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- Statement: A legislature can enact a validating law that removes the defect on which a court judgment is based, but cannot simply declare the judgment void.
- Statement: Separation of powers, though not expressly stated in the Constitution, has been held to be part of its basic structure.
- Statement: Judicial review of legislation by the High Courts and the Supreme Court is also part of the basic structure.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS Paper 2 (Polity, Judiciary, separation of powers). Issue: a State law sought to validate a 2011 recruitment that courts had already cancelled. Provision: the legislature may cure the defect in the law but cannot nullify judgments of constitutional courts, as this breaches separation of powers and judicial review. Implication: it protects merit-based public recruitment and judicial finality; way forward is to fix recruitment processes transparently instead of using validating legislation.
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ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯಗಳು ರದ್ದತಿಯನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿದಿದ್ದ ನೇಮಕಾತಿಯನ್ನು ಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಾಡುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಕಾನೂನನ್ನು ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ರದ್ದುಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗವು ತೀರ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನು ಅಸಿಂಧುಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗದು ಎಂದಿತು. ಇದು ಯಾವ ಸಾಂವಿಧಾನಿಕ ತತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬಿಸುತ್ತದೆ?
- ಗ್ರಹಣ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ
- ಸಾರ ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಳು ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ
- ಅಧಿಕಾರಗಳ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತೆ
- ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತೆಯ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ (ಸೆವೆರಬಿಲಿಟಿ)
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: C — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ: ಅಧಿಕಾರಗಳ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತೆ — ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗವು ಕಾನೂನು ಬದಲಿಸಬಹುದು, ಆದರೆ ತೀರ್ಪನ್ನು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ರದ್ದುಪಡಿಸಲಾಗದು.
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