Pre-constitutional Laws in India: Beyond Presumption of Constitutionality

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Statute Law Review Pub Date : 2020-12-21 DOI:10.1093/slr/hmaa022

S. Singh

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Abstract

Recent judgements of the Supreme Court of India have done away with presumption of constitutionality for pre-constitutional laws in India. Regarded as one of the core principles in the study of interpretation of statutes, presumption of constitutionality assumes great significance when constitutionality of any law is under challenge. Removal of this presumption for pre-constitutional laws has far-reaching potential on judicial scrutiny of vires of pre-constitutional laws. However, the implications of such removal on pre-constitutional laws have not been studied. This article is an attempt to study such implications. I shall take example of Indian law on sedition, which is a pre-constitutional law, to demonstrate the impact of removal of the presumption.

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印度宪法出台前的法律:超越合宪性推定

印度最高法院最近的判决取消了印度宪法前法律的合宪性推定。合宪性推定作为法律解释研究的核心原则之一，在任何法律的合宪性受到质疑时都具有重要意义。取消对宪法前法律的这一推定对宪法前法律的司法审查具有深远的潜力。但是，没有研究这种取消对立宪前法律的影响。本文试图研究这种影响。我将以印度关于煽动叛乱的法律为例，这是一部前宪法法律，以说明取消推定的影响。

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