https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171710 Article 143(1) references may be maintainable where a Bill raises a specific constitutional controversy of public importance, and the Court may confine a broad reference to the questions actually argued. Parliament was said to have competence to create Special Courts and enlarge Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction. Classification for speedy trial was upheld only for offences committed during the Emergency, because that class had an intelligible differentia and rational nexus to the object of the law; the extension to the pre-Emergency period was unconstitutional. Procedural features permitting appointment of retired High Court Judges, nomination without the Chief Justice of India's concurrence, and no transfer mechanism were held to offend Article 21. en-us Fri, 01 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171710 Article 143(1) references may be maintainable where a Bill raises a specific constitutional controversy of public importance, and the Court may confine a broad reference to the questions actually argued. Parliament was said to have competence to create Special Courts and enlarge Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction. Classification for speedy trial was upheld only for offences committed during the Emergency, because that class had an intelligible differentia and rational nexus to the object of the law; the extension to the pre-Emergency period was unconstitutional. Procedural features permitting appointment of retired High Court Judges, nomination without the Chief Justice of India's concurrence, and no transfer mechanism were held to offend Article 21. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Dec 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171710