Doctrine of Stare Decisis

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.... UNION OF INDIA -[2024 (6) TMI 437 - SUPREME COURT (LB)] 35. In Shanker Raju v. Union of India (2011) 2 SCC 132., Shah Faesal v. Union of India (2020) 4 SCC 1., Keshav Mills Co. Ltd. v. CIT (1965) 2 SCR 908. and Krishena Kumar v. Union of India 25 (1990) 4 SCC 207. These judgments reiterate the proposition that (i) the doctrine of stare decisis promotes certainty and consistency in law; (ii) the ....

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....dgment of the majority in PV Narasimha Rao [1998 (4) TMI 503 - SUPREME COURT]), which grants immunity from prosecution to a member of the legislature who has allegedly engaged in bribery for casting a vote or speaking has wide ramifications on public interest, probity in public life and parliamentary democracy. There is a grave danger of this Court allowing an error to be perpetuated if the decisi....