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Full text of 16th Amendment verdict released

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Published: 05:44, 1 August 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Full text of 16th Amendment verdict released

Staff Correspondent: The appellate division of the Supreme Court has released the full verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment of the constitution.

The 799-page text of the full verdict was released on Tuesday after singing of all seven members of the Appellate Division bench including Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Following the verdict, the parliament lost the power to remove Supreme Court judges.

Earlier on July 3, the Supreme Court upheld a High Court judgment that had scrapped the amendment, rejecting an appeal filed by the state.

On September 17, 2014, the National Parliament passed the 'Constitution (16th Amendment) Bill, 2014' without any opposition, empowering Parliament to impeach judges of the Supreme Court due to their incapacity or misconduct.

Later, nine Supreme Court lawyers filed the writ petition with the High Court on November 5, 2014, praying to consider the 16th Amendment as illegal and unconstitutional.


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