{"id":297963,"date":"2024-06-04T18:19:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=297963"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:49:58","slug":"doctrine-of-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/doctrine-of-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctrine of Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0This post on Doctrine of Merger<\/strong> has been created based on the article “To Do Complete Justice”: Supreme Court Says That Its ‘Article 142’ Power Is An Exception To Doctrine Of Merger & Rule Of Stare Decisis”<\/a> <\/strong>published in\u00a0\u201cThe verdictum\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on 2 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in News?<\/h2>\n

The Supreme Court of India has noted that the unique powers granted under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution are exceptions to two established legal principles<\/span>: the Doctrine of Merger<\/span> and the Doctrine of Stare Decisis<\/span>. This is done to ensure justice is comprehensively served in specific cases.<\/p>\n

About Doctrine of Merger<\/h2>\n

1. Purpose:<\/strong> The Doctrine of Merger aims to maintain decorum and orderliness in the judicial system<\/span>.<\/p>\n

2. Nature: <\/strong>It is a judicially created doctrine aimed at instilling discipline<\/span> across different levels of courts and authorities.<\/p>\n

3. Principle:<\/strong> When a higher court (appellate court) makes a ruling, the original ruling by the lower court is absorbed or “merged” into the higher court’s decision<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4. Rationale:<\/strong> This ensures that only one final ruling exists on any given issue, avoiding confusion over which order should be followed.<\/p>\n

5. Application:<\/strong> This doctrine applies to decisions made by all levels of courts<\/span>, ensuring that the ruling of a higher court supersedes and absorbs that of a lower court.<\/p>\n

About Doctrine of Stare Decisis<\/h2>\n

1. Stare Decisis” is Latin for “to stand by things decided<\/span>.” This doctrine mandates that courts follow the rulings made in earlier similar cases.<\/p>\n

2. Importance of Precedents:<\/strong> Past decisions serve as precedents<\/span>, which are principles or rules that guide judicial decisions in future similar cases.<\/p>\n

3. Role of Precedents<\/strong>: These are used by judges as references for making decisions in current cases with similar legal questions<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4. Obligation:<\/strong> Courts are obligated to consider these precedents in their rulings to maintain consistency and predictability in the law.<\/p>\n

5. These doctrines collectively ensure that the legal system operates efficiently, maintaining consistency and hierarchy in judicial decisions.<\/p>\n

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Source \u2013\u00a0This post on Doctrine of Merger has been created based on the article “To Do Complete Justice”: Supreme Court Says That Its ‘Article 142’ Power Is An Exception To Doctrine Of Merger & Rule Of Stare Decisis” published in\u00a0\u201cThe verdictum\u201d\u00a0on 2 June 2024. Why in News? The Supreme Court of India has noted that… Continue reading Doctrine of Merger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-297963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}