(1.) The Supreme Court in the case of State of Orissa and Ors vs. Md. Illiyas, reported in (2006) 1 SCC 275 observed as under:
(2.) Again the Supreme Court in a recent decision in the case of Navtej Singh Johar vs. Union of India, reported in (2018) 10 SCC 1 observed as under:
(3.) Recognising the aforesaid as a binding precedent and keeping in view the living nature of the document that our Constitution is which adapts to the ever changing circumstances, we proceed to decide the preliminary issue of maintainability / entertainability of this group of petitions.