LAWS(P&H)-1990-9-65

CAPT KANWALJIT SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On September 10, 1990
KANWALJIT SINGH Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In this bunch of writ petitions broadly the challenge is to the 64th amendment of the Constitution; imposition of President Rule in Punjab in May, 1987 and extension thereof; dissolution of the Punjab Legislative Assembly in March, 1988.

(2.) Legal issues raised and posed by these writ petitions are not free from difficulty. The importance of the issues raised gave rise to numerous opinions, and approach to them which need balancing by the judicial mind.

(3.) Though there are some differences and variations in facts, still the material facts are largely common to the writ petitions. Various questions raised in the petitions are so interwoven that their answers depend on each other. It can fairly be stated that the petitions raised common questions of law And fact.