Law of Precedents

Containing: 1. Introduction 2. Identical Points 3. Article 141 of the Constitution of India 4. Ratio Decidendi 5. Obiter Dicta 6. Per Incuriam 7. Dictionaries and use thereof 8. Foreign decisions and use thereof 9. Doctrine of Comity 10. Constitutional Points not Directly arising for Decision 11. Dismissal in Limine, Without Reasons 12. Criminal cases and Precedents 13. Stare Decisis 14. Reference Orders 15. Sub-Silentio 16. Statutory Provisions and Precedents 17. Law Commission Reports etc. and Precedents 18. Decisions of Supreme Court 19. Decisions of High Courts 20. Judgments of Courts of Justice when relevant 21. Precedent and Judicial Reasoning 22. Judge Made Law 23. Judicial Consistency Propriety, Decorum, etc 24. The Indian Law Reports Act, 1875 25. Article 142 of the Constitution of India Appendix: Full Text of the Full Bench Judgment of Madras High Court Philip Jeyasingh vs. The Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Chidambaranar Region, Tuticorin and others, 1992 (2) MLJ 309