On Dec 21, 2013, at 10:52 AM, "roland.francis" <[email protected]> wrote:
"The Supreme Court has given the Govt one year to amend the law for exactly such purposes. In its ruling the SC found current laws ultra vires the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (our constitution) and while our Dotor Colaco has recently reminded us that the job of the courts is to uphold the law, he missed mentioning, inadvertently no doubt, that the courts also need to strike down laws that violate the country's ultimate law - the constitution" Response: Dear Roland, I am not a specialist in Constitutional Law. However, this is what I can say. Existing Indian and UK statutes must be repealed or amended by the Legislature ie Parliament. jc
