Reviewed case brief
Banwarilal Agarwalla v. State of Bihar
AIR 1961 SC 849
Clarified that where the parent Act makes laying before legislature a condition precedent to validity of rules, failure to lay renders the rules void ab initio — not merely irregular.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1961
- Subjects
- Administrative Law
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-30
Rule established
Where laying before legislature is mandatory condition for validity of delegated legislation, rules not laid are void ab initio
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
Massey, Administrative Law
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