Reviewed case brief
Keshavan Madhava Menon v State of Bombay
AIR 1951 SC 128
AIR 1951 SC 128 · Supreme Court of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1951
- Subjects
- Constitutional Law I
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Article 13(1) operates only prospectively; it renders pre-Constitution laws inconsistent with fundamental rights void only from the date the Constitution commenced (26 January 1950), and does not affect proceedings, rights, or liabilities that had already accrued before that date.
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Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
AIR 1951 SC 128; foundational early authority on prospective operation of Article 13(1)
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