Article 132 of the Constitution of India

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constitutional provision

Article 132 of the Constitution of India is a provision that governs appeals to the Supreme Court from High Courts in certain constitutional cases involving substantial questions of law.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesTo	judgments of High Courts in India ⓘ
appliesWhen	the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ
bindingOn	all High Courts in India ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
certificateCondition	the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ the question needs to be decided by the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
certificateGrantedBy	High Court in India NERFINISHED ⓘ
citationStyle	Article 132 ⓘ
constitutionalTheme	distribution of judicial powers between High Courts and Supreme Court ⓘ federal judicial structure ⓘ judicial review ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
draftedBy	Constituent Assembly of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedOn	26 January 1950 ⓘ
governs	appeals to the Supreme Court of India from High Courts ⓘ
governsAppealsFrom	judgments of High Courts exercising appellate jurisdiction ⓘ judgments of High Courts exercising original jurisdiction ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialBodyInvolved	High Courts in India ⓘ Supreme Court of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
legalEffect	enables direct appeal to the Supreme Court from High Court decisions in specified constitutional matters ⓘ
locatedInDocumentChapter	Chapter IV of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ Union Judiciary chapter of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInDocumentPart	Part V of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to ensure uniform and authoritative interpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 133 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 134 of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 134A of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesTo	appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ civil proceedings ⓘ constitutional interpretation ⓘ criminal proceedings ⓘ other proceedings in High Courts ⓘ
requires	a certificate from the High Court for appeal to the Supreme Court ⓘ a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution ⓘ that the substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution has been wrongly decided or needs authoritative decision ⓘ
scope	appeals from any judgment decree or final order of a High Court in civil criminal or other proceedings ⓘ
scopeLimitation	appeal lies only if High Court certifies the case fit for appeal to the Supreme Court ⓘ only where a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution is involved ⓘ
subjectMatter	appeals involving constitutional interpretation ⓘ
typeOfAppeal	constitutional appeal ⓘ

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Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India → containsArticle → Article 132 of the Constitution of India ⓘ