NEW DELHI: In a first, the
Supreme Court today permitted petitioners to rely on
Parliamentary Standing Committee reports in constitutional court proceedings.
The
SC also said that while courts can take judicial notice of parliamentary committee reports, their validity can't be challenged.
"There is separation of power among three organs of democracy and court has to strike balance between legislature and judiciary," said a five-judge constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan.
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This judgment will help
NGOs, which frequently file PILs in the SC, to rely on Parliamentary Standing Committee reports that are often critical of the government to seek relief for people under various welfare schemes.
