Certain words omitted by the Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s.6 (w.e.f. 13.4.1978).

3. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.26, for “The minimum number” (w.e.f. 1.2.1977). 4. Inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976, s.26 (w.e.f. 1.2.1977). 72 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part V. — The Union) (4) No judgment shall be delivered by the Supreme Court save in open Court, and no report shall be made under article 143 save in accordance with an opinion also delivered in open Court. (5) No judgment and no such opinion shall be delivered by the Supreme Court save with the concurrence of a majority of the Judges present at the hearing of the case, but nothing in this clause shall be deemed to prevent a Judge who does not concur from delivering a dissenting judgment or opinion.