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Official sourceConstitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977, s.7 (w.e.f. 13.4.1978).
3. Substituted by the Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1978, s.30 for the portion beginning with the words
“writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, or any of them” and ending
with the words “such illegality has resulted in substantial failure of justice” (w.e.f. 1.8.1979).
4. Substituted by ibid., s.30, for clauses (3), (4), (5) and (6).
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4. Æ>gêÅ…Væü (¯@þËO¿ñý ¯éËYÐ@þ çÜÐ@þÆæÿ×ý) ^èþrtÐ@þ¬, 1978 Äñý¬MæüP 30Ð@þ òÜ„æü¯Œþ M>ÏgŒý (¼) §éÓÆ> (3), (4), (5), (6), M>ÏgŒýËMæü$ º§æþ$Ë$V> 1.8.1979 ¯@þ$…yìþ
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111 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
(Part VI. — The States)
makes an application to the High Court for the vacation of such order and furnishes a
copy of such application to the party in whose favour such order has been made or the
counsel of such party, the High Court shall dispose of the application within a period of two
weeks from the date on which it is received or from the date on which the copy of such
application is so furnished, whichever is later, or where the High Court is closed on the last
day of that period, before the expiry of the next day afterwards on which the High Court is
open; and if the application is not so disposed of, the interim order shall, on the expiry of
that period, or, as the case may be, the expiry of the said next day, stand vacated.]
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[(4)] The power conferred on a High Court by this article shall not be in derogation of
the power conferred on the Supreme Court by clause (2) of article 32.]
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[226A. Constitutional validity of Central laws not to be considered in proceedings under
article 226.]
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