Article 21 in Constitution of India

Overruled in Delhi Transport Corporation vs D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress on 4 September, 1990 — Supreme Court of India (1990)

“Therefore, the holding to the contrary in A.V. Nachane & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. , [1982] 2 SCR 246 is no longer good law.”

Overruled in Tofan Singh vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 29 October, 2020 — Supreme Court of India (2020)

“M.P. Sharma (supra), where it was held that no such right was recognised in the Constitution of India, was overruled.”

Doubted in M.Mohammed Ali Jinnah vs Union Of India Rep By Its on 7 September, 2026 — Madras High Court (2026)

“the formulation of Gurwinder becomes difficult to follow. Once the three-Judge Bench in Najeeb recognised that constitutional courts retain the authority to intervene”