The Court had reserved its judgment on March 19 after hearing arguments over three consecutive days.
Today, five of the nine judges on the bench ruled that certain aspects of the triple test and the accompanying guidelines formulated in Bangalore Water Supply require further refinement, while the essential framework laid down therein has stood the test of time.
"We have felt that some of these constituent elements could have been articulated differently so as to better reflect the scope and contours of Section 2(j).
Therefore, we propose to reformulate the triple test," CJI Kant said, while pronouncing the verdict.
Four judges on the Bench, Justices BV Nagarathna, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan and Joymalya Bagchi, dissented.
The judgment was delivered by a nine-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices BV Nagarathna, PS Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and Vipul M Pancholi.
The Court had reserved its judgment on March 19 after hearing arguments over three consecutive days.
Today, five of the nine judges on the bench ruled that certain aspects of the triple test and the accompanying guidelines formulated in Bangalore Water Supply require further refinement, while the essential framework laid down therein has stood the test of time.
"We have felt that some of these constituent elements could have been articulated differently so as to better reflect the scope and contours of Section 2(j). Therefore, we propose to reformulate the triple test," CJI Kant said, while pronouncing the verdict.
Four judges on the Bench, Justices BV Nagarathna, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan and Joymalya Bagchi, dissented.
