Landmark case
Demo: Asma Jilani v. Government of the Punjab
Also known as: Asma Jilani
PLD 1972 SC 139
- Court
- supreme court
- Decided
- 1972
- Bench
- Hamoodur Rahman CJ
constitutional
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — overrules Dosso; usurpation of state power is not law and martial law regimes are illegal.
Key holdings
1. Doctrine of necessity rejected as applied in Dosso.
2. A successful coup does not, by itself, create legitimate constitutional order.
Significance
Cornerstone of constitutional jurisprudence on legitimacy.
#martial-law#doctrine-of-necessity