Constitution of India · Part IV: Directive Principles of State Policy

Article 50: Separation of judiciary from executive

Official text

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the article 50

• All India Judges Association v. Union of India & Ors
  2024 INSC 264 January 2024Directions issued

  Allowances granted to judicial officers and retired judicial officers by the Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC).

• All India Judges Association v. Union of India
  2023 INSC 56419 May 2023Directions issued
• Somesh Chaurasia v. State of M.P. & Anr.
  2021 INSC 34922 July 2021Disposed of
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr.
  2021 INSC 33214 July 2021Disposed of
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India & Anr.
  2020 INSC 66627 November 2020Disposed of
• Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’Ble High Court of Delhi
  2017 INSC 6419 February 2020Directions issued
• Hari Niwas Gupta v. State of Bihar and Another
  2019 INSC 12278 November 2019Dismissed
• Telangana Judges Association & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2018 INSC 9263 October 2018Leave Granted & Disposed off
• Medical Council of India v. State of Kerala & Ors.
  2018 INSC 81012 September 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• Just Society v. Union of India
  2017 INSC 41027 April 2017Dismissed
• Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Another v. Union of India
  2015 INSC 28516 October 2015
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another
  2014 INSC 68525 September 2014Disposed of
• Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, Through Cbi, Bombay
  2013 INSC 17921 March 2013Disposed of
• N. Kannadasan v. Ajoy Khose and Others
  2009 INSC 7326 May 2009Dismissed
• State of U.P. and Ors. v. Jeet S. Bisht and Anr.
  2007 INSC 65618 May 2007Disposed of
• V.K. Majotra v. Union of India and Ors.
  2003 INSC 4609 September 2003Appeal(s) allowed
• V.S. Mallimath v. Union of India and Anr.
  2001 INSC 15621 March 2001Dismissed
• State of Bihar and Anr. v. Bal Mukund Sah and Ors.
  2000 INSC 13714 March 2000Dismissed
• J. Jayalalitha Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Anr.
  1999 INSC 25614 May 1999Disposed of
• Union of India v. Pratibha Banerjee and Anr.
  1995 INSC 76121 November 1995Dismissed
• Sh. P.K. Sarin and Anr. Etc. Etc v. State of U.Pand Ors Etc.
  1994 INSC 61816 December 1994Dismissed
• Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab
  1994 INSC 11211 March 1994Disposed of
• Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Anr. v. Union of India
  1993 INSC 3186 October 1993Disposed of
• All India Judges, Association and Ors v. Union of India and Ors.
  1993 INSC 27224 August 1993Disposed of
• Kumar Padma Prasad v. Union of India and Ors.
  1992 INSC 6910 March 1992Allowed
• All India Judges' Association v. Union of India
  1991 INSC 29013 November 1991Disposed of
• Subhash Sharma and Others v. Union of India
  1990 INSC 32626 October 1990Disposed of