If a blanket bar of the doctrine of legitimate expectation against a statute is to be allowed, no domestic or foreign investor would ever invest in local business and ventures, Justice Murari held.
One of the judicial officers affected by the ruling is Harish Hasmukhbhai Varma, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat, who had previously convicted Rahul Gandhi, a leader of the Congress party, in a defamation case.
The Supreme Court stayed the decision of the Gujarat High Court and the subsequent State government notification to promote judicial 68 officers to the post of district judges based on the seniority-cum-merit rule
The Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud made the observation in its judgment on the Maharashtra politics case that arose out of the rift between the Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions.
The Supreme Court Thursday held that the decision of former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's decision to call for a floor test based on the request of 34 MLAs of the Shinde faction was incorrect