In Brief
The Supreme Court allowed review petitions against its earlier judgment in Christian Medical College Vellore v. Union of India (dated 18 July 2013). A Five-Judge Bench found that the majority opinion in the original judgment had failed to consider binding precedents and that inter-bench discussion had not occurred before pronouncement. Following established principles on the scope of review, the Court recalled the impugned judgment without detailed reasoning to avoid prejudicing the fresh hearing, and directed that the matters be reheard by the original bench.
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