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{{Constitution of India}}'''Article 141 of the Constitution of India''' lays down that the law declared by the [[Supreme Court of India]] "shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Article 141: Law declared by Supreme Court to be binding on all courts |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/articles/article-141-law-declared-by-supreme-court-to-be-binding-on-all-courts/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Constitution of India |language=en-US}}</ref> It provides the constitutional basis for the doctrine of [[precedent]] (''stare decisis'') in the Indian legal system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Anusha Agarwal & Preeshaa |date=2025-11-15 |title=Diverge and Conquer: Why Judicial Divergence is Healthy for the Indian Judicial Framework |url=https://www.rsrr.in/post/diverge-and-conquer-why-judicial-divergence-is-healthy-for-the-indian-judicial-framework |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=RSRR |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Choudhry |first1=Sujit |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_Handbook_of_the_Indian_Consti/s5EDDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution |last2=Khosla |first2=Madhav |last3=Mehta |first3=Pratap Bhanu |date=May 3, 2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-105862-2 |page= |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref><br />
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Article 141 is located in [[Part V of the Constitution of India|Part V]] (The Union) of the Indian Constitution, specifically within Chapter IV which deals with The Union Judiciary.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Text ==<br />
{{Blockquote|text=The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India.|title=|source=141. Law declared by Supreme Court to be binding on all courts}}<br />
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== Scope ==<br />
While the text specifies "all courts," this has been interpreted to mean "all other courts." <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rajagopal |first=Krishnadas |date=2023-01-12 |title=Under Constitution, law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/under-constitution-law-declared-by-the-supreme-court-is-binding-on-all/article66369225.ece |access-date=2025-12-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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