State of Rajasthan v. Union of India case judgment, 1977

♤ The Court does judicial review on limited grounds.

♤ It said that immunity for Presidential action, could not exist in case of mala fide or irrelevant grounds.

During the State of Rajasthan case, Article 356 contained clause (5), which was inserted by the Thirty-Eighth Amendment by which the satisfaction of the President was made final and conclusive and that satisfaction was not open to be questioned in any court on any ground. Clause (5) was deleted by the 44th amendment in 1978.