The Supreme Court Today (Oct 3) struck down the Khalsa University (Repeal) Act, 2017 as being unconstitutional. The Court said that the test of manifest arbitrariness would apply to invalidate legislation as well as subordinate legislation under Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court was dealing with an appeal preferred by the Khalsa University, challenging the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court by which it dismissed the writ petition seeking a writ of certiorari for quashing the said 2017 Act.
