This work is a mini-encyclopaedia on this very important subject. The case-law covered in this edition has been brought up-to-date till 2014 with a supplement. In the Supplement complete case-law of Shatrughan Chauhan v. Union of India, (2014) 3 SCC 1 and Mohd. Arif v. Supreme Court of India, (2014) 9 SCC 737 have been reproduced in full as reported in SCCTM, along with the detailed headnote and same page numbers, so that it can be cited in any court of law.

For the first time such in-depth analysis of the cases has been made, and the present position of the law has been so clearly brought out.