E. P. Royappa vs State Of Tamil Nadu & Anr on 23 November, 1973
13. The content and the sweep of Article 14 of the Constitution was once
more examined in E.P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu (1974) 4 SCC 3, where
this Court laid bare a new dimension of Article 14 and described its
activist magnitude as a guarantee against arbitrariness. Speaking for the
Court, P.N. Bhawati, J. as His Lordship then was said: