CRV Committee, SLSRC College of Law v. Union of India and Others

Abstract

Treaties — Implementation — United Nations campaign against apartheid in South Africa — Commonwealth action — Gleneagles Accord, 1977 — India a member country of the Commonwealth — Parliament not enacting law implementing agreement — Power of courts to enforce — United Kingdom cricketers blacklisted by the United Nations allowed to play matches in India — Indian Civil Rights Committee impugning action of Indian Government — Whether Gleneagles Accord enforceable against the Government of India — Whether India in breach of its obligations under the Gleneagles Accord — Foreigners Act 1946 and Foreigners (Exemption) Order 1957

Human rights — Apartheid — International campaign against apartheid in South Africa — Commonwealth action — Sport — Gleneagles Accord, 1977 — Two players blacklisted by the United Nations allowed to play matches in India — India a Party to Gleneagles Accord and a member of the United Nations — Whether obligation not to allow the two players to visit India as members of the English cricket team

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Application of international law in domestic courts — Rules of customary international law as part of the law of the land — Practice in the United Kingdom — Whether obligations created under a treaty form part of the law of the land — Whether obligations under the Gleneagles Accord, 1977, enforceable at the instance of a citizen — The law of India