Contents: Table of cases.-- Table of enactments.-- Introduction; Preliminary. The historical background. The Indian independence act, 1947. The traditional interpretation. The Royal assent. Emergency legislation. Dissoultion.-- Judgment in the case of Federationo f Pakistan and others v. Moulvi Tamizuddin Kahn.-- Judgment in the case of Usif Patel and two others v. the Crown.-- Report on the Special reference made by His Excellency the Governor- General of Pakistan.-- Judgment in the case of Federation of Pakistan v. Ali Ahmad Hussain Shah and the Union of Inida