Section 14: Powers conferred to be exercisable from time to time

(1) Where, by any [Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, any power is conferred ***, then [unless a different intention appears] that power may be exercised from time to time as occasion requires.

(2) This section applies also to all [Central Acts] and Regulations made on or after the fourteenth day of January, 1887.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 14

Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India & Ors.
2021 INSC 29721 May 2021Dismissed
Common Cause & Anr v. Union of India & Anr.
2019 INSC 22819 February 2019Dismissed
Alok Kumar Verma v. Union of India & Anr.
2019 INSC 368 January 2019Disposed of
Gujarat Urja Viikas Nigam Limited v. Solar Semiconductor Power Company (India) Private Limited and Others
2017 INSC 105325 October 2017Appeal(s) allowed
Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. Tarini Infrastructure Ltd. & Ors.
2016 INSC 5005 July 2016Dismissed
M/S Manuelsons Hotels Private Limited v. State of Kerala & Others
2016 INSC 40511 May 2016Partly allowed
Director General of Foreign Trade and Anr. v. M/S. Kanak Exports and Anr.
2015 INSC 79927 October 2015Disposed of
Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another
2014 INSC 68525 September 2014Disposed of
U.P. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan v. State of U.P.
2014 INSC 5944 September 2014Dismissed
State of Rajasthan and Others v. M/S. Basant Agrotech (India) Ltd.
2013 INSC 8096 December 2013Dismissed
M/S. Shree Sidhbali Steels Ltd. and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Ors.
2011 INSC 5820 January 2011Dismissed
N.D.M.C. & Ors. v. Mis Tanvi Trading & Credit Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
2008 INSC 98628 August 2008Appeal(s) allowed
Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
2006 INSC 69511 October 2006Partly allowed
M.P. State Electricity Board v. Union of India and Ors.
2006 INSC 60213 September 2006Directions issued
Cellular Operators Association of India and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
2002 INSC 54217 December 2002Appeal(s) allowed
M/S Indian Charge Chrome Ltd. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
2002 INSC 54317 December 2002Disposed of
Topline Shoes Ltd. v. Corporation Bank
2002 INSC 2878 July 2002Dismissed
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ajay Singh and Ors. Etc.
1992 INSC 2992 November 1992Dismissed
State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Kailash Chand Mahajan and Ors.
1992 INSC 5620 February 1992Appeal(s) allowed
B.N. Shankarappa v. Uthanur Srinivas and Ors.
1992 INSC 1621 January 1992Appeal(s) allowed