Explanation:

The question in stare decisis is whether a court can deviate from its previous decisions. Stare deci's, the sacred princvle of English law .by which precedents are authoritative and binding and which must be followed is not applicable to the SC However SC will not deviate from the doctrine of stare deci's unless there are some extraordinary or special reason to do so. In Sajjan Singh v. State of R4asthan, the SC held that "the doctrine should not be permitted to perpetuate erroneous decisions pronounced by this court to the detriment of general welfare.