rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, orders made under statutory powers are all comprised in delegated legislation'.

. In Sukhdev Singh and Others v. Bhagatram Sardar Singh Raghuvanshi and Anotehr: 1975 (1) SCC 421, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that ‗[r]ules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, orders made under statutory powers are all comprised in ‗delegated legislation'. In this context, the Supreme Court observed:-

―15. The words ―rules‖ and ―regulations‖ are used in an Act to limit the power of the statutory authority. The powers of statutory bodies are derived, controlled and restricted by the statutes which create them and the rules and regulations framed thereunder. Any action of such bodies in excess of their power or in violation of the restrictions placed on their powers is ultra vires...‖ ―18. The authority of a statutory body or public administrative body or agency ordinarily includes the power to make or adopt rules and regulations with respect to matters within the province of such body provided such rules and regulations are not inconsistent with the relevant law. ... These statutory bodies cannot use the power to make rules and regulations to enlarge the powers beyond the scope intended by the Legislature. Rules and regulations made by reason of the specific power conferred on the statute to make rules and regulations establish the pattern of conduct to be followed. Rules are duly made relative to the subject-matter on which the statutory bodies act subordinate to the terms of the statute under which they are promulgated. Regulations are in aid of the enforcement of the provisions of the statute.‖ ―21. The characteristic of law is the manner and procedure adopted in many forms of subordinate legislation. The authority making rules and regulation must specify the source of the rule and regulation making authority. To illustrate, rules are always framed in exercise of the specific power conferred by the statute to make rules. Similarly, regulations are framed in exercise of specific power conferred by the statute to make regulations. The essence of law is that it is made by the law-