Locus Standi in cases of violations of Constitutional or Statutory Obligations- SP Gupta Case
Edited Excerpt from Justice Bhagwati’s Judgment in SP Gupta Case It is essential to the maintenance of the rule of ...
The Rule of Locus Standi in Writ Petitions as laid down in SP Gupta Case
Edited Excerpt from Justice Bhagwati’s Judgment in SP Gupta Case The traditional rule in regard to locus standi is that ...
Advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court- Provision and the extent of Advisory Jurisdiction
Provision Article 143 of the Constitution reads as follows: 143(1) If at any time it appears to the President that ...
Directive Principles of State Policy- Justice Bhagwati in Minerva Mills Case
An Edited Excerpt from Justice Bhagwati’s Judgment in Minerva Mills Case Indian Constitution is a Social Document The Indian Constitution ...
Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles- Relations and Process of their Adoption
Legacy of Freedom Struggle The genesis of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is to be found in the freedom struggle ...
The Relations between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles- Minerva Mill Case
Edited Excerpt from the Judgment Principles of State Policy There is no doubt that though the courts have always attached ...
Adoption in India- Case Laws and Statutory Developments
Lakshmi Kant Pandey Case The decision of Supreme Court in Lakshmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India (1984) is a ...
The National Flag of India- Adoption, Significance and Flag Code
From time immemorial, people have laid down their lives with a view to salute their own Flag. What is so ...
A National Flag- the Restricted and Unrestricted use of the Flag
Some countries like Brazil, Canada allow for the unrestricted use of the Flag by individuals. On the other side of ...
Why Provisions for Amendments in a Constitution is necessary? – Explained with Reference to History
A Constitution provides the broad outlines of the administration of a country and concerns itself with the problems of the ...
The Type of Indian Constitution- Whether ‘Rigid’ or ‘Flexible’
The Constitution is not an indigenous product. Those who framed it were, as recognised by this Court in The Automobile ...
The Essential Features of Indian Constitution- Justice KS Hegde and Justice AK Mukherjea in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Edited excerpt from the judgment The question whether there is any implied limitation on the amending power under Article 368 ...
Does ‘law’ under Article 13 include Amendment law? – Justice Hegde and Mukherjea in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Edited excerpt from the judgment A great deal of reliance was placed by the learned Counsel for the petitioners on ...
Does Power of Amending the Constitution reside in Article 368? – Justice Hegde and Mukherjea in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Edited excerpt from the judgment In order to find out whether Parliament has the power to take away or abridge ...
Implied Limitations on Parliament’s Power of Amendment- Justice Grover and Shelat in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Preamble- The Guiding Light The three main organs of government legislative, executive and judiciary and the entire mechanics of their ...
Importance of Preamble in Interpretation of Constitution- Justice Grover and Shelat in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Edited Excerpt from Kesavananda Bharthi Case Preamble as guiding light in interpretation of Constitution The preamble serves several important purposes ...
Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles- History of Drafting
Parts III and IV essentially form a basic element of the Constitution without which its identity will completely change. Historical ...
Implied Limitations on Parliament’s Power to Amend the Constitution- Justice Sikri in Kesavananda Bharthi Case
Edited Excerpt from the Judgment of Justice Sikri (Headings have been added) It seems to me that reading the Preamble, ...
Does Bharat Really Need The Criminal Laws?
Let’s take a step-in near future for a moment and jump to 1st July 2024. Is something big happening? Yes, ...
The Drafting of Preamble of Indian Constitution- History and Process of Interpretation
Initial Draft of the Preamble In the earliest draft the Preamble was something formal and read: "We, the people of ...