Anticipatory Bail Provision in Old Criminal Procedure Code The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 did not contain any specific provision analogous to Section 438 of the CrPC. In Amir Chand…
In an important case of ‘Bharat Kumar v. State of Kerala (1997)’, the Kerala High Court gave an important ruling on the issue of ‘bandh’ called by Political Parties. The…
An Edited Excerpt from In Re: Right to Privacy to Adolescents (2024) Apart from the State’s constitutional obligations, the statutes have enough provisions to address this situation. Section 19 of…
Sarkaria Commission Report on Union-State Relations was released in 1988. In Chapter IV thereof, it is noted that the role of the Governor had emerged as one of the key…
Supreme Court of India in ‘Nabam Rebia v. Deputy Speaker (2015)’ considered the question of Governor’s Power to summon the legislative assembly. After giving a background of Constituent Assembly, the…
As luck would have it, the then Members of Parliament took their parliamentary duties and obligations with utmost sincerity and seriousness and so the actual working of Article 85 of…
Article 174 of the Constitution Article 174 reads thus- 174. Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution (1)The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each…
Article 163 of Indian Constitution reads- “There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of…
Article 163 of Indian Constitution provides- “There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of…
Office of the Speaker in our history had its origin in 1921 when the Central Legislative Assembly was constituted under the Montague-Chelmsford reforms. At that time, office of the Speaker…
