The words ‘Caste’ and ‘Class’ in Pre-Constitution India Madras Province In the Madras Provincial and Subordinate Service Rules, 1942, framed by the Governor of Madras under Section 241(2)(b) read with…
An Excerpt from Indira Sawhney Judgement Meaning of Reservation Its meaning has to be ascertained having regard to the context in which it occurs. The relevant words in Section 16…
Cases of Champakam Dorairajan and Venkataraman (1951) Soon after the enforcement of the Constitution two cases reached Supreme Court from the State of Madras – one under Article 15 and…
Draft Article 10 Draft Article 10 corresponds to Article 16. The debate in the Constituent Assembly on draft Article 10 and particularly Clause (3), thereof helps us to appreciate the…
Constitution By an Order made by the President of India, in the year 1979, under Article 340 of the Constitution, a Backward Class Commission was appointed to investigate the conditions…
Draft Article 10 The proceedings of the Constituent Assembly on draft Article (10) disclose a persistent and strident demand from certain sections of the society for providing reservations in their…
Forty and three years ago was founded this republic with the fourfold objective of securing to its citizens justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Statesmen of the highest order the like…
An Edited Excerpt from the judgment of Indu Malhotra The issues raised in the present Writ Petition have far-reaching ramifications and implications, not only for the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala,…
Article is an excerpt from the judgment of Justice Rohinton F. Nariman in Sabrimala Case The guarantee against social exclusion based on notions of “purity and pollution” is an acknowledgment…
“Untouchability” in any form is forbidden. The operation of the words used by the Constitution cannot be confined to a particular form or manifestation of “untouchability”. The Constitution as a…
