Article 17 occupies a unique position in our constitutional scheme. The Article, which prohibits a social practice, is located in the chapter on fundamental rights. The framers introduced Article 17,…
Popular notions about what is moral and what is not are transient and fleeting. Popular notions about what is or is not moral may in fact be deeply offensive to…
The chapter on Fundamental Rights encompasses the rights to (i) Equality (Articles 14 to 18); (ii) Freedom (Articles 19 to 24); (iii) Freedom of religion (Articles 25 to 28); (iv)…
Nar Hari Sastri and Ors. v. Shri Badrinath Temple Committee In one of the earliest judgments dealing with religious freedom, namely, Nar Hari Sastri and Ors. v. Shri Badrinath Temple…
The law is well-settled on the point that when a rule-making power is conferred under any statute on an authority, the said power has to be exercised within the confines…
Article 25 merely protects the freedom to practise rituals, ceremonies, etc. which are an integral part of a religion as observed by Supreme Court in John Vallamattom and another v.…
Abstract The article thoroughly introduces Indian trademark law, highlighting the value of registered trademarks and the penalties for infringement under Section 29 of the Trademarks Act, 1999. It addresses criminal…
The term morality occurring in Article 25(1) of the Constitution cannot be viewed with a narrow lens so as to confine the sphere of definition of morality to what an…
The East India Company first started its operations as a trading company in India and gradually acquired political influence. The Crown in England became the legislative authority in respect of…
The traditional view of courts both in India and the UK was a rule of exclusion by which parliamentary history was not readily utilized in interpreting a law. But as…
