War & Law: A Tangled Web of Rights, Risks, and Resilience
War conflict is a violent clash between group of nations which leads to loss of life and displacement. This war conflicts leads to violation of Rights of individuals and create…
Why Union Territories were created?- In Detail
Despite the centrality of the States to the Constitution and the structure of governance that it envisages, Union Territories (which are administered by the Union Government) exist within the constitutional…
How Article 3 of Constitution was used to reorganise States units in India
The scope of Article 3 Article 2 of the Constitution provides that Parliament may admit new States into the Union or establish new States: “2. Admission or establishment of new…
Characteristics of Indian Federalism- Discussion in Constituent Assembly
Democracy and federalism are basic features of the Constitution. The term ‘federal’ is used to indicate the division of powers between the Union or Central Government and the State Governments.…
The constitutional history of States and Union territories and the reason for the existence of Article 3
When the Constitution was adopted, the constituent political units in the country consisted of different types of States (albeit with different structures, powers, and relationships with the Union Government) and…
Supreme Court’s Analysis of the Substance Which Attracts Article 368 to a Case
Article 368 of the Constitution provides for the procedure by which the Constitution may be amended. Clause (2) of Article 368 is extracted below: “Power of Parliament to amend the…
Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions of Constitution- A History
Part XXI which was titled “Temporary and Transitional provisions” when the Constitution was adopted in 1950, the Chapter heading was substituted by its present form – “Temporary, Transitional and Special…
Debates in the Constituent Assembly on Article 370
On 17 October 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up draft Article 306A. Draft Article 306A corresponded to Article 370 of the Constitution. Shri N Gopalaswami Ayyangar In introducing the Article,…
The constitutional integration of States- When Constitutional Assemblies of states ratified Union Constitution
Internal Constitutions of States The Draft Constitution of India 1948 provided that India shall be a “Union of States”. The term “State” included Part I, Part II, Part III states…
How Nehru acceded Jammu & Kashmir to India- History in Detail
Accession of Jammu and Kashmir The British Parliament enacted the Indian Independence Act 1947. In terms of Section 1(1) of the Act, two independent Dominions – India and Pakistan were…