‘Court of Record’- Meaning, Origin, and law applicable in India
Article 129 provides that the Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt…
Article 136 Special Leave Petition- A Brief analysis
Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution lay down the constitutional provisions relating to the original and appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Under this chapter, the powers of supreme court as…
Publication of disallowed questions – Is it protected under parliamentary privileges?
Dr. Jatish Chandra Ghosh vs Hari Sadhan Mukherjee The case of Dr. Jatish Chandra Ghosh vs Hari Sadhan Mukherjee ], is an important case on Parliamentary privileges. The issue in…
Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India, (2023)- A Complete Analysis
Recently, in the case of ‘Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023)’, the Supreme court of India, pronounced an historic decision when it changed the procedure of the appointment of…
The appointment of Arun Goel- Why it created controversy?
In 2021, a writ petition was filed for appointment to fill a vacancy of election commissioner which had arisen on 15May 2022 by a Committee. The Bench commenced hearing of…
The essential hallmark of democracy
The basic and underlying principle central to democracy is power to the people through the ballot. Abraham Lincoln declared democracy to be Government of the people, by the people and…
Power of the election commission of India as recognized by Supreme Court
Part XV (Art. 324-329) of the Constitution of India, provides the provisions related to Election procedure in India. Article 324 Article 324 is a plenary provision clothing the Election Commission…
The True Meaning of Democracy- A brief Discussion
Political and Social Democracy Dr. B.R. Ambedkar made the following pertinent observations regarding democracy in the course of his speech in the Constituent Assembly on 25.11.1949: “What we must do…
Provision relating to voting in India- An analysis
Part XV (Art. 324-329) of the Constitution of India, provides the provisions related to Election procedure in India. Article 326 of the constitution, which comes under this part, provides the…
The right to vote a statutory right or a constitutional right?
The right to vote is not a civil right. A Bench of six learned Judges in N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning_Officer, Namakkal,(1952) in the context of Article 329(b) held that the…