The substantive quality of right to equality
“Liberty and equality are words of passion and power. They were the watchwords of the French Revolution; they inspired the unforgettable words of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; and the U.S.…
The Origin and Journey of Doctrine of Basic Structure
Since there are no signposts signalling basic features of the Constitution, every attempt to discover a basic feature becomes a ‘voyage of discovery’. -O Chinnappa Reddy The amendment procedure is…
The President alone have power to identify socially and educationally backward classes
In the decision of Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil vs The Chief Minister and Ors. , Supreme Court considered the validity of the Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018 which,…
What Supreme Court said when the law for the composition of Panchayat, was challenged?
In K. Krishna Murthy (Dr.) and Ors. v. Union of India and Anr.: (2010) 7 SCC 202, the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992 and the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992…
M. Nagraj v. Union of India (2007) – A Brief
In M. Nagraj v. Union of India (2007), the Constitution Bench validated- the Constitution (Seventy-seventh Amendment) Act, 1995 which inserted Article 16(4-A); the Constitution (Eighty-first Amendment) Act, 2000 which inserted…
What Supreme Court’s Judges said when they laid down Basic structure Doctrine in Kesavananda Case
In Kesavananda Bharthi v. Union of India (1973) case, Apex Court outlined the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution. In fact, in Kesavananda, the Court, by a 7-6 majority, went…
The Arguments of Counsels in EWS Quota Case Hearing
Parliament of India passed Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on 14 Jan 2019. Through this amendment, Parliament amended Article 15 and 16 of…
Harish Uppal Case- Lawyers’ Right to Strike
In ‘Ex. Cap. Harish Uppal v. Union of India (2002)’, four writ petitions were filed before Supreme Court to declare Lawyers’ call for boycotts and strikes illegal. The question for…
Section 167 and Section 344- In brief
Sec. 167 appears in Ch. XIV which deals with information and investigation. As its language shows, it deals with the stage when a person is arrested by the police on…
Can an advocate, punished for contempt of court may appear thereafter as a counsel in the courts?
The question came for consideration before Supreme Court in the case of ‘Pravin C. Shah v. K.A.Mohd Ali (2001)’ that, When an advocate was punished for contempt of court can…