The Power of Loksabha Speaker to disqualify members on Defections
The ‘52nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1985’ added the ‘10th Schedule’ in the Constitution. With other provisions, the amendment, under para 6 also gave power to speaker of the Loksabha, to…
Every person has right to privacy, even to a woman of easy virtue
Facts of the case A police inspector madhukar Narayan Mardikar, on 13th November, 1965, between 8.15 and 8.45 p.m. allegedly visited the hutment of one Banubi w/o Babu Sheikh in…
Independent Thought v. Union of India, (2017)- A detailed analysis
A very important question was before the court in this case, whether sexual intercourse between a man and his wife being a girl between 15 and 18 years of age…
Right to bodily integrity and reproductive choice
The right to bodily integrity and the reproductive choice of any woman has been the subject of discussion in quite a few decisions of supreme Court. The discussion has been…
Article 15(3) of the Constitution- Origin and Object
Article 15(3) of the Constitution enables and empowers the State to make special provision for the benefit of women and children. The Constituent Assembly debated this provision on 29th November,…
Summary of legislations to protect the married girl child from abuse
Parliament of India, enacted various legislation to protect the married girl child from abuse and for her safe care. Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 The Protection of Human Rights…
Bail or Jail?- An analysis by Justice Krishna Iyer
“Bail or jail?”- at the pre-trial or post- conviction stage-belongs to the blurred area of the criminal justice system and largely binges on the hunch of the bench, otherwise called…
Arrest- Need of balance between individual and collective rights and requirements before arrest
The law of arrest is one of balancing individual rights, liberties and privileges, on the one hand, and individual duties, obligations and responsibilities on the other; of weighing and balancing…
K.N.Mehra v. State of Rajhasthan, (1957)- An extraordinary case of aircraft theft
Facts of the case Mehra and Phillips were cadets on training in the Indian Air Force Academy, Jodhpur. The prosecution was with reference to an incident which is rather extraordinary…
The origin of the writ of the Habeas Corpus
The writ of the ‘Habeas Corpus’ means the production of the body before the court. It is a remedy to enforce the fundamental rights, given under third part of Indian…