The Regime of Data Protection- Supreme Court’s Views
Ours is an age of information. Information is knowledge. The old adage that “knowledge is power” has stark implications for ...
The Value of Privacy- Here is what Supreme Court said in K.S. Puttaswamy Case
Privacy postulates the reservation of a private space for the individual, described as the right to be let alone. The ...
Constituent Assembly and Right of Privacy
On 17 March 1947, K M Munshi submitted Draft articles on the fundamental rights and duties of citizens to the ...
Jurisprudence on dignity- In Brief
Over the last four decades, our constitutional jurisprudence has recognised the inseparable relationship between protection of life and liberty with ...
Does Search and Seizure by Police Violate the Right against Self-Incrimination?
The question came before the court in 1954 when several petitions were filed under article 32 before the court contending ...
Right against Self-Incrimination- The Origin of the Right
In English law, this principle of protection against self-incrimination had a historical origin. It resulted from a feeling of revulsion ...
Privacy as a Right of Citizens- Jurisprudential Aspects
The Greek philosopher Aristotle spoke of a division between the public sphere of political affairs (which he termed the polis) ...
Privacy as a Natural and Inalienable Right
Privacy is a concomitant of the right of the individual to exercise control over his or her personality. It finds ...
The Essence of Rule of Law and its Application in Indian Constitution
We are in the age of constitutional democracy, that too substantive and liberal democracy. Such a democracy is not based ...
How ‘ADHAAR’ Came into Existence?- A Story
On March 03, 2006, approval was given by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government ...
Parliamentary Privileges- The Story of its Origin
Parliamentary Privileges in India have been adopted from UK. The law on parliamentary privileges in UK was developed after a ...
Why it is Necessary to Give Specific Para-Wise Reply in Written Statement
In the written statement filed by defendant, specific para-wise reply should be given. In the absence of para-wise reply to ...
Parliamentary privilege as a collective right of the House
According to Erskine May, parliamentary privilege is the sum of certain rights enjoyed by each House collectively as a constituent ...
Necessity test to claim and exercise a Parliamentary Privilege
In State of Karnataka v. Union of India (1977) a seven-Judge bench of Supreme Court speaking through MH Beg, CJ ...
History of Parliamentary Privileges in India
Article 105 which is located in Part V Chapter II of the Constitution stipulates the powers, privileges, and immunities of ...
The Jurisprudential Aspects of Parliamentary Privileges
In a deliberative democracy, the aspirations of the people are met by discourse in democratic institutions. The foremost among these ...
Judicial Approach towards balancing fundamental rights: The double proportionality standard
At the core of governance is the conflict between different constitutional values or different conceptions of the same constitutional value ...
Privacy of a Citizen- Supreme Court’s Views
In Justice KS Puttaswamy (9J) v. Union of India[1] a nine-Judge Bench of Supreme Court held that the Constitution guarantees ...
The Centrality of Political Parties in the Electoral System
Tenth Schedule The Constitution of India did not make a reference to political parties when it was adopted. A reference ...
Right to Information of a Voter: Exploring the Judgments in ADR and PUCL
ADR Judgment In Union of India v. Association for Democratic Reforms[1] (“ADR”), Supreme Court traced the right of voters to ...