Article 14 guarantees that the “State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” Standard to…
The Constitution of India is an emancipatory document. It provides equal citizenship to all citizens of India. The Constitution is not just a legal document, but in India’s social structure,…
Pranab Mukherjee was elected as the President of India on 22nd July, 2012. The elections for the president post was held on 19th July, 2012. The official candidates were Pranab…
The article is an edited excerpt from the Judgment of Justice Krishna Iyer Gandhian Diagnosis of Criminality: Offenders as Patients Progressive criminologists across the world will agree that the Gandhian…
When it comes to invocation of the powers vested in Supreme Court under Article 136 of the Constitution of India, unlike Section 438 Cr.P.C that has a statutory flavour, Article…
This is an edited excerpt from the case of Asiad Projects It offends against human dignity to compel a person to provide labour or service to another if he does…
Article 23 Article 23 enacts a very important fundamental right in the following terms: “Art. 23: Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour– (1) Traffic in human beings…
A writ Petition was filed in the Supreme Court in order to ensure observance of the provisions of various labour laws in relation to workmen employed in the construction work…
Public interest litigation which is a strategic arm of the legal aid movement and which is intended to bring justice within the reach of the poor masses, who constitute the…
This is an edited excerpt from the judgment of Justice Krishna Iyer in the case of P.S.R. Sadhanatham v. Arunachalam (1980) Article 21, in its sublime brevity, guardians human liberty…
