As an illustration of the procedure which can be adopted by Parliament in making a law for absorbing newly acquired territory we may refer to the Chandernagore Merger Act, 1954,…
Part I of the Constitution deals with the Union and its territories. Just as Part II deals with the topic of citizenship, Part I deals with the territory of India.…
On February 20, 1947, the British Government announced its intention to transfer power in British India to Indian hands by June 1948. On June 3, 1947, the said Government issued…
Indo-Pakistan Agreement In accordance with the directives issued by the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, on September 10, 1958, the Commonwealth Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India…
In the case of A.K. Gopalan, an application under Article 32 of the constitution of India for a writ of habeas corpus was filed against the detention of the A.K.…
Blackstone in his “Commentaries on the Laws of England” (4th Edition, volume 1, page 134) states that “personal liberty consists in the power of locomotion, of changing. ‘situation or moving…
Article 21 of the Indian Constitution mandates that, “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.” In the case of…
That expression ‘Due process of law” had its roots in the expression “per legem terrae” (law of the land) used in Magna Charta in 1215. In the reign of Edward…
A.K. Gopalan case is landmark case in the judicial history of India. It was also one of early case that was heard after promulgation of constitution. This was a case…
Under article 53 of the Constitution the executive power of the Union is vested in the President and is to be exercised by him in accordance with the Constitution either…
