Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution lay down the constitutional provisions relating to the original and appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Under this chapter, the powers of supreme court as…
Recently, in the case of ‘Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India (2023)’, the Supreme court of India, pronounced an historic decision when it changed the procedure of the appointment of…
In 2021, a writ petition was filed for appointment to fill a vacancy of election commissioner which had arisen on 15May 2022 by a Committee. The Bench commenced hearing of…
The basic and underlying principle central to democracy is power to the people through the ballot. Abraham Lincoln declared democracy to be Government of the people, by the people and…
Part XV (Art. 324-329) of the Constitution of India, provides the provisions related to Election procedure in India. Article 324 Article 324 is a plenary provision clothing the Election Commission…
Political and Social Democracy Dr. B.R. Ambedkar made the following pertinent observations regarding democracy in the course of his speech in the Constituent Assembly on 25.11.1949: “What we must do…
Part XV (Art. 324-329) of the Constitution of India, provides the provisions related to Election procedure in India. Article 326 of the constitution, which comes under this part, provides the…
The right to vote is not a civil right. A Bench of six learned Judges in N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning_Officer, Namakkal,(1952) in the context of Article 329(b) held that the…
Separation of Power means, judiciary, executive and legislature should work in their own field and should not interfere in one other’s works. The doctrine was propounded by French Political Philosopher…
Before 1993, India used to have only one election commissioner and that also ‘Chief Election Commissioner’. During the tenure of T.N. Sheshan and after that, many actions were taken to…
