In 1987, Law Minister Shri P. Shiv Shankar delivered a speech on the Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad where the audience consisted of…
Categories of Prisoners and their labour burden There are principally two categories: Those in the first category cannot be required to do any labour while they remain in jail, but…
Sarkaria Commission Report on Union-State Relations was released in 1988. In Chapter IV thereof, it is noted that the role of the Governor had emerged as one of the key…
As luck would have it, the then Members of Parliament took their parliamentary duties and obligations with utmost sincerity and seriousness and so the actual working of Article 85 of…
Office of the Speaker in our history had its origin in 1921 when the Central Legislative Assembly was constituted under the Montague-Chelmsford reforms. At that time, office of the Speaker…
Paramount or predominant objects and purposes must prevail In State of Karnataka v. Union of India and another Beg, C.J. posed the question with regard to understanding of special rules…
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor policy case is a landmark ruling that underscores several critical aspects of criminal jurisprudence and constitutional…
In its recent judgment, Supreme Court gave the decision in favour of sub-classification of castes in reservation matters. In his judgment, while giving the background before the considering the issue…
The Supreme Court in the case Md Sukur Ali v. State of Assam (2011) analysed the law on the point. The court said, Even assuming that the counsel for the…
From the dawn of civilization, India has been home to a variety of faiths and philosophies, all of which have co-existed harmoniously. The then Chief Justice S.R. Das in In…
