An Excerpt from Indira Sawhney Judgement Meaning of Reservation Its meaning has to be ascertained having regard to the context in which it occurs. The relevant words in Section 16…
Draft Article 10 Draft Article 10 corresponds to Article 16. The debate in the Constituent Assembly on draft Article 10 and particularly Clause (3), thereof helps us to appreciate the…
Draft Article 10 The proceedings of the Constituent Assembly on draft Article (10) disclose a persistent and strident demand from certain sections of the society for providing reservations in their…
Article is an excerpt from the judgment of Justice Rohinton F. Nariman in Sabrimala Case The guarantee against social exclusion based on notions of “purity and pollution” is an acknowledgment…
“Untouchability” in any form is forbidden. The operation of the words used by the Constitution cannot be confined to a particular form or manifestation of “untouchability”. The Constitution as a…
The background of Article 17 lies in protecting the dignity of those who have been victims of discrimination, prejudice and social exclusion. The Constitution has designedly left untouchability undefined. Any…
Popular notions about what is moral and what is not are transient and fleeting. Popular notions about what is or is not moral may in fact be deeply offensive to…
The chapter on Fundamental Rights encompasses the rights to (i) Equality (Articles 14 to 18); (ii) Freedom (Articles 19 to 24); (iii) Freedom of religion (Articles 25 to 28); (iv)…
The law is well-settled on the point that when a rule-making power is conferred under any statute on an authority, the said power has to be exercised within the confines…
Article 25 merely protects the freedom to practise rituals, ceremonies, etc. which are an integral part of a religion as observed by Supreme Court in John Vallamattom and another v.…
