The Constitution enshrines the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or descent for appointment to any office under the State. Under this…
The right of the lender, or pledgee, is to retain the chattle until a proper tender of the amount due is made. Under Section 173 of the Contract Act, a…
In Ram Jankijee Deities v State of Bihar the question before the court concerned whether the consecration of a deity with a visible image by the performance of appropriate ceremonies…
In Thayarammal v Kanakammal, by way of writings on a stone inscription, the suit properties were dedicated for use by the public as a Dharmachatram (choultry) where travellers and pilgrims…
In Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar v Som Nath Dass, a two judge Bench held the Guru Granth Sahib to be a juristic person. In Shiromani Gurdwara, 56 persons moved…
In Madura, Tirupparankundram v Alikhan Sahib, an entire hill, as a place of public worship, was recognised as a juristic person on the basis of the circumambulation performed around it.…
In Rambrahma Chatterjee v Kedar Nath Banerjee (1922), the respondents instituted a suit for a declaration that they were entitled to participate in the bhog offered to three idols which…
Supreme Court has emphasized that fraud and collusion vitiate the most solemn precedent in any civilized jurisprudence; and that fraud and justice never dwell together (fraus et jus nunquam cohabitant).…
Article 21 of the Constitution states that no person shall be deprived of his liberty except in accordance with law. Conversely, we think that a person is entitled to protection…
“Constitutional culture” is inherent in the concepts where words are transformed into concrete consequences. It is an interlocking system of practices, institutional arrangements, norms and habits of thought that determine…
