War & Law: A Tangled Web of Rights, Risks, and Resilience
War conflict is a violent clash between group of nations which leads to loss of life and displacement. This war conflicts leads to violation of Rights of individuals and create…
Why Union Territories were created?- In Detail
Despite the centrality of the States to the Constitution and the structure of governance that it envisages, Union Territories (which are administered by the Union Government) exist within the constitutional…
How Article 3 of Constitution was used to reorganise States units in India
The scope of Article 3 Article 2 of the Constitution provides that Parliament may admit new States into the Union or establish new States: “2. Admission or establishment of new…
Characteristics of Indian Federalism- Discussion in Constituent Assembly
Democracy and federalism are basic features of the Constitution. The term ‘federal’ is used to indicate the division of powers between the Union or Central Government and the State Governments.…
The constitutional history of States and Union territories and the reason for the existence of Article 3
When the Constitution was adopted, the constituent political units in the country consisted of different types of States (albeit with different structures, powers, and relationships with the Union Government) and…
Supreme Court’s Analysis of the Substance Which Attracts Article 368 to a Case
Article 368 of the Constitution provides for the procedure by which the Constitution may be amended. Clause (2) of Article 368 is extracted below: “Power of Parliament to amend the…
Comparison of executive power held by the President under Articles 352 and 356
Part XVIII of the Constitution deals with two types of emergencies, national emergencies, and the failure of constitutional machinery in a State. The invocation of a national emergency under Article…
What is Sovereignty? – Explained
Sovereignty has different connotations in political theory, law and philosophy. Even within these fields, there is no definitive meaning about its content. European philosophers, from Hobbes to Locke to Rousseau…
What Supreme Court said on Article 14 in E P Royappa Case?
Equality is a dynamic concept with many aspects and dimensions and it cannot be “cribbed cabined and confined” within traditional and doctrinaire limits. From a positivistic point of view, equality…
Anti-Suit Injunctions- Explained
Anti-Suit Injunctions are meant to restrain a party to a suit/proceeding from instituting or prosecuting a case in another court, including a foreign court. Simply put, an anti-suit injunction is…