Brief History of Article 31-C Article 31-C provides statutes with immunity against constitutional challenges for alleged breaches of Articles 14 and 19 provided that the statutes give effect to the…
The preamble to the Constitution enshrines the declaration to constitute India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic. The 42nd Amendment to the Constitution incorporated the expression ‘secular’ in the…
Article 25-28 Articles 25 to 28 are placed under the heading ‘Right to freedom of religion’. Article 25(1) stipulates that all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience, the…
The chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing a building, when authorities have failed to follow the basic principles of natural justice and have acted without adhering to the principle of…
Supreme Court in the case of Chameli Singh and others v. State of U.P. and another though was considering an issue in the context of land acquisition, it had elaborately…
The principle, that the criminal justice process is also to be in accordance with the principle of the rule of law, is also very well enshrined in the Constitution. The…
Supreme Court has protected the prisoners from excesses and arbitrariness of the State and its officials. Even the incarcerated individuals, whether accused, undertrial, or convicts, have certain rights, as any…
Though the doctrine of public trust has been largely applied by Supreme Court in environmental matters, it cannot be disputed that the executive exercises its powers as a ‘trustee’ of…
Our Constitution has earmarked separate areas for exercise of powers and for discharge of duties to the three organs of the democracy, viz., the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary.…
The article is an excerpt from the judgment Re: Directions in the matter of demolition of structures. The rule of law has been succinctly conceptualized by AV Dicey, which can…
