An Edited Excerpt from P.N.Duda v. P. Shiv Shankar (1988) “Justice is not a cloistered virtue. she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments…
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…
It is tritely etched in stone that Article 226 of the Constitution of India is a public law remedy. The powers vested under Article 226 of the Constitution of India…
Anticipatory Bail Provision in Old Criminal Procedure Code The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 did not contain any specific provision analogous to Section 438 of the CrPC. In Amir Chand…
In an important case of ‘Bharat Kumar v. State of Kerala (1997)’, the Kerala High Court gave an important ruling on the issue of ‘bandh’ called by Political Parties. The…
An Edited Excerpt from In Re: Right to Privacy to Adolescents (2024) Apart from the State’s constitutional obligations, the statutes have enough provisions to address this situation. Section 19 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…
Supreme Court of India in ‘Nabam Rebia v. Deputy Speaker (2015)’ considered the question of Governor’s Power to summon the legislative assembly. After giving a background of Constituent Assembly, the…
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…
