The Origin of the word Depressed classes In the beginning, a nomenclature often used by Christian Missionaries was ‘depressed classes’ to describe the poor and downtrodden section of the society.…
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in his judgment on sub-classification of caste in State of Punjab v Davinder Singh (2024), suggested two models of sub-classification. The CJI wrote- A crucial issue…
The Constitution of India does not provide a definition of the Scheduled Castes. Article 366(24) states that castes/groups notified under Article 341 shall be Scheduled Castes. However, neither Article 341…
Article 21 Article 21 reads as follows: “21. Protection of life and personal liberty.—No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by…
The question which arose for consideration in the case was whether section 303 of the Indian Penal Code infringes the guarantee contained in Article 21 of the Constitution which provides…
Under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, all citizens shall have the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and under Article 19(1)(b) of the Constitution they have the fundamental…
The Supreme Court in the case Md Sukur Ali v. State of Assam (2011) analysed the law on the point. The court said, Even assuming that the counsel for the…
The article is an excerpt from the judgment of Justice Kishan Kaul in Maqbul Fida Hussain v. Rajkumar Pandey (2008) Pablo Picasso, a renowned artist said, “Art is never chaste.…
MR Balaji v. State of Mysore (1962), In MR Balaji v. State of Mysore (1962), a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court rejected the argument that in the absence of a…
‘Means’ test and ‘creamy layer’ ‘Means test’ in this discussion signifies imposition of an income limit, for the purpose of excluding persons (from the backward class) whose income is above…
