An Edited Excerpt from Justice Bhagwati’s Judgment in Minerva Mills Case Indian Constitution is a Social Document The Indian Constitution is first and foremost a social document. The majority of…
Legacy of Freedom Struggle The genesis of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles is to be found in the freedom struggle which the people of India waged against the British rule…
The present edited excerpt is from Justice Bhagwati’s Judgment in Minerva Mill Case Whether there are any limits on the amending power of Parliament under Article 368 and if so,…
Edited Excerpt from the Judgment Principles of State Policy There is no doubt that though the courts have always attached very great importance to the preservation of human liberties, no…
In Kesavananda Bharati Supreme Court held by a majority that though by Article 368 Parliament is given the power to amend the Constitution that power cannot be exercised so as…
From time immemorial, people have laid down their lives with a view to salute their own Flag. What is so compelling in the piece of cloth called the National Flag,…
Some countries like Brazil, Canada allow for the unrestricted use of the Flag by individuals. On the other side of the spectrum, countries like the UK hold their flag so…
In this case, the question was before the court whether the right to fly the National Flag by Indian citizen is a fundamental right within the meaning of Article 19(1)(a)…
A Constitution provides the broad outlines of the administration of a country and concerns itself with the problems of the Government. This is so whether the Government originates in a…
The Constitution is not an indigenous product. Those who framed it were, as recognised by this Court in The Automobile Transport (Rajasthan) Ltd. v. The State of Rajasthan and Ors.…
