Initial Draft of the Preamble In the earliest draft the Preamble was something formal and read: “We, the people of India, seeking to promote the common good, do hereby, through…
Edited Excerpt from the judgment (Headings have been added) In the context of scary expressions like ‘security’ ‘public order, ‘public interest’ and ‘friendly foreign relations’, we must warn ourselves that…
Edited Excerpt from the judgment (Headings have been added) It is a mark of interpretative respect for the higher norms our founding fathers held dear in affecting the dearest rights…
An Edited Excerpt from the judgment (Headings have been added) The Meaning of ‘Procedure’, ‘Established’, and ‘Law’ What is ‘procedure’? What do we mean by ‘established’? And what is law?…
An Edited Excerpt from the judgment (Headings have been added) Remember, even democracies have experienced executive lawlessness and eclipse of liberty on the one hand and ‘subversive’ use of freedoms…
A.K. Gopalan Case- The Starting phase of doctrine A. K. Gopalan’s case was the earliest’ decision of Supreme Court on the subject, following almost immediately upon the commencement of the…
An edited excerpt from the Judgment (Headings have been added) There can be no doubt that Article 14 is a founding faith of the Constitution. It is indeed the pillar…
An excerpt from the Judgment (Headings have been added) A. K. Gopalan’s Case (1950) The view taken by the majority in A. K. Gopalan’s case (1950) was that so long…
An edited excerpt from the Judgment (Headings have been added) Fundamental rights represent the basic values cherished by the people of the country Article 21 occurs in Part III of…
British Raj and Restrictions on Right to Free Movement British Raj has frowned on foreign travels by Indian patriotic suspects and instances from the British Indian Chapter may abound. In…
