The Introduction of Article 18 in the Constitution
Article 18 of the Constitution which reads as follows: “18. Abolition of titles. – (1) No title, not being a military or academic distinction, shall be conferred by the State.…
Balaji Raghavan v. UOI (1995) – A Case for the Abolishment of Civilian Awards
The case of ‘Balaji Raghavan v. UOI (1995)’ is an important and interesting case, It challenged the conferment of Civilian Awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bushans to Indian…
The rights of women as expended through Court’s Rulings
The rights of women were noticed by Supreme Court in a large number of judgments, some important judgments we are referring here- Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India ,…
Supreme Court’s Sixteen Guidelines on Encounters
“This Court has repeatedly admonished trigger-happy police personnel, who liquidate criminals and project the incident as an encounter. Such killings must be deprecated. They are not recognised as legal by…
Sheela Barse v. Union of India (1983)- A case on custodial violence on women and legal assistance
The case arose when journalist Sheela Barse wrote a letter to Supreme Court complaining the custodial violence to women prisoners whilst confined in the police lock up in the city…
Air India v. Nargesh Mirza (1981) – A Complete Analysis
The case of ‘Air India v. Nargesh Mirza (1981)’ is an important case on Article 14 when the court laid down a broad perspective of equality. The Institution of the…
Does a ‘Commercial advertisement’ come under the purview of Article 19(1) (a)?
Advertising is considered to be the cornerstone of our economic system. Low prices for consumers are dependent upon mass production, mass production is dependent upon volume sales, and volume sales…
Supreme Court’s Direction to Prohibit Smoking at public places
In the case of ‘Murli S. deora v. Union of India (2001)’, a petition came before the Supreme Court to prohibit smoking in public places. In the petition, it was…
‘Rarest of rare cases’ of death penalty- Supreme Court’s Classification
“The very existence of the rule of law and the fear of being brought to book operates as a deterrent to those who have no scruples in killing others if…
Bachan Singh v. Union of India (1980) – A Complete Analysis
“Liberty has, therefore, to be limited in order to be effectively possessed.”- Justice Patanjali Sastri The question of the constitutional validity of Death Penalty given under Section 302 of Indian…