EWS Quota Judgment- A Complete analysis
Parliament of India passed Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on 14 Jan 2019. Through this amendment, Parliament amended Article 15 and 16 of…
Does 10% Reservation breach the 50% reservation cap set in Indra Sawhney case? – Here is what SC said
Parliament of India passed Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on 14 Jan 2019. Through this amendment, Parliament amended Article 15 and 16 of…
Does Exclusion of other classes from EWS reservation violate basic structure? – Here is what SC said
Parliament of India passed Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on 14 Jan 2019. Through this amendment, Parliament amended Article 15 and 16 of…
Whether Economic Criteria as Sole Basis for Reservation Violates Basic Structure- Here is what Supreme Court said
The Parliament of India passed Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 which came into effect on 14 Jan 2019. Through this amendment, Parliament amended Article 15 and 16…
Judges’ Observations on ‘Backwardness’ in Indra Sawhney Case
In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992), the following observations were made in regard to the myriad features of backwardness including economic backwardness: – S. Ratnavael Pandian, J. “44.…
The Expansion of Doctrine of Equality by Supreme Court in N.M. Thomas Case- Judges’ Observations
The domination of a class generates, after a long night of sleep or stupor of the dominated, an angry awakening and protestant resistance and this conflict between thesis, i.e. the…
Economic Disabilities and Affirmative Action- What Supreme Court Said?
The social revolution was put at the top of the national agenda by the Constituent Assembly when it adopted Objectives Resolution. In Kesavananda Bharthi v. Union of India (1973), it…
Reservation and Quota System- Compensatory discrimination
In the multifaceted social structure, ensuring substantive and real equality, perforce, calls for consistent efforts to remove inequalities, wherever existing and in whatever form existing. Hence, the State is tasked…
The substantive quality of right to equality
“Liberty and equality are words of passion and power. They were the watchwords of the French Revolution; they inspired the unforgettable words of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; and the U.S.…
The Origin and Journey of Doctrine of Basic Structure
Since there are no signposts signalling basic features of the Constitution, every attempt to discover a basic feature becomes a ‘voyage of discovery’. -O Chinnappa Reddy The amendment procedure is…