Does Article 14 also apply to Foreigners?
Article 14 runs as follows :- “The State shall not deny to any Person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.”…
Can Fundamental Rights be Waived? – Basheshar Nath Case
The case of Basheshar Nath v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi and Rajasthan and another (1958) is a landmark case on the question whether a person can waive his fundamental rights…
The History of Insertion of Fundamental Rights to Indian Constitution
H.H. Bhagwati, J. – Ours is a nascent democracy and situated as we are, socially, economically, educationally and politically, it is the sacred duty of the Supreme Court to safeguard…
Can Fundamental Rights be Waived? – Basheshar Nath Case
The case of Basheshar Nath v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi and Rajasthan and another (1958) is a landmark case on the question whether a person can waive his fundamental rights…
Appointment and promotion and roster points vis-a-vis reservation
In R.K. Sabharwal v. State of Punjab the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court considered the question of appointment and promotion and roster points vis-a-vis reservation and held thus: (SCC p.…
Compartmentalized reservation and Overall Reservation in Horizontal Reservation
In Anil Kumar Gupta and others v. State of U.P. and others (1995) 5 SCC 173, a bench of two Judges of Supreme Court explained the concept of overall reservation…
Supreme Court Judgments touching Upon Horizontal Reservation
The supreme Court first clarified the concept of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation in the case of Indra Sawhney and Others v. Union of India and others (1992) Supp (3) SCC…
The Power of the Governor to appoint District Judge
The power of appointment of persons to be District Judges conferred on the Governor, meaning the State Government, under Article 233(1) in consultation with the High Court is an executive…
Supreme Court’s Power under Article 142 to grant divorce in mutual consent cases
Exercise of jurisdiction under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India by Supreme Court in such cases is clearly permissible to do `complete justice’ to a `cause or matter’. We…
The Interpretation of ‘Doing Complete Justice’ under Article 142 as done by Supreme Court
Article 142 of the Constitution grants the power to the Supreme Court of India to do complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it. Article 142(1) of the…