The Debate on Death Penalty- Abolitionists and Retentionists
The death penalty is provided under section 302 of Indian penal code, which provides the offence for murder. The Indian Penal Code was drafted by the First Indian Law Commission…
The death penalty is provided under section 302 of Indian penal code, which provides the offence for murder. The Indian Penal Code was drafted by the First Indian Law Commission…
The First Amendment to the United States (US) Constitution, a bellwether in the pursuit of expanding the horizon of civil liberties. This Amendment provides for the freedom of speech of…
Separation of Power means, judiciary, executive and legislature should work in their own field and should not interfere in one other’s works. The doctrine was propounded by French Political Philosopher…
Fraud on power vitiates the impugned orders if they were not exercised bona tide for the purpose for which the power was conferred. Professor de Smith in his monumental work…
Blackstone in his “Commentaries on the Laws of England” (4th Edition, volume 1, page 134) states that “personal liberty consists in the power of locomotion, of changing. ‘situation or moving…
Separation of Power means, judiciary, executive and legislature should work in their own field and should not interfere in one other’s works. The doctrine was propounded by French Political Philosopher…
It would be quite contrary to the concept of personal liberty enshrined in the Constitution that any person should be punished in respect of any matter, upon which, he has…
The Shatpath Brahman (XIV.4.2.26) and the Brihad-Aranyak Upanishad (1.4.14) in identical terms lay down the supremacy of the law as under: “The law is the ruler, even of the rulers…
In 1885, while deciding a case related to pre-emption, the Allahabad high court considered the question in detail. The court first quoted the work of Sir W. Macnaghten and then…
Law and society are intrinsically connected and oppressive social values often find expression in legal structures. The law influences society as well but societal values are slow to adapt to…