constitutional law

Daughters as Coparceners  - The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 governed the succession and inheritance of property but only considered males legal heirs. This law applied to all except for Muslim, Christians, Jews and Parsis. Before 2005, the coparceners included only sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons who are holders of j..

India has experienced a massive proliferation of independent political candidates over the past 40 years. Reports suggest that, during 2014 Lok Sabha elections, 3,234 independents contested the election across the country – an average of almost six per constituency. While independent participation has swelled, t..

SYNOPSIS: This paper would be talking about the 39th Amendment of the Constitution. The Amendment took away the power of the Supreme Court to try electoral disputes concerning the President and the Vice- President and vested its power in a separate body. It also granted the Prime Minister immunity from the electoral laws appl..

Progress in the case: The Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded arguments in the 2009 contempt case against advocate Prashant Bhushan. The hearing was conducted in-camera with the bench of three judges led by Justice Arun Mishra speaking to senior lawyers Rajeev Dhavan, Kapil Sibal..

The 20th Law Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice Ajit Prakash Singh and its Report No.255 was submitted on 12th March 2015 to the then Union Minister of Law & Justice Mr. Sadananda Gowda. The issue of Opinion Polls before elections based on trends was elaborately evaluated under Chapter VIII of the said report. The Commission perused the impact of Opinion..

INTRODUCTION The meaning of the term emergency was vague and not properly defined until the judgment passed by the bench in the case of “Rameshwar Prasad v Union of India”1 It was only in 2006 when the bench gave a definite meaning to the emergency and defined it as “Emergency” under this Part ..

Amidst this pandemic, a lot of people have a lot less to do, so here resurfaces the age old discussion on 'Gaumata' Well, WE THE PEOPLE, always be in some kind of crisis and everything happens amidst that only, I don't recommend that way of living but that's a sad reality for most of us. Anyways, not getting deviated. It was in second week of..

Introduction of Negative voting to reject all the candidates in fray if the voters found unsuitable was already perused under the 170th Report of Law Commission during 1999 but no recommendations were placed thereon. However this method was again taken up under the  20th Law Commission under the Chairmanship of  Justice Ajit Prakash Singh and its Report No..

With the availability and sale of countless products in the market, there arise countless complaints too regarding the products beginning right from when the products are being purchased to after they enter the premises of the buyer’s house. One of the most well-established factors in the context of consumers and their goods is the after-sale services that are p..

Introduction The first hurdle to presenting any piece of evidence to a court is showing that the evidence is relevant. Not everything holds value in the court of law, only certain events, physical or abstract that are brought to courts notice, through legal means hold relevancy. Relevance is a..

Disqualification of membership on account of defection from one party to another especially during the formation of government when the electorate has not given full mandate to single any party or alliance has always posed serious challenges to our democracy especially when the elected members dictate terms in the formation of government in complete contradi..

Act includes establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) and rules for prevention of unfair trade practice by e-commerce platforms Consumer Protection Act 2019 will be a significant tool in protecting consumer rights; provides for simplifying the consumer dispute adjudication process and introduces concept of product liab..

THE COLLEGIUM With the retirement of Justice R Banumathi on July 19, Justice UU Lalit will become number five in the seniority of apex court judges and would automatically become part of the collegium entrusted with the task of selecting and recommending names of judges in the Supreme Court as well as the transfer of HC judgesst..

BACKDROP Due to constant unrest in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, internet services were initially suspended in August 2019 but were later on after 5 months in January 2020 partially restored and internet speed limit was restricted to 2G only under the Temporary Telecom Suspension Rules 2017. p style="text-align:justif..

Episode of A.P. State Election Commissioner: Legal and Constitutional Implications It's still fresh in the mind, that in the middle of the local body elections, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh promulgated an ordinance removing the incumbent election Commissioner and appointed a retired judge in his place. Lets first look into ..