constitutional law

Justice Dipankar Datta took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay high court on Tuesday. Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to him at Raj Bhavan. Due to the ongoing lockdown precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic, only a limited number of guests including chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and a few judges of the high cou..

SYNOPSIS: INTRODUCTION: On the 47th Anniversary of the landmark judgement of Kesavananda Bharti v. Union of India, this article gives a brief overview of the case. The article also talks about various international judgements where the same h..

The Supreme Court (SC) judgment in the Keshavanand Bharati case (Keshavananda Bharati v State of Kerala: AIR 1973 SC 1461), delivered exactly 47 years ago on 24th April 1973, stands out in Indian legal history as a beacon light. The judgment was delivered by the largest SC Bench so far. The hearing was the lengthiest one s..

THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT, 1897 Introduction and Background The Epidemic Disease Act was introduced during the colonial British regime in 1897, it was meant to fight the bubonic plague epidemic that spread in the Bombay Presidency in the 1890s. Now while the objective of the act was to preve..

"Constitutional Vision for Glorious Bharat" Justice Durai Karunakaran Former Chief Justice Republic of Seychelles I would like to begin by evoking the Preamble of the ..

MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY BILL: RELIEF FOR  WOMEN OR PROBABLE MISUSE FOR FEMALE FOETICIDE? The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. It seeks to amend the section 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 i.e.. to extend the upper ..

Sanskrit is a gift of India for entire humanity: Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ The Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2020 has been passed by the Parliament after it was passed by Rajya Sabha today. The Lok Sabha had already passed the Bill on 12th December 2019. Speaking after the passing of the..

The new Citizenship Amendment Act mentions certain classes, groups or people and attracts Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Article 14 is applicable on every person within the territory of India. State cannot deny to any person equality before the law and equal protection of laws within the territory of India. Any law which abr..

The people in Indian Territory are divided into two categories: citizens and non-citizens. Indian Constitution provides distinct rights for citizens and non-citizens. In fact, citizenship defines the relationship between an individual and the State. Domicile coupled with birth or descent is the main factor for citizenship in India. ..

In the age where humans are becoming digital, in an era where algorithms through our data know us more than we know ourselves, in a time where democracy is not about human rationality but all about human emotions and how easily they can be manipulated by data and in the generation where data has become the ultimate puppeteer- one who owns the data is the ultimate king..

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval for official amendments to the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 moved and passed by the Lok Sabha on December 9th, 2019. Benefits It shall deter the potential perpetrators from indulging ..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved a proposal to promulgate an Ordinance and to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Amendment will remove certain ambiguities in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and ensure smooth implementation of the Code.  Under the Amendments, the liability of a corporate debtor for an o..

A planned misinformation about the Citizenship Amendment Act has been and is being spread by people and institutions with vested interests and selfish agendas and this misinformation is bringing this country to the brink of a full-blown riot. As I write this, India is burning. Her minorities are alarmed and pr..

Q&A: Ministry of home affairs answers questions on Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019  Does the CAA affect any Indian citizen? No, it has absolutely nothing to do with any Indian citizen in any way. The Indian citizens enjoy fundamental rights conferre..

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi assured fellow Indians that Citizenship Amendment Act does not affect any citizen of India of any religion. In a series of tweets he said, “Violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing. Debate, discussion and dis..