Reading Gopalan: Tracing the Foundation of Personal Liberty in Free India

This essay discusses Kania J’s judgement in Gopalan focusing on his judicial reasoning in terms of the constitutionality of the Preventive Detention Act and his reading of article 21 along with article 19 and the extent of these rights.

Right to Access Internet Services: The Present Scenario

As the right to access internet is considered by a competent court to be a fundamental right under Article 21, internet services should not be banned unless there exists a genuine threat to security at the gravest degree, such as a war or a cause for a national emergency.
Caste Politics in Uttar pradesh

Caste Politics in Contemporary Uttar Pradesh

Will the backward castes always be a tool in the hands of figures of authority to create a new future for themselves?
Migrant Workers

Flattening the Curve at the Expense of One’s Constitutional Rights?

INTRODUCTION When the lockdown was imposed by the government, it aimed to reduce the threatens exposed to life however, the poor migrant workers who had...
Doctrine of Basic Structure

The Doctrine of Basic Structure in the Indian Constitution: A Critique

The "Doctrine of Basic Structure" is a judge- made doctrine[1] to put a limitation on the amending powers of the Parliament so that the "basic structure of the basic law of the land‟ cannot be amended in exercise of its 'constituent power‘ under the Constitution.
Constitution Fifth Amendment Act-1955

All you need to know about The Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1955

Read everything about the Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act 1955. The need, purpose, terms and the issues dealt by the Constitution is all here.

Who will Judge the Judges?

The judges are the ombudsman of the people, there should be a check on their powers to make sure that they don’t enjoy Carte Blanche's powers. 

The Special Protection Group Act

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA THE SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP ACT, 1988 ACT NO. 34 OF 1988 An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed...

Why is the abrogation of Article 370 unconstitutional?

A reasonable analysis based on primary legal principles, on the Constitution’s language and on the Court’s own past decisions, will show us that the CAA infracts fundamental rights, in particular the guarantee of equal treatment contained in Article 14.

Expanding the Contours of Judicial Independence: A Quasi-Judicial Perspective

INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court in Rojer Mathew v South Indian Bank Ltd and Ors landed a big blow to the Central Government when it struck...

Constitutional Amendments

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