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.
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...
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.
Fight Against Corona or Dignity
While the country sees its first and sudden pandemic-prevention lockdown and restrictions as like a curfew after independence, this lockdown comes with unequal powers...
Instrumentalities of State for the Purpose of Article 12 of the Constitution of India
Introduction
“It is the business of the State to maintain the conditions without which a free exercise of the human faculties is impossible.”
- T H...
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.
The Conundrum of Right to Privacy and State Surveillance
There are no laws that allow for surveillance in India. The two laws covering interception are the Indian Telegraph Act and the Information Technology Act.
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...
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
INTRODUCTION
Laws pertaining to citizenship are governed under Articles 5 to 11 in the Indian Constitution. But it is to be read along with the...
Call for Student Editors; Submit by 25th June 2022
With a view to expand its team, CCRD is inviting applications from students who are interested in interning as editors under the organization.
