The Judgement on 8 April 2025, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan emphatically said that the Governor’s delay was ‘illegal’ and ‘erroneous’. A couple of decades back…
This is not just an issue of freedom of speech and expression. New criminal law-related serious offenses, can harass journalists. Jail is simple, while bail is almost impossible, especially when…
Unfortunately, Justice Jagannadha Rao died in Hyderabad, (2 December 1935 – 25 November 2024). A scholar among jurists in India, Jagannadha Rao is a reputed nyayamurthy, whocan be called in…
It's an interesting situation, freedom of the press restricts him from watching a documentary. It is difficult to read and understand a mysterious law, a majority of MPs, the power goes…
The name is State of Punjab v Davinder Singh, citation 2024 INSC 562. The question is: how long do the reservations or quota or quota within quota go on? (See…
“The payments made to the Government cannot be deemed to be a tax merely because the statute provides for their recovery as arrears”. This is the significant judgment of the…
It is not disturbing that an RTI applicant not responded under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Then he resorted to force the country to Satya Graha, but he was…
A moot political question is ‘which will survive NDA or INDIA ‘alliance’? In Indian Constitution was not mentioned about ‘coalitions. It might not be "unconstitutional," nevertheless. Referred to as Raja…
The Supreme Court has supported the law regarding arrests. However, the misuse of arrest powers against journalists and political opponents, like in the case of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, is…
Can they change the Constitution of India? Why should they change, will they destroy of democracy and federal character? There were two serious attempts were made to ‘destroy the structure…
Dr. BR Ambedkar must have turned in grave with CAA. The Constitution of India gave rights of citizenship to persons who have migrated to India from Pakistan at the commencement…
In simple terms, the Indian Constitution sets out rules for how people can become citizens of India without considering their religion. The Citizenship Act of 1955 explains how someone can…
What is the effect of a whip? A Minister in the Himachal Pradesh government officially says “In the initial stages, we had contemplated issuing whip but when we got to…
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