The Constitution of India is not merely a legal document but the glue that holds this quasi-federal subcontinent together. Since its inception, it has stood apart from ordinary statutes, demanding…
Be you ever so high, the law is above you! This is an established judicial principle across the world, which has also been upheld by the Indian judiciary. The credibility…
The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, has decided to pause ‘certain’ clauses of the blatantly anti-Constitution Waqf Act-2025, until May 5, which will stop government to…
In what appears to be one of the most significant constitutional face-offs in recent times, India is witnessing a sharp confrontation between the Supreme Court and the Union Government—specifically, the…
Legally speaking, serious implications are dealing with private property rights. It is around the Constitutional Directive Principle of State Policy, especially Article 39(b) of the Constitution. A nine-bench Supreme Court…
“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…
Much heart-burning and grumbling seem to have followed the not unexpected SC verdict on Demonetisation.It was a little naive to expect the contrary.For had the SC verdict gone the other…
Justice.M.Khanwilkar's recent judgments have provoked much controversy.His retirement has become an occasion for acerbic reviews of his past orders and also the SC's role.It has been suggested that he had…
To: The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Supreme Court of India Tilak Marg New Delhi-110001 Subject: PENDING CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS Respected Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, We, the undersigned,…
Gridlocked into the global jurisprudence of the war on terror, some judges of the Supreme Court of India have internalized a war justified by the ‘state of exception’. War has…
I venture to make this statement not in any way in extenuation of the penalty to be awarded against me, but to show that I have disregarded the order served…
On Aug 14, 2020, a three-judge Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra found two tweets by lawyer and social activist Prashant Bhushan amounting to “serious contempt of court”. One of…
The Nazi regime in Germany has established the Sondergericht (summary courts or special courts) and Volksgerichtshof (special people’s court) outside the constitutional framework. The objectives of these totalitarian courts were…
In April 1976, when the Emergency was in place in India, the New York Times in a glorifying article titled ‘Fading Hope in India’ eulogised the dissenting…
The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers applauds the courageous step taken by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court in placing, before “we, the people” as the ultimate authority,…
The People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) is seriously concerned over the implication of issues raised by the 4 senior most SC judges after the Chief Justice of India (CJI)…
Co-Written by Chitta Ranjan Behera & Dr. Krushna Chandra Bal The order of the Supreme Court delivered on 9 May 2017 while directing the arrest and imprisonment of Justice C.S.…
A five judge Supreme Court bench has given a decisive verdict on Arunachal Pradesh that Government of Nabam Tuki should be restored. The ruling also points several deficiencies on the…
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