Category: Case comment
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Analysis of the First Judges Appointment Case and the Collegium System in India
The edifice of Indian democratic polity is maintained through the conception of an independent judiciary that stimulates the constitutional scheme to uphold its fairness and impartiality. The judiciary is tasked to perform its functions by assuming the role of the protector of the Constitution and rights that emerge from it. The delicate balance between the…
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Dhananjoy Chatterjee case: A noteworthy lesson for the judiciary
16 years ago on this day, a young man aged 39 (on his birthday) was hanged till death for the offence of rape and murder of a 14 year old girl, Hetal Parekh. This young man was Dhananjoy Chatterjee (the accused). On the 16th anniversary of his execution in the Alipore jail of Kolkata, this…
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Pravakar Mallick & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors.: Reservation in Promotions in India
In April 2020, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Pravakar Mallick & Anr. v. State of Orissa & Ors. [Mallick], ruled upon the Civil Appeal filed by the Appellants aggrieved by the Order of the Orissa High Court in a writ petition regarding reservation in promotions. The central issue was the validity of a Government…
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Case comment: Supreme court advocates on record association v. Union of India (1993)
INTRODUCTION In this article, the researcher will look at the contested convention that came up before the Supreme Court in Supreme Court advocates-on-record association v. Union of India[i] (hereinafter referred as Second Judges case) and will argue that the opinion of Justice Singh is justified according to Article 124(2) and Article 217(1) of the Constitution.…
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Minority Squeeze Out: In Re Cadbury India Ltd. (Part III)
In this tripartite blog series, the authors take a gestalt perspective to carefully analyse and examine the reduction of share capital proposed by Cadbury India Ltd. in 2009 which finally received the sanction of the court in 2014. This case has been analysed from the lens of minority squeeze-out and with the intention of examining the…
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Minority Squeeze Out: In Re Cadbury India Ltd. (Part II)
In this tripartite blog series, the authors take a gestalt perspective to carefully analyse and examine the reduction of share capital proposed by Cadbury India Ltd. in 2009 which finally received the sanction of the court in 2014. This case has been analysed from the lens of minority squeeze-out and with the intention of examining the…
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