The doctrine of basic structure is a judge-made doctrine which seeks to limit or curtail the power of the Parliament so that the basic structure of the basic law cannot be amended in the exercise of its constituent power under … Continue reading The Basic Structure doctrine goes global
This article has been written by Chirag Jindal. Chirag is currently a first-year student at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi. Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala, one of the most famous cases in the history of … Continue reading Basic Structure Doctrine: A Brief Analysis
On 16th October 2015 the Supreme court passed a landmark judgement in which it repealed the 99th Constitutional amendment Act and held that the NJAC, which was supposed to replace the present collegium system of appointing judges, was unconstitutional. Although the … Continue reading Doctrine of revival within the NJAC
The ninth schedule has a very interesting origin. It was suggested by the then former Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu, V.K.T. Chari, whose knowledge of law was profound. He wrote to the then Law Secretary suggesting that a new schedule could … Continue reading Evolution of the Ninth Schedule and its relevance in the present context
One may often confuse the two terms – Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Rights. However, these two are quite different and apply to different entities altogether. While the former is in relation to the Legislature, or the Parliament; … Continue reading Directive Principles of State Policy V/s Fundamental Rights
Probably all of us had noticed that familiar page in all our textbooks in school life that had something written like “We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved…”. Maybe we never bothered to go through that page seriously. However, … Continue reading Preamble to the Constitution of India
