Under Article 16 (4), the state may make reservation of appointments or posts in favour of any ‘backward class’ of citizens which, in opinion of the state, is...
The Supreme Court has adopted somewhat very stringent approach towards admissions to the super specialty courses. The Court has directed that so far as super specialty courses such...
In State of Madhya Pradesh v. Kumari Nivedita Jain the Supreme Court dealt with the question of admission of students to the M.B.B.S. Course in the State medical...
In Mohan Kumar Singhania v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has ruled that each of the various civil services, namely, I.A.S.,I.F.S.,I.P.S., Group A Services and Group B...
The Supreme Court recently in Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. v. Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. declared that the interference of a court in a matter relating to economic policy...
Article 14 forbids class legislation but it does not forbid reasonable classification of persons, objects and transactions by the legislature for the purpose of achieving specific ends. Classification...
As per Black’s Law Dictionary, ‘Class legislation’ is term applied to statutory enactments which divide the people or subjects of legislation into classes, with reference either to the...
In Kilhoto Hollohon case, it was observed that “Democracy is a part of basic structure of Our Constitution. Thus, rule of law being one of the basic features...
According to Jennings, Equality before the law means that among equals the law should be equal and should be equally administered, that like should be treated alike. The...