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Due Process of Law

Due process has two aspects. Substantive due process envisages that the substantive provisions of a law should be reasonable and not arbitrary. Procedural due process envisages a reasonable...

September 28, 2014

Can a person be deprived of his life and personal liberty?

The Supreme Court ruled in A.K.Gopalan v. State of Madras that in Article 21, the expression “Procedure established by law” meant the procedure as laid down in the law as...

September 28, 2014

George Clooney marries his lady love

George Clooney considered to be the most eligible bachelor in Hollywood has married his British Lady love Amal Alamuddin, a British human rights attorney. They tied the knot...

September 28, 2014

Discuss state monopoly under Article 19 (6) (ii).

Article 19 (6) (ii) enables the state to make laws for creating state monopolies either partially or complete in respect of any trade or business or industry or...

September 28, 2014

Is the right to carry on a profession, trade or business under Article 19 (1) (g) of the Indian Constitution qualified?

Article 19 (1) (g) of the Indian Constitution guarantees to all citizens the right to practice any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business. This...

September 28, 2014

On what grounds can restrictions be imposed on movement?

Article 19 (1) (d) guarantees to every citizen the right to move freely throughout the territory of India. According to Article 19 (5) of the Indian Constitution, however,...

September 28, 2014

Pro-Democracy Protests at Hong Kong

Hong Kong is undergoing a mass civil protest by students to meet their demand of democracy. There has been an intense stand-off as the top administrator has chosen...

September 28, 2014

What is the opinion of Supreme Court regarding immunity and compulsion under Article 20 (3) of the Indian Constitution?

In a catena of cases, the Supreme Court held that immunity under article 20(3) does not extend to compulsory production of material objects or compulsion to give specimen...

September 28, 2014

Double Jeopardy

The roots of the doctrine against double jeopardy are to be found in the well-established maxim of the English Common law, Nemo debet bis vexari, meaning that a man...

September 28, 2014

Is trial by media prohibited?

Interference with administration of justice is neither a permissible freedom nor an unreasonable restriction. The Supreme Court in M.P. Lohia v. State of West Bengal took the view that sensational...

September 28, 2014

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