While it is necessary to maintain and preserve freedoms prescribed under Article 19 (1) of the Indian Constitution, so also it is necessary to place some curbs on...
The Indian Constitution guarantees six fundamental freedoms to the citizens of India. These freedoms include:- freedom of speech and expression; freedom of assembly ; freedom to form associations...
In Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India the validity of national awards was challenged in the Court under Article 18 on the ground of their inconsistency with that Article. After...
The main object of Article 17 is to ban the practice of untouchability in any form. To give effect to Article 17, Parliament enacted the Untouchability (Offences) Act,...
The purpose behind the 81st Amendment Act, 2000 was to insert a new clause (4B) after clause (4A) in Article 16 of the Indian Constitution. The new clause provided...
The Courts have insisted that Article 16 (4) must be read with Article 335 which lays sown the ideal of “efficiency of administration”. The Supreme Court has observed...
The main object of the Article 16 of the Constitution is to create a constitutional right to equality of opportunity and employment in public offices. Article 16 is...
A person belonging to a Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribe in one State cannot ipso facto claim the same status in another State unless his caste/tribe is declared to be...
The Supreme Court in A.I.I.M.S. Students’ Union v. A.I.I.M.S., has given its powerful support to the test of merit over that of reservation for admission to post-graduate medical courses....
The equal protection of laws under Article 14 of the Constitution does not mean that identically the same laws should apply to all persons, or that every law...
