A legislation may be set aside as violation of equality under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution if it gives a wide power to the executive to select...
In Shankari Prasad Singh v. Union of India the Supreme Court ruled that Article 13 refers to a ‘legislative’ law, i.e., an ordinary law made by a legislature but not...
The term ‘law’ in Article 13 has been given a wide connotation so as to include any ordinance, order, bye-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having in...
The doctrine of severability means that a law is void only “to the extent of the inconsistency or contravention” with the relevant Fundamental Right according to Article 13...
The doctrine of severability means that a law is void only “to the extent of the inconsistency or contravention” with the relevant Fundamental Right according to Article 13...
In many countries with written constitutions, there prevails the doctrine of judicial review. It means that the constitution is the supreme law of the land and any law...
The Fundamental Rights are claimed mostly against the state and its instrumentalities and not against private bodies. Article 13 (2) bars the state from making any law infringing...
In Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration the Court held that “Where the rights of a prisoner either under the Constitution or under any other law are violated the writ power...
