In any modern state, there cannot exist any individual right which is absolute or unrestricted in nature. If people were given complete and absolute liberty without any social control...
The object behind the inclusion of the chapter on Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution is to establish the rule of law. The object is not merely to...
The basic features of the Constitution are non-amendable under Article 368. In the seminal Kesavananda Bharti v. Union of India, the following features were considered as the “basic foundation...
The interpretation of the term “other authorities” in Article 12 had caused a good deal of difficulty, and judicial opinion has undergone changes over time. To clarify the...
Social and economic democracy is the foundation on which political democracy would be a way of life in the Indian polity. The expression ‘economic justice’ envisaged in the preamble...
The word ‘socialist’ was added in the Preamble by the Forty Second Amendment. The addition of the ‘socialist’ indicates the incorporation of the philosophy of ‘socialism’ in the...
‘Sovereignty’ means the independent authority of a State. It has two aspects, internal and external. From the internal standpoint it means that it has the power to legislate...
A drafting committee of 7 members under the chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, was set up on august 29, 1947. The draft Constitution was published in January,...
The Indian Constitution has been conceived and drafted in the mid-twentieth century when the concept of social welfare state was the rule of the day. The Constitution is...
The purpose of the Preamble is to clarify who has made the Constitution, what is its source, what is the ultimate sanction behind it; what is the nature...
