Anti-Defection Law is contained in the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, which was introduced by the 52nd Amendment in 1985. It provides for the disqualification of a member if...
According to Article 254(1), if any provision of a State law is repugnant to a provision in a law made by Parliament which it is competent to enact,...
Many a time, a legislature may enact composite legislation which may be based on more than one legislative entry. There is no bar against Parliament or the State...
Article 133 of the Indian Constitution covers all civil proceedings. The term ‘civil proceeding’ includes all proceedings affecting civil rights which are not criminal. Proceedings under Article 226...
The doctrine of stare decisis or precedents is the distinguishing characteristic of the English common law. It envisages that judicial decisions have a binding force for the future....
A preventive detention order may be quashed on the ground of colourable exercise of power if there is no rational material for the subjective satisfaction of the detaining...
The question has been considered by the Court from time to time, and several such features have been identified, but the matter still remains an open one. In...
In Golak Nath v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court overruling its earlier decision in Shankari Prasad and Sajjan Singh, that the Fundamental Rights are non-amendable through the constitutional amending procedure set...
Different degrees of rigidity attach to different portions of the Constitution, depending on their importance and significance. Constitutional provisions of comparatively less significance can be amended by simple...
In this regard the court has laid down the following guidelines: presidential proclamation dissolving a state legislative assembly is subject to judicial review; if a state government works...
