The Directive Principles differ from the Fundamental Rights which enjoin the state to refrain from taking prejudicial action against an individual and thus, impose a negative duty on...
Article 32 differs from Article 226. Article 32 can be invoked only for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights whereas Article 226 can be invoked not only for the...
A right without a remedy does not have much substance. The Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution would have been worth nothing had the Constitution not provided an...
The writ of certiorari issued to quash a decision after the decision is taken by a lower tribunal while prohibition is issuable before the proceedings are completed. The...
The twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution in 1971 added a new clause, Article 31 C, to the Constitution. Article 31 C was of a drastic character. The avowed...
The Supreme Court in St. Stephen’s College has observed that: “The educational institutions are not business houses. They do not generate wealth. They cannot survive without public funds or private...
In T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka it was held that “the right to establish and maintain educational institutions may also be sourced to Article 26 (a), which grants,...
In Dr. M. Ismail Faruqui v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has considered the question of acquisition of religious place by the State. A temple, church or a...
Under Article 25 (2), religious freedom is subject to laws made for social welfare and reform. In Javed V. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court upheld statutory provision disqualifying...
To maintain the secular character of the Indian Polity, not only does the Constitution guarantee freedom of religion to individuals and groups, but it is also against the...
