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What do you mean by Eminent Domain?

It is regarded as an inherent right of the state, an essential incident of its sovereignty, to take private property for public use. This power, known as Eminent...

April 14, 2013

What is the status of Article 370 under the Indian Constitution?

Article 370 has been characterized in the Constitution as being of a temporary nature. Article 370 (3) says that the President, by public notification, may declare that Article...

April 14, 2013

What do you mean by composite legislation?

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...

April 14, 2013

What is a civil proceeding?

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...

April 14, 2013

What are the constitutional provisions related to reorganization of states?

Article 3 enables Parliament to effect by law reorganization inter se of the territories of the States constituting the Indian Union. Parliament is empowered or enact law to...

April 14, 2013

What do you mean by ‘colourable exercise of power’ in relation to preventive detention?

A 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 authority,...

April 14, 2013

What is the basic structure of the Indian Constitution?

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...

April 14, 2013

What observation was made by the then chief justice in Golak Nath’s case in regard to Fundamental Rights?

The Chief Justice equated Fundamental Rights with the natural rights and characterized them as “the primordial rights necessary for the development of human personality”. He took the position...

April 14, 2013

What was held in the case of Golak Nath v. State of Punjab ?

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...

April 14, 2013

What is the procedure for amendment of the Indian Constitution under Article 368 (2)?

An amendment of the Indian Constitution may be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in either House of Parliament, and when the Bill...

April 14, 2013

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