The validity of a law infringing Fundamental Rights can be judged not only with references to a particular article under which such a law is enacted but also...
A statute based on a reasonable classification does not become invalid merely because the class to which it applies consists of only one person. A single body or...
In Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India the Supreme Court has held that Fundamental Rights should be given widest possible interpretation. In the present case, Justice Bhagwati observed...
Unconstitutionality of a statute means that a law is void if it is inconsistent with the Fundamental Rights. A void statute is unenforceable, non est, and devoid of...
Fundamental Rights are the basic human freedoms guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution of India, ensuring liberty, equality, and justice. These rights form the bedrock of democracy...
The underlying idea in entrenching certain basic and Fundamental Rights is to take them out of the reach of transient political majorities. It has therefore, come to be...
In Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib, the Supreme Court laid down the following test to adjudge whether a body is an instrumentality of the government or not:- (i)...
According to Article 12 of the Indian Constitution, the term ‘state’ includes:- (1) the Government and Parliament of India; (2) the Government and the Legislature of the State;...
The Right to social and economic justice is envisaged in the preamble and elongated in the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles to improve the quality of the life...
‘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...
The new Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and signed by the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Articles 5, 6,7,8,9, 60,324, 366,...
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India took place in Constitutional Hall, New Delhi, on 9th December 1946. Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha was the first president of...
