India media: The fourth pillar or killer of Democracy? “Today, a story is not told. Rather, it is sold.” The media is supposed to exist to maintain the bridge between the government and the people. The press is also called the fourth pillar of democracy. Relying on these two statements, the highly important role that…
In a democratic countries, the judiciary is given a place of great significance. The court is a dispute resolving mechanism and it settles disputes and gives justice to cases between citizens and also between citizens and states and various organs of state. Doctrine of judicial review means that the constitution is the supreme law of the…
According to Granville Austin “the Indian Constitution is a seamless web of three strands: Building a strong state, establishing the institution and spirit of Democracy, and fostering a social revolution”. However, within the first year of its establishment of constitutional democratic country, the seamless web has started to unravel the conflicts between the democratic thread,…
Nowadays, poverty is a major problem which is faced by every country. Poverty effects social, economical and political aspects of the country. It creates obstacles in the way of development. In India, poverty is the main problem which is faced by poor people or unemployed people. People who are below the poverty line do not…
The Fundamental Rights have been classified under the six classifications Right to Freedom, Right to Equality, right against Exploitation, Right to Freedom of Religion, Cultural and Educational rights and right to Constitutional Remedies. These Fundamental Rights are imagined in Part III (Articles 12 to 35) of the Indian Constitution. At first, the constitution of India…
The term “Recognition” means ratification, confirmation, acknowledgment that something done by any other person in one name had one’s authority. Recognition involves consequences both on the international plane and within municipal law. State is the main subject of international law. According to Salmond, “State is a community of people which has been established for some…
Legitimate Expectation means that a person may have a reasonable expectation of being treated in a certain way by administrative authorities owing to some consistent practice in the past or an express promise made by the concerned authority. According to this doctrine, a public authority can be made accountable in lieu of a legitimate expectation.…
India is considered the largest democracy in the world. The basic feature of every democratic setup is transparency, openness, and accountability. In India, public authorities or administrative authorities have a wide discretionary power, so feel has been arisen in the mind of legislators as well public that this may lead to misuse of power which…
Before Section 377 of Indian penal code criminalize homosexuality, thus this refers to unnatural offence which states that anyone who voluntary had intercourse against the nature shall be punished with life imprisonment. But on 6th September 2018 Supreme Court of India was decriminalized Section 377, and this give boost to the LGBTQ community of India.…
In British Era, Section 124 A was not a part of Indian Penal Code, 1860. But this Section was inserted into IPC by the IPC Act, 1870. By an amending act of 1898, this provision was later replaced by Section 124 A. According to the British Era Law, under the old IPC, “Exciting or attempting…
