Justice Verma Committee was constituted to recommend amendments to the Criminal Law so as to provide for quicker trial and enhanced punishment for criminals accused of committing sexual assault against women. The Committee submitted its report on January 23, 2013. But unfortunately, not much implementation is seen at the ground level. In the following paragraphs,…
Emergency may be defined as ‘circumstances arising suddenly that calls for immediate action by the public authorities under the powers especially granted to them.’ Black Law’s dictionary defines emergency as ‘a failure of social system to deliver reasonable conditions of life.’ The President of India has the power to order emergency rule in any part…
constitutional law- a state in international law is defined as “an independent political entity” “occupying a defined territory” “the members of which are united together for the purpose of resisting external force and preservation of internal order. In order to carry out its activities and functions, state has to establish certain organs and agents which act on its…
INTRODUCTION: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, and Fundamental Duties’ are provisions of the Indian Constitution that spell out the states’ fundamental obligations to their residents, as well as the citizens’ duties and rights to the state. These provisions are regarded as essential to the constitution, which was drafted by the Constituent Assembly of…
Article 12 of the Constitution gives an inclusive definition to the expression ‘State’. The significance of A.12 lies in the fact that it occurs in Part III of the Constitution which deals with Fundamental Rights[1]. There have, and continue to be multiple varied interpretations of what constitutes ‘State’. The previous structuralist interpretation was problematic because…
INDIA AS QUSAI- FEDERAL STATE INTRODUCTION:- Indian constitution sets up a quasi – government framework. It implies the outward design of the public authority is government however soul is unitary. If there should be an occurrence of public or monetary emergency it is changed into a unitary framework. National government is more grounded than the…
The essential practices doctrine was articulated in Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments, Madras v. Sri Lakshimindra Thirtha Swamiar of Sri Shirur Mutt[1] , where the mathadipati challenged the Madras HRCE Act,1951. The central question here was: ‘Where is the line to be drawn between what are matters of religion and what are not?[2] It was the…
The rule of law was written by A.V. dicey in 1885 in the British constitution and he had 3 ideas in rule of law- 1) Absence of Arbitrary Power: No man is above law. No man is punishable except for a distinct breach of law established in an ordinary legal manner before ordinary courts. Persons in authority in…
As per Black’s Law Dictionary, defamation means, the offence of injuring a person’s character, fame, or reputation by a false and malicious statement. In law, defamation is described as an attack on another person’s reputation by a false publication with the intent of bringing the person into disgrace by conveying the same to a third…
the constitution of India became effective on 26 January 1950. Before the arrival of this constitution, India was governed under the Government of India Act, 1935, which became effective in 1937. India was then a part of the British Empire; sovereignty of the British Crown prevailed over the country and during this sovereign rule, the British Parliament had…
