PIL (Public Interest Litigation) is a legal action brought in a court of law to protect a community’s legal rights. In a politically structured society or political institution, the expression refers to a specific human claim. The concept of public interest litigation (PIL), which has been and continues to be promoted by judicial activism, has…
At the outset of the Constitution, Part II of the Indian Constitution establishes numerous types of Indian citizens. An individual who is a full member of the political community or the State is referred to as a citizen of that state. Citizens are distinct from foreigners or temporary residents, who lack all of the privileges…
The Part III of the Indian Constitution provides the Citizens six Fundamental Rights, which are essential for a person to lead a dignified life and provide an individual with basic opportunities to better his life through these rights. The six rights are:- Right to Equality (Article 14 to 18) Right to Freedom (Article 19 to…
Article 13 of our Constitution has two doctrines. One of them is the Doctrine or theory of Eclipse. The idea behind the Theory of Eclipse is that any law that is incompatible or inconsistent with the fundamental rights of the Constitution will not be right away deemed to be invalid. The Unconstitutional law isn’t completely…
The Doctrine of Severability or Separability is a part of Article 13(2) which says that the State will not be allowed to make any law that is Unconstitutional and violative of the Fundamental Rights of the Citizen. Article 13(2) says that:- “ The State shall not make any law which takes away or abridges the…
India is no longer regarded as a truly democratic country, and a Swedish institute has classed it as an electoral autocracy instead. After the BJP came to power, the country’s democracy began to deteriorate. However, there are a few institutions in India that keep “semi-democracy” alive. The first is the Indian Election Commission. Elections at…
ABSTRACT Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in its Art. In this Article…
Discrimination is the unfair treatment of people and groups towards others based on variouscharacteristics such as gender, race , language, colour , religion , caste , disability etc.. For many people,discrimination is an very day reality . Still today many people faces discrimination in their workplace,college, religious worships , society. Discrimination arises from fear and…
On December 11, 2019, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament. The Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 to give Indian citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities who fled from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan before December 2014 because of “religious persecution…
IntroductionArticle 21 states that “no one shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty unless in accordance with legal procedure.” This right has long been considered the Constitution’s heart, the most organic and progressiveclause in our living constitution, and the bedrock of our laws.Only when a person’s life or personal liberty is taken away…
