IntroductionDoctrine of Severability.-When a part of the statute is declared unconstitutional thena question arises whether the whole of the statute is to be declared void or only thatpart which is unconstitutional should be declared as such. To resolve this problem,the Supreme Court has devised the doctrine of severability or separability. Thisdoctrine means that if an…
Dangers to Secularism While, the Indian Constitution announces the state being totally nonpartisan to all religion, our general public has saturated with religion. Blending of Religion and Politics that is activation of decisions on grounds of early stage characters like religion, rank and nationality, have placed Indian secularism at serious risk. Public legislative issues works…
Equality is tied in with guaranteeing that each individual has an equivalent chance to benefit as much as possible from their lives and gifts. It is additionally the conviction that nobody ought to have less fortunate life chances on account of the manner in which they were conceived, where they come from, what they accept,…
Official Language (343-351)The Official Language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagri Script but the form ofnumericals to be used for the official purposes of Union shall be the international form ofIndian numericals [Art. 343 (1)). However, for a period of fifteen years from thecommencement of the Constitution the English language shall continue to…
IntroductionThe doctrine of eclipse is based on the principle that a law which violates FundamentalRights is not nullity or void ab initio but becomes only unenforceable, i.e., remains in amoribund condition. “It is over-shadowed by the fundamental rights and remains dormant;but it is not dead.” Such laws are not wiped out entirely from the statute…
Importance of the Indian Model of Secularism Rajeev Bhargava, a prominent political scholar, holds an alternate idea according to conceptualization of secularism. He protects the idea of Indian secularism by supporting the hypothesis of principled removing. He contends that Indian secularism is diverse as it has not risen like the western origination of intra-religious emergency…
According to this Doctrine, The Legislature of a State may make laws for the whole or any part of the State. This means that State Laws would be void if it has extra-territorial operation i.e. it is applied to subjects or objects located outside the territory of the state.However, there, is one exception of the…
Introduction For me, the word ‘secular’ holds no fear. Rather, I am aware of the organizers of India’s secular constitution, for example, B R Ambedkar and Rajendra Prasad. Their aim in elevating secularism was to perceive officially the religious variety of Indian culture. Mohandas Gandhi, the motivation behind the Constitution, was himself a profoundly religious…
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment granted constitutional standing to self-government entities known as Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), with the goal of making democracy more functional at the local level, driven by residents’ demands and with their involvement. Economic growth, social justice, and the implementation of Central and State Government Schemes, including the 29 subjects listed in…
Abstract :- Legitimacy :- In political science, legitimacy is the popular acceptance of a governing law or regime as an authority. Whereas “authority” denotes a specific position in an established government, the term “legitimacy” denotes a system of government — wherein “government” denotes “sphere of influence”. Political legitimacy is considered a basic condition for governing, without which, a government…
