Fundamental Rights (Articles 12-35) Enshrined in Part-III of Indian Constitution, Fundamental Rights are the basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India. The six fundamental rights involves Right to Equality, Right to freedom, Right against exploitation, Right to freedom of Religion, Cultural and Educational Rights and Right to constitutional Remedies. At first Right to…
EXPLAINING DISSENT Dissent is an opinion, philosophy or sentiment of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or policy enforced under the authority of a government, political party or other entity or individual. Political dissent is a dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Expressions of dissent may take forms from…
Article 21 of the Indian constitution has a wide scope as it states that “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law. “Which means every person has a right to live their life in the way he sees fit in which privacy plays an…
Reservation a system, that has a prolonged historical background and reasons for its existence. It was created for the adequate representation and upliftment of the backward and marginalized sections of the people. But is the system of reservation fair for everyone? Aren’t the deserving persons trapped between the walls of this system? This article is…
Notwithstanding anything in article 5, a person who has migrated to the territory of India from the territory now included in Pakistan shall be deemed to be a citizen of India at the commencement of this Constitution if — (a) He or either of his parents or any of his grandparents was born in India…
Ever since its formation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has had three core pledges. The abrogation of Article 370, the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). With the two boxes already checked, all eyes are now on the Modi-Shah duo for one final push, which would result in completing the saffron…
Article 12 defines the term ‘State’ as used in different Articles of Part III of the Constitution. It says that the context otherwise requires the term ‘State’ includes the following – The Government and Parliament of India, i.e. Executive and Legislature of the Union. The Government and Legislature of each State, i.e. Executive and Legislature…
Democracy, literally, rule by the people. The term democracy is being derived from a Greek word dēmokratia, which was coined from demos (“people”) and kratos (“rule”) in the middle of the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens. Democracy in India, as every where else, is not just about periodic elections, nor about voter turnouts, nor about…
On one hand, Equality before Law prohibits providing any special privilege to any community or people. It does not talk about equal treatment in equal circumstances. According to it, there must be a very ideal condition and the state does not need to interfere in society by providing additional privileges in society. On the other…
Laws are known to be replete with loopholes. The Exploitation of loopholes is something everyone likes to profess outrage about, and yet I would maintain that is central to legal practice. Practical constraints supposedly make laws avoidably over or underinclusive. This article offers a different perspective to a constitution. An aspect of the battle over…
