ISLAMABAD A strange reversal of roles took place in the Courtroom One on Monday where Waseem Sajjad, the counsel for the federal government, was defending parliament's right to adopt the 18th ...
The story so far: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar’s recent public criticism of the judiciary and remark that courts cannot dilute “parliamentary sovereignty” sparked a debate ...
The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud compared the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution to the North Star, an unfailing guide which shows the way when the path appears convoluted. His ...
On the 50th anniversary of the Kesavananda Bharati judgment, it is time to appreciate how the doctrine brought together the best in advocacy, idealism Kesavananda Bharati (KB) vs State of Kerala — a ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In his own writings, Rawls purposively used only a loose characterization of the basic structure, but two prominent misinterpretations ...
April 29 should be celebrated as ‘People’s Day’ every year. In my view, the date April 29, 1973 is right next to January 26, 1950, which was marked as the first Republic Day, in terms of significance ...
The basic structure theory cannot be viewed as an impediment or obstruction to the constituent power of Parliament Inaugurating the 83rd All India Presiding Officers Conference, Jagdeep Dhankhar, the ...
Recently, the Indian Parliament gave its assent to the 124th amendment to the Indian Constitution which aims to provide ten percent reservation in public employment and higher education for ...
The judiciary and the Modi government have been in a war of words over judicial appointments. While this debate is not new, the intensity has increased since a new chief justice, DY Chandrachud, took ...