RIGHT TO EQUALITY IN USA AND INDIA

This article provides readers with an insight into the concept of the Right to Equality in India and the United States, how the provisions in both countries are applied, and the significant differences in both views. Introduction India and USA are two countries that share many similarities. Both countries are affluent in their diversified cultureRead More

Four years since Navtej Singh Johar case

Citation AIR 2018 SC 4321; WP (Crl.) No. 76 of 2018 D. No. 14961/2016 Decided 6th September 2018 Petitioners Navtej Singh Johar, Ritu Dalmia, Ayesha Kapur, Aman Nath, Sunil Mehra. Respondent Ministry of Health, represented by Tushar Mehta. Bench CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, and Justice InduRead More

Democratization in Law-Making

INTRODUCTION India is a democratic country; therefore, the people of the country are its superheroes. The government, constitution, laws, and others, as such, all exist for the people and by the people. So, laws are meant for the citizens of the country, and they can be shaped by the people. In India, the law-making processRead More

Challenge to the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019

Background The Constitution has been modified multiple times in order to keep up with societal changes. The Constitution was written to build an equitable society in which social, economic, and political justice are preserved, as well as equality of position and opportunity for all. Amendments to the Constitution are also made with the same goalRead More

Right to get Water – The Recent Development and Constitutional Framework

INTRODUCTION Water is indispensable to life. Human beings can survive for 3 weeks without food, but only three days without water. Moreover, there may be no food cultivation without water. Conceptually, therefore, the right to life, considered the foremost basic and fundamental of all rights, must include within it a right to water. The rightRead More

Right to form Associations or Unions: Different Perspectives

INTRODUCTION Association refers to a group of people or entities that come together to form a group to achieve a particular objective over a period of time. A person cannot evolve if he is isolated from the rest of his community. To survive in society, people are required to have the company of others withRead More

Constitutional Amendments in India

Introduction The Constitution of the Republic of India is the largest in the world. It describes India as a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic, which has a parliamentary system of governance. The Indian Constitution was adopted on the 26th Day of November 1949 and was officially enforced from 26th January 1950. It took 2 years,Read More

Abrogation of Article 370: Walking on thin ice

Introduction When the British left a violently divided India in 1947, Jammu and Kashmir had the option of joining either India or Pakistan or remaining independent. Even though there was already strong opposition to him in the form of the Quit Kashmir campaign, the then-Hindu king Maharaja Hari Singh preferred to maintain his position ofRead More

Nikesh Talwar Shah v Union of India

Case Number Writ Petition (Criminal) 67/2017 Equivalent Citation (2018) 11 SCC 1 Petitioner Nikesh Talwar Shah Respondent Union of India and Ors. Bench Justice R. F. Nariman Decided on November 23, 2017 Relevant Act/ Section Article 21 of Constitution of India, 1949; Section 45, 65 and 71 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Brief FactsRead More