Category: Constitutional Law

The Law of Sedition: An Overview

INTRODUCTION Sedition involves overt behavior that tends to undermine authority. Seditious acts often include subverting a constitution and instigating discontent among existing authorities. The first sedition laws were passed in...

Doctrine of Pleasure

INTRODUCTION India was under British rule for almost 200 years. The foundation of independent India was followed by the necessity for an adequate governance system that was both indigenous in origin...

Reservation: Boon for the Deprived or Bane for the General?

What is Reservation? The term reservation refers to keeping back or withholding. While in the Indian context, reservation is positive discrimination that protects the people from the lower caste to...

Electoral Reforms in India: An Overview

INTRODUCTION “An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul. concerned in it.”  – George Bernard Shaw Elections...

Communalism and Secularism

Introduction Communalism can be explained as having a very strong attachment to one’s community. That is it is the trail of thought according to which people have a very strong...

“Protective Discrimination” A Boon Or Bane for Eternity?

Introduction: Considering the history of racial and caste discrimination in the world, the two most prominent names pop in our minds, i.e., United States and India. Unfortunately, India leads ahead...

“The Writ of Mandamus: An Analysis”

Introduction  A formal written order issued by the judicial authority is known as writ. Mandamus means “We Command” Mandamus is among the prerogative writs in English law. It is an...

Secularism in India and the Indian Constitution

Introduction The word ‘Secular’ means that a person is separate from religion and has no religious basis. Secularism means that religion is kept unconnected with the social, political, cultural, and...

Emergency in India

INTRODUCTION Emergency as defined in the Black Law’s dictionary refers to a failure of social system in delivering and providing access to the justified and necessary conditions of life. The...

The Doctrine of Double Jeopardy

What is Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy? In simple terms, jeopardy means the danger of any loss, harm or failure. In legal terms, jeopardy refers to the risk associated with the...