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Could a judicial order violate your Fundamental Rights?

The Supreme Court declared on 10 April 2002, in its five-judge decision in the Rupa Ashok Hurra case that “it is a settled position in law that no judicial order passed by... Read more »

A dead person’s rights: Understanding the rights that transcend the living realm amidst Covid-19 pandemic

Oftentimes judiciary and Indian legal system have fortified the rights which are associated with dead person from dignity of the dead person to decent burial. But due to this ongoing unprecedented pandemic... Read more »

Constitutional morality, public morality and moral diversity

The pith and marrow of this discussion is that constitutional morality may be invoked on the basis of the provisions of the Constitution to question the conduct of the State and to... Read more »

Haryana govt refrains from making Hindi compulsory in subordinate courts

Industry had expressed surprise at the Bill passed by the state Assembly which mandated subordinate courts to function only in Hindi language. The exclusion of English will create practical hurdles for industries... Read more »

Constitutional morality versus public morality

The literature suggests that the concept of ‘morality’ is drawn from the French concept of ‘bonnes mœurs’, which is understood as ‘the degree of conformity to moral principles (especially good)’, whereas ‘ordre... Read more »

Intra-court appeal must be allowed in Bhushan case

In both the suo-motu contempt cases, in view of the substantial questions of law on the interpretation of the Constitution of India and having serious repercussions on the fundamental rights, the matters... Read more »

Dr Ambedkar on constitutional morality

There are quite a few myths that abound in relation to the Indian Constitution, in particular in relation to its preparation and its nexus with the Government of India Act, 1935. Contrary... Read more »

Remission power of President and Governor: A discussion

Recently, a three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in the matter of Pyare Lal v. State of Haryana framed an important question of law for the reference to the larger bench to... Read more »

Shri Ram janmabhoomi: Reconciling truth & secularism

When the ASI’s report revealed that the demolished temple’s pillars were used for the construction of the disputed structure in the 1500s, the new argument that was set up was that of... Read more »

The places of Worship Act 1991, decoloniality and indigenous rights

In all the years that the issue has been hotly debated in independent Bharat, it has been typically approached through the lens of ‘communal politics’, especially by those who have believed and... Read more »
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