Transformative ConstitutionalismA Constitution is a fundamental legal document that serves as the bedrock of a Nation's Governance Structure, delineating the powers and functions of Government ...

The Supreme Court has held that a writ petition raising service disputes against private educational institutions are not maintainable, if they are not governed or controlled by the statutory p...

What Is The Law Governing The Usage Of The Indian National Flag?The Indian National Flag, with the tricolours of Saffron, White and Green, and with Asoka Chakra at its Centre, embodies National U...

High Court cannot also allow a second appeal, without discussing the question of law, observed Supreme Court in. Civil Appeal Nos. 2843-2844 of 2010 titled Nazir Mohamed Versus J. Kamala & Or...

A pardon is an act of mercy, forgiveness, clemency. The concept of pardon is an artifact of older times, of an age where an omnipotent monarch possessed the power to punish or remit any punishmen...

The law on the rights of the prisoners has been an evolving one. There is no comprehensive legislation to deal with prisoners rights and regulate their conduct while in jail. However, the Judicia...

Perhaps the paradigm of an all powerful Judiciary sending down bolts of righteous wrath on a cowering populace needs to be set aside and the emerging complex issues in the arena of criminal conte...

Legal and Judicial costume is defined as special occupational dress worn by Judges and members of the Legal Community to mark their membership in this professional group. Dress Code is a symbol o...

What Is Anti Love Jihad Law?On Tuesday 24th November 2020, The Uttar Pradesh government passed an ordinance to deal with unlawful religious conversions. Most media reports have referred to it ...

Prefatory The principal aim of the administrative and judicial processes is to provide a mechanism to protect the interests, physical and psychological well-being and dignity of the victims of se...

The term Tribunal is derived from the word Tribunes, which means Magistrates of the Classical Roman Republic. Tribunal is referred to as the Office of the Tribunes i.e., a Roman Official under th...

The Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 2617 of 2020 [arising out of SLP (C) No. 9866 of 2019 titled Siri Chand (Deceased) through LRs v/s Surinder Singh noted that as per Section 17 (1)(d) of th...

The Supreme Court rejected three Writ Petitions filed by Foundation For Media Professionals, Private Schools Association of J&K & Soayib Qureshi, seeking the restoration of 4G Internet Services i...

There is only one provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 under which a Magistrate himself can arrest an accused. That provision is contained in Section 44 of the Code of Criminal Proce...

Section 46 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 provides for the mode of arrest. Arrest consists of actual seizure or touching of a person's body with a view to his detention. The pronouncing of t...

Supreme Court of India once again in a latest and laudable Judgment titled Arun Singh & Others Vs. State of U.P. & Anr., in Criminal Appeal No. 250 of 2020 (Arising out of Special Leave P...

You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.-Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Sexual harassment of women is a global phenomenon prevalent both in developed as well as i...

While sentencing a man accused of killing two persons in a celebratory firing to ten years rigorous imprisonment, the Supreme Court expressed its concerns about the rising incidents of celebrat...

Repetitive orders under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 would be an abuse of power. In its Judgment in Kashmir Lock Down case, the Supreme Court observed that the power under Sect...

A Three-Judge Bench of Supreme Court of India comprising of Justices R.V. Raveendran, A. K. Patnaik and H. L. Gokhale in Special Leave Petition (C) No. 13917 of 2009 titled Suraj Lamp & Industrie...

Three Judges Bench comprising Honble Mr. Justice V. Ramana, Honble Mr. Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar & Honble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi while deciding SLP (C) No. 5237 of 2015 titled Punjab Urba...

The most important feature of Federalism in the United States of America was the compact between the erstwhile 13 British Colonies that constituted themselves first into a Confederation and then...

Marriage is the beginning-the beginning of the family-and is a life-long commitment. It also provides an opportunity to grow in selflessness as you serve your husband and children. Marriage is mo...