constitutional law

INTRODUCTION Triple Talaq (also known as Talaq-e-Mughallazah - Irrevocable divorce[1]) is a form of divorce that is practiced by Muslims in India. It has been a subject of controversy and debates within the country, raising the issues of justice, gender equality, human rights and s..

Overview Article 124 of the Constitution of India deals with judicial appointments. It lays down that the appointment of Supreme Court judges should be conducted by the President after consultation with judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court as the President may deem necessary.[1] The appointment of High C..

The Schedule to the Goods and Service Tax (GST) (Compensation to States) Act 2017, specifies the maximum rate at which Goods and Service Tax Compensation Cess may be collected. In respect of motor vehicles, the maximum rate, at which Goods and Service Tax Compensation Cess may be collected, is 15%.  Consequent to the GST C..

WHAT IS A CONSTITUTION OF A COUNTRY? WHETHER IT SUPERSEDES 'COMMON LAW OF BRITAIN (UK), OR SUBSERVIENT, IS BIG QUESTION TO COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES? Other day, retired justice Mr.K.T.Thomas questioned SC verdict on 'fundamental rights' and he says, 'fundamental rights' are not so sacrosanct that parliament o..

The nine-judge Bench Supreme Court judgement has today pronounced in the “Privacy Case” by upholding the Right to Privacy as one protected by Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Government welcomes the view of the Supreme Court, which is consistent with all the necessary safeguards that the Government has been ensuring in its legislative proposa..

The Real Ideology: According to Amir Ali, the reforms of Prophet Mohammad marked a new departure in the history of eastern legislation. The Prophet of Islam is reported to have said “With Allah, the most detestable of all things permitted is divorce”, and towards the end of his life he practically forba There are two kinds of divorce as pe..

A human being is born free, subject to the restraints and constraints placed upon him or her by the state in which he or she is born. Thus every human being has some basic privileges- to wander around, to speak, to have their secrets kept; that's to say, we possess certain rights by virtue of our very existence. This is of course in accord with, and subject to the i..

NITSER (National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research) Amendment Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha yesterday (26th July, 2017).  The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 28th March, 2017. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State (HRD) in  Rajya Sabha informed that the Bill proposes to introduce two new Institutions namely Indian Institut..

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for amendment of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Order, 1954 by way of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2017.  The approval paves the way for applicability of Good..

Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2017, introduced during the Winter Session of Parliament came up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha today and was passed unanimously by the house. The Bill aims to establish a legal framework for consolidation of related laws to replace the age old archaic laws with modern Indian legislation and to conf..

In the case of Shreya Singhal Supreme Court struck down section 66A of Information Technology Act. The author has analyzed the said judgment and put forward his own views about the judgment. The author dissents with the judgment by Hon. Supreme Court and has its own explanations for the same. This critical review is only for academic purpose and debate and doesdoes no..

Thomas Paine contended, and Americans founded Pensylvania in his name, after Thomas Paine - an analysis of imipact on any modern constitution when assessed with his great thought! ‘A Constitution always emanates from the ‘thinking people', not from just ‘law makers’ called Legislators(politicians) - - wh..

What seeker seeks? One of the 'signs' of passing youth is the 'birth of a sense of fellowship', with other human beings, as we take, our place 'among them'. -Virginia Woolf We are here ''to awaken', 'from the illusion of our separate..

Definition of Family Constitution. A Family Constitution is a system of joint decision-making, most often by a board of directors and a family council, which helps the owner family govern its relationship with its wealth and enterprises. It ..

Miguel De Cervantes had aptly quoted-“He that publishes a book runs a very great hazard, since nothing can be more impossible than to compose one that may secure that approbation of every reader.” With the divine developments in the legal arena, the “law” in the garb of the constitution has become one such reader. p style="text-align:..