Polity

National Emergency in India Provision, Declaration and Criticism

National Emergency in India A national emergency is a circumstance in which the citizens' fundamental rights are curtailed, along with a number of additional liberties. The Indian Constitution's Article 352 governs the national emergency. According to Article 352 (part 18)...

Preventive Detention Laws in India, Article 22, Meaning, Significance

Preventive Detention Meaning Preventive detention is detaining a person in order to prevent a situation of crime that a person can possibly commit. In other words, preventive detention is an administrative action on the grounds of the suspicion that some...

Right to Privacy in India, Article, Supreme Court Judgements

Right to Privacy Respect for privacy is regarded as a Fundamental Right of humans in many international treaties. It is essential for maintaining human dignity and is one of the fundamental components of a democracy. It upholds one's rights as well...

Procedure Established by Law and Due Process of Law

Procedure Established by Law and Due Process of Law The phrase "Procedure Established by Law" appears in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. It means that a law will be valid if it has been passed by the Parliament through...

Union and Its Territory Under Indian Constitution, Articles 1 to 4

Union and Its Territory Part 1 of the Indian Constitution, Articles 1 to 4, deals with the union as well as its territory. India is called the Union of States even though the Constitution of India is federal in structure....

Kesavananda Bharati Case vs State of Kerala, Judgement, Analysis

Kesavananda Bharati Case Kesavananda Bharati Case is marked to be the saviour of Indian democracy. It aimed at analyzing the infamous conflict between the legislature and judiciary and the role of the case in attaining constitutional harmony. Also called the...

Borrowed Features of the Indian Constitution from Other Countries

Borrowed Features of Indian Constitution The Indian Constitution is a living document and an instrument which makes the government system work.  A large number of provisions in the Indian constitution are inspired by other Constitutions of the world. However, our...

Right to Freedom in Indian Constitution, Articles (19 to 22)

Right to Freedom Definition of Freedom: The definition of "freedom" is essential "not to be constrained in any way." The idea of "freedom" is particularly popular among political philosophers in the west. In his work "Two Concepts of Liberty," British...

Indra Sawhney Case Analysis, SC Judgements, Summary

Indra Sawhney Case Indra Sawhney case year 1992, was a nine-judge bench case that the Indian judiciary set in stone. It is both fortunate and cursed, maybe to see forever the dynamic power play and friction of political opportunism, pro-reservation...

India and Bangladesh Border Dispute, Map, Disputed Regions

India and Bangladesh Border Dispute India and Bangladesh Border Dispute: A 4096-kilometre border separates Bangladesh and India. 180 kilometres of this are located along the river. The 6.5 km stretch near Comilla on the Tripura border needs to be delimited...