Tag: Constitution of India

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors. Author : Ishita Arora Citation:  AIR 1993 SC 412, 1992 SCR (1) 686, 1992 SCC Supl. (2) 651 Bench: Justice L.M. Sharma, Justice M.N. Venkatachalliah, Justice Jagdish SaranVerma, Justice K. Jayachandra Reddy, Justice S.C. Agrawal. Introduction In the present case of Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors, multiple petitions

Bagdi Ram vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Bagdi Ram vs State of Madhya Pradesh Author : Shruti Kumari CITATIONS: AIR 2004 SC 387 BENCH: Justice N. Santosh Hegde and Justice B.P.Singh INTRODUCTION: This is the Criminal Appeal in the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the form of Special leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution against the judgment and order of the

SEDITION LAWS IN INDIA

SEDITION LAWS IN INDIA Author : SYEDA KHIZRA RIZVI Abstract Sedition means, any act or speech which leads to insurrection against the State. As per Section 124A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, “sedition is a said to be a cognizable offence against the State by any individual whoever, by words or by gesture or by

Plea filed in SC for removal of words ‘Socialist’ and Secular’ from Constitution’s Preamble.

Both the words ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ were added in preamble through section 2(a) of 42nd amendment in 1976. Now a PIL has been filed with the intention of removal of these words from preamble of India’s Constitution. Grounds for filing PIL are that is against India’s cultural and historical theme i.e. the oldest civilization of

Article 24 of Constitution of India and Prevention of Child Labour

Author : Yuvraj Kashyap The Indian fundamental right provides the basic human right to every individual irrespective of gender, caste, colour, sex, age, etc. It also protects individual from various injustice. Article 24 of the Indian Constitution protects children from being exploited. As, children are regarded as the face of the Almighty and one of

Recent Scenario of Freedom of the Uncodified 4th Pillar of the Indian Constitution: The Freedom of Press

Author :- Hely Kikani “The press [is] the only tocsin of a nation. [When it] is completely silenced… all means of a general effort [are] taken away.” –Thomas Jefferson Introduction: The freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media & published materials is freedom of the press.  Although such freedom often means

Analysis of the validity of The two pages pre-constitutional act: The Epidemic disease act 1897 with Disaster management act 2005

By Rishabh Kumar Mishra of ICFAI Law School, Dehradun, 2016-21 Batch Epidemic Disease act is a two page law that has remained largely unchanged for more than 100 years of its existence. We can’t control pandemic like 2020 by using this British era law. 100 years ago this act was passed by British government to