Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on January 11 questioned the legitimacy of the basic structure doctrine, an unwritten rule that Parliament cannot amend certain features of the Constitution. Dhankar ...
The constitution empowers the Parliament and the State Legislatures to make laws within their respective jurisdiction. Bills to amend the constitution can only be introduced in the Parliament, but ...
The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud compared the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution to the North Star, an unfailing guide which shows the way when the path appears convoluted. His ...
The story so far: Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar’s recent public criticism of the judiciary and remark that courts cannot dilute “parliamentary sovereignty” sparked a debate ...
The judiciary and the Modi government have been in a war of words over judicial appointments. While this debate is not new, the intensity has increased since a new chief justice, DY Chandrachud, took ...
April 29 should be celebrated as ‘People’s Day’ every year. In my view, the date April 29, 1973 is right next to January 26, 1950, which was marked as the first Republic Day, in terms of significance ...
Renowned German Professor Dietrich Conrad travelled to India in 1965. He lectured at the Banaras Hindu University on certain facets of the Constitution, which are inalienable, unalterable, and ...
Once in a lifetime comes a case, that is etched in the memories of all. One of such cases is the Kesavanada Bharti case that shook the entire Legislature, Judiciary and Executive of India. It gave us ...
SOUTH Asia has been greatly remiss in not acknowledging its debt to a jurist who single-handedly inspired a revolution in constitutional law. He was Prof Dietrich Conrad, head of the law department at ...
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