India’s Founding Moment, a book by political theorist and legal scholar Madhav Khosla, is a significant contribution towards understanding the birth of modern India and the historical moment at which the Indian democracy was founded. Many works have been written about imperial ideology....

This paper seeks to analyze the basis of Retrospective legislation in India focusing specifically on the area of Tax law and seeks to unearth the rich case law on the subject and the sort of constitutional checks placed upon it. The paper will first introduce the concept of retrospective tax and...

The right of Muslim women granted by personal law in India is one of the most controversial issues within the framework of human rights. While Indian Constitution formal guarantees to protect the religious rights of members of Muslim communities, whereas the equality rights of Muslim woman have...

Every year on 14th April, India observes the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar remembered for his role as Chairman of Drafting Committee of India's Constituent Assembly. Apart from that he is also remembered for his struggle for justice to the depressed classes, untouchables of the...

Adjudication of constitutional socio-economic rights by the courts is often regarded as judicial usurpation of the governance space and therefore levelled with the charge of democratic illegitimacy. However, the charge of judicial usurpation in relation to constitutional socio-economic rights...

The Constitution of India has been an outstanding document for protecting the rights and interest of its citizen. The children are no exception to it as various provisions, right from the Preamble, Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy to the present day judicial...

India is a union of 28 states and 7 Union Territories. Several of its states and sub-state national communities have since the time of independence complained of inadequate representation in the Union, violating their right to self-rule. There exists persistent resentment against the present...