Kesavananda Bharathi, whose legal struggle led to the landmark ruling outlining basic rights under the Constitution, passed away this morning. The head of Edaneer Math in Kasargod, Kerala was 79 years old. In 1973, Kesavananda filed a lawsuit against attempts by the…
read moreA local Gujarat court on Saturday ordered that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name be removed from a civil suit for damages for the gruesome murder of four British citizens in the 2002 riots. Four British citizens were killed in a riot in…
read moreThe recent decision by the Madhya Pradesh government to reserve all government posts for “children of the state” raises questions about the fundamental right to equality. While home-based reservations have been implemented in education, the courts have been reluctant to extend them…
read moreThe Supreme Court extended the right of Hindu women to be legal co-heirs and to inherit ancestral property on an equal basis with male heirs. What is the ruling? A three-judge tribunal chaired by Judge Arun Mishra ruled that a Hindu woman’s…
read moreThe Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programmes offered by 22 National Law Universities around the country. CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities consisting…
read moreIMPOSITION OF NEET ON MINORITY COLLEGES IS CONSTITUTIONAL: Christian Medical College Vellore Association v. Union of India (April 2020) The rights to administer an institution under Article 30 of the Constitution are not above the law and other Constitutional provisions. Reasonable regulatory measures…
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