constitutional-law

Don Siyon, B.A. LL.B., Christ Academy Institute of Law, Bengaluru, Karnataka State Law University ABSTRACT This article seeks to discuss the constitutional and legal issues that were raised upon the Honourable Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly’s participation at the March for Life 2026. The controversy stems from the Speaker’s remarks on the sanctity of unborn lives, the right to fre…

When Dr. Fauci was recently under subpoena to testify before a Senate committee, he repeatedly invoked his right to not be witness against himself under the Fifth Amendment of the constitution: nor ...

Based on my in-box and conversations with others, these were 10 moves that transpired this past year that were thought to be the biggest hiring coups: *Alejandro Camacho (environmental law, natural resources law) from the University of California, Irvine to the University of California, Los Angeles (effective January 2026). *Katherine Mims Crocker (constitutional law) from […]

Mr. Kamal Jeet, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Law, Maharshi Dayanand University- Centre for Professional and Allied Studies, Gurugram Prof. Dr. Virender Sindhu, Professor (Law), Maharshi Dayanand University- Centre for Professional and Allied Studies, Gurugram ABSTRACT This article on the “Constitutional Paradox” is about the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 which stipulates a historic one-thir…

Shruti Tripathi, Institute of Law, Nirma University ABSTRACT The following Case comment is about one of the most landmark Judgments in India’s Constitutional Jurisprudence. The point in question is individual rights like equality and liberty, on the one hand and Group Rights, specifically in the particular case with regard to the rights of religious denominations. The debate is about the ‘Essenti…

Kshitij Saruparia, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), NALSAR University of Law ABSTRACT In July 2025, the Supreme Court directed the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly to decide ten pending anti-defection petitions within three months. The Speaker complied. By March 2026, every petition had been dismissed for want of "conclusive documentary or legally sustainable evidence" that the ten members had de…

Aminpalli Sai Sharath Nihar, India Institute of Legal Education and Research ABSTRACT This article traces the profound transformation of parliamentary privilege in Indian constitutional law by explaining the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in ‘M.S.M. Sharma v. Sri Krishna Sinha (1959) and P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State (1998)’. For decades following the Sharma judgment, legislative privilege unde…

Debangan Malo, B.SC. LLB (Hons), The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. Rupkatha Banerjee, B.A. LLB (Hons), KIIT School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar ABSTRACT This paper explores the concept of Judicial Activism in India and focuses on whether it is truly a constitutional necessity or an avoidable democratic overreach. It reviews the growth and developm…