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1958 - In well known Kerala Education Bill's case, 1957 reported in AIR 1958 SC 956, this Court held that to claim the minority rights, the Community must be numerically a minority by reference to the entire population of the State or country where the law is applicable. In that way also, the Jain Community is eligible for the claim.
Durga Das Basu (1910–1997) was an Indian jurist and lawyer. He wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law. [1] The former is one of the most important textbooks in social sciences and legal studies related to the Constitution of India.
The decision had a significant influence on Indian constitutional law and has been described as the moment when the Supreme Court of India rejected "three decades of formalist interpretation, and inaugurated a new path where Courts would expand the rights of individuals against the State, instead of limiting or contracting them." [2]
The Supreme Court, by thin majority of 6:5, held that a constitutional amendment under Article 368 of the Constitution was an ordinary 'law' within the meaning of Article 13(3) of the Constitution. The majority did not believe there was any difference between ordinary legislative power of the parliament and the inherent constituent power of ...
In 1916, Barrister Jagomandar Lal Jaini (1881-1927) published a translation of Bhadrabahu Samhita, which went on to form the basis of modern Jain law.The author mentioned the full text of a judgement that he delivered in Civil Original Case No. 6 of 1914, Indore, in which Jain religious and legal scriptures were explicitly quoted and relied upon. [3]
Currently, with a mix of different civil codes, citizens are treated differently by law and by courts based on their religion. The rights of Hindu women are far more progressive (and constitutional, by virtue of being gender-neutral and secular) than those of Muslim women, who are governed by Muslim Personal Law, which is based on the Sharia law.
Madhya Pradesh assembly constituency map after the 2023 assembly elections. The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India.
Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Comparative Law, Indian Legal System, Human Rights, and Law and Development Mahendra Pal Singh (born 15 July 1940), is a jurist and a scholar of constitutional law , administrative law and comparative law, and Professor Emeritus at University of Delhi.