R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2016] EWHC 2768 – A remarkable decision by the High Court of England and Wales on notification under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and the quintessential executive vs. legislature debate under Constitutional law Scope of th...
Blogs tagged with: Fundamental Rights
Fundamental Rights or Fundamentally Right? The Founding Fathers of our Constitution had a gargantuan task of drafting what turned out to be the most extensive written Constitution in the world. When the Constituent assembly was handed over this huge responsibility - I wonder what would have taken th...
More than 70 people have died across 11 countries. [1] Four American including one senior diplomat killed in Libya and US warships are already on the coast of Libya. [2] Western Countries including US, UK and France are shutting down their embassies in Islamic Countries due to the threat of more ret...
In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation of the Rule of Law. I start with a brief discussion on how th...
On 26th June 1975, a shocked nation heard Indira Gandhi’s unmistakable voice declare in All India Radio “The President has proclaimed emergency. This is nothing to panic about.” Perhaps its obvious that when someone uses such a defensive approach, the opposite is true. Indeed when Mrs. G gave the in...