I. Foundations of Environmental Jurisprudence 1. Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1985) India’s first environmental PIL concerning limestone quarrying in Dehradun. The Supreme Court ordered…
Written by Prashant Panwar A Debate Beyond Elections The debate over electoral freebies has once again moved to the centre of India’s constitutional discourse. What appears on the surface to…
Prashant Panwar The recent order of the Supreme Court of India concerning the Aravalli Hills marks a significant moment in India’s environmental jurisprudence. By staying its own earlier decision that…
I. Doctrine of Basic Structure & Constitutional Supremacy 1. Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) This historic judgment laid down the Basic Structure Doctrine, holding that while Parliament has…
Writer: Prashant Panwar In a watershed moment for India’s battle against cybercrime, the Supreme Court has issued a powerful directive empowering the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a…
Written by Moot Court Committee KRMU The case of Courts on Its Own Motion in Re: Suicide Committed by Sushant Rohilla marks a turning point in how Indian courts view…
The Supreme Court has held that the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act, 1963, which made the remedy of specific performance of contracts a mandatory relief rather than a…
Case Title: M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, W.P. (C) No. 13029 of 1985. In a significant ruling concerning the use of firecrackers during Diwali, the Supreme Court has emphasized…
The Supreme Court of India is poised to address an important question regarding the maintainability of a cheque bounce complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI…
The Supreme Court of India, in a recent ruling in Kunhimuhammed @ Kunheethu v. State of Kerala, clarified once again that the absence of premeditated intention to commit murder does…
