Golaknath v. State of Punjab [1967 AIR 1643] Parliament cannot make legislative amendments in contravention of Fundamental Rights as well as cannot amend Articles enshrining Fundamental Rights. Bench – K. Subba Rao, V. Ramaswami, K. Wanchoo, CA Vaidyalingam, M. Hidayatullah,…
AK Gopalan v. State of Madras [AIR 1950 SC 27] Case Summary Bench – Hiralal Kania, Saiyid Fazl Ali, M. P. Shastri, Meher Chand Mahajan, B. K. Mukherjee, S.R. Das. Facts – In this case, the petitioner had been detained…
Guest Faculty Vacancy at The National University of Advanced Legal Studies The National University of Advanced Legal Studies invites applications for the post of Guest Faculty for the executive LL.M. course conducted by the University. Name of the Post: Guest Faculty…
Guest Faculty (Law) vacancy in Assam University on temporary basis. Name of the Post: Guest Faculty (Law) No. of Post: 02 (Two) Subject: Mass Communication Essential Qualification and Experience • i) A Master’s degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in…
Cooley v. The Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, 12 Howard (53 U.S.) 299; 13 L. Ed. 996 (1851) Facts—The Board of Wardens of the port of Philadelphia, acting under a statute of the state of Pennsylvania that…
Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheaton (25 U.S.) 419; 6 L. Ed. 678 (1827) Facts—A Maryland law required all importers of foreign goods to have a li[1]cense issued by the state. The indictment in this case charged Brown with having imported…
Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheaton (22 U.S.) 1; 6 L. Ed. 23 (1824) Facts—The state of New York gave exclusive navigation rights to all water within the jurisdiction of the state of New York to R. R. Livingston and R.…
Salient Features of the Indian Constitution 1. Lengthiest Written Constitution. The Constitution of India is the lengthiest of all the Constitutions of the world. Originally, it contained 395 articles, 22 parts and 8 schedules. Presently, it consists of 450 articles,…
Hartog v. Colin & Shields [1939] 3 All ER 566, King’s Bench Division Case Summary The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had agreed to sell him 30,000 Argentine hare skins and that, in breach of contract, the defendants had failed…
Waller v. Florida 397 U.S. 387 1970 Case Summary Facts : Waller was found guilty of two city ordinance violations in St. Petersburg, Florida: damage of city property and disorderly breach of the peace. The state of Florida later convicted…