On April 29, 1947, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel moved the interim report on fundamental rights in the constituent assembly after which the Assembly debated and discussed each clause over a 15-day period.

Today the Council adopted conclusions on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The conclusions reaffirm that the Union is based on common values such as respect ...

The Constitution offers all citizens, individually and collectively, some basic freedoms. These are guaranteed in the Constitution in the form of six broad categories of Fundamental Rights which are ...

While fundamental rights are indispensable to the constitutional governance of the country, how the fundamental rights must be understood and what is their true scope can be influenced and re-shaped ...

On January 3, the Supreme Court enlarged the scope of Articles 19 and 21 by holding that these fundamental rights would be available not just against the government but also against private parties.

Fundamental rights are the basic rights of the people of India and were mainly seen as a chapter of Civics in school. However, the Fundamental Rights Chapter of the Constitution of India now has a new ...

The fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution reflect how the framers wished to empower citizens of the newly birthed nation. In the years that followed, the judiciary, on its part, ...

April 14 is the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar is also known as Babasahab Ambedkar among his followers. Every year on his birth anniversary he is not only remembered by the government, ...

At a time when objectionable social media posts are circulated with impunity by sheltering behind the right to free speech, the Supreme Court has ruled that the shield of this fundamental right is ...

Explanation: Territory of India encompasses larger area than union of India. Territory of India includes not only states but also union territories and acquired territories, where as union of India ...

IN the last few days, we have seen large-scale violations of human rights in the country. The constitution guarantees “the dignity of man and the privacy of the home shall be inviolable” (Article 14), ...