Constitutional Law II
57 Constitutional Cases in Brief: Quick Notes
Issue: Can the government choose judges even when the Chief Justice disagrees?
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57 Landmark Constitutional Cases: Complete Notes
About this topic ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) These notes cover the 57 most important cases of Indian Constitutional Law . They are the cases that keep coming up in LL.B. examinations, in judiciary examinations and in every serious discussion of constitutional law. Every case is studied…
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Constitutional Law II: Complete Notes
Constitutional Law II deals with civil liberties. It is studied in eight units, from the question of who is a citizen of India to how the Constitution enforces the rights it gives. These rights are at work in ordinary life: when a person speaks his mind online, prays in his own way, or is stopped b…
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Jurisprudence
Law as an Instrument of Social Change in India
Key Reforms Abolition of Sati System: What It Was: A Hindu custom where widows were expected to immolate themselves on their husband's pyre. Legal Action: Abolished in 1829; further reinforced by the Sati Prevention Act…
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Case laws
M.C. Mehta (Child Labour Case)
Supreme Court of India · 1996
In this case the Supreme Court held that employing children in factories or hazardous industries, such as the matchstick and fireworks units of Sivakasi, violates their fundamental right under Article 24. The Court gave detailed, step-by-step directions for withdrawing such children from work and for their rehabilitation and education. These included an employer compensation of Rs. 20,000 per child and a State contribution of Rs. 5,000, both paid into a Child Labour Rehabilitation-cum-Welfare Fund. The case matters because it treated child labour as a question of fundamental rights, not merely of policy.
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Mohini Jain
Supreme Court of India · 1992
In Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka (1992), the Supreme Court held that the right to education is an integral part of the right to life with dignity under Article 21. It declared the capitation fee system unconstitutional as arbitrary and discriminatory under Article 14. It also struck down the parts of a 1989 Karnataka notification that let private medical colleges charge Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 60,000 a year. The case is the starting point of the right to education in Indian constitutional law.
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