All posts by: Nikhil Balan
The Ordinance Making Power under the Constitution and the Evolving Jurisprudence.
An Appraisal of 2017 Supreme Court Judgment on Ordinance Making Power. The Ordinance making power of the Executive has its roots in the United Kingdom where it was the prerogative of the King to legislate on domestic matters. This exercise of the Monarch diminished with the establishment of parliamentary supremacy towards the end of seventeenth […]
An Analysis of Election Judgment of Supreme Court of India [Abhiram Singh v C D Commachen]
“At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper…” Winston Churchill The Supreme Court in a decisive judgment on the interpretation of “corrupt practices” in elections has set, yet another high […]
Analysis of General Studies Paper II of Civil Service Mains Examination 2016
Hello friends, First of all we thank each and everyone of you for the overwhelming support we received for the analysis we did for General Studies Paper-1. Taking inspiration from the support you extended, here, we are providing an analysis of General Studies Paper -II of Civil Service Mains Examination 2016. General Studies Paper-II Mains […]
Curing the Defects in the Anti-Defection Law
India is a vibrant democracy, ever growing and ever decentralising. This evolutionary democratic process, particularly evident from the decentralisation reforms initiated in the 1990s and the creation of smaller states and new states has ensured political justice to the citizens of India. With such developments, consequent and dramatic changes have taken place in the political […]
Curing the Defects in the Anti-Defection Law – Adv. Nikhil Balan
India is a vibrant democracy, ever growing and ever decentralising. This evolutionary democratic process, particularly evident from the decentralisation reforms initiated in the 1990s and the creation of smaller states and new states has ensured political justice to the citizens of India. With such developments, consequent and dramatic changes have taken place in the political […]