Share Supreme Court of India PETITIONER:INDIRA NEHRU GANDHI (SMT.) Vs. RESPONDENT:RAJ NARAIN & ANR. DATE OF JUDGMENT24/06/1975 BENCH:KRISHNAIYER‚ V.R. CITATION: 1975 AIR 1590 1975 SCC (2) 159 ACT: Representation of the People Act‚ 1951‚ S.116B(2)-Stay of election judgment and order-Judge-Power-Dimensions of Judge power to stay-Difference between executive discretion and judicial discretion‚ explained-Cognisability of non-legal arguments in such cases-Equity and ground of
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India won her independence in 1947 and for winning this independence Congress‚ as a political party‚ played the predominant role. The leaders of the Congress party‚ then‚ were great leaders — stalwarts — really dedicated to the cause and to the party which they served. Mahatma Gandhi was the undisputed leader and there were leaders of such caliber as Jawahar Lai Nehru‚ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel‚ Dr. Rajendra Prasad‚ C. Rajagopalacharya‚ Pattabhi Sitaramayya‚ Sarojini Naidu‚ Subhash Chandra Bose
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1. General information Facts Population: 1‚080‚264‚388 (est. 2005) Area: 3‚287‚590 sq km Location: Southern Asia. Neighbours are Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ China‚ Nepal and Pakistan. It Borders the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Capital: New Delhi Government type: Federal republic. President: A.P.J. Abdul KALAM Currency: Indian Rupee = 100 Paise Language: Hindi is the national language (30% of the population). There are 14 other official languages: Telugu‚ Bengali‚ Marathi
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN INDIA: ACTS‚ LAWS AND POLICIES Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act‚ 2005 (PWDVA) The PWDVA came in to force on the 26th of October 2006 as a National Law spanning all of India except for the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The Act is supposed to provide quick protection and relief to women facing domestic violence. Some of the salient features of this Act are: * Only women can avail of the remedies provided under this Act. * The Act provides a broad definition
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For almost six decades the movement had been changing colour and strategy to gain a foothold. Gradually‚ the Jharkhand Party grew politically stronger but the commissions examining the demands for a separate Jharkhand State rejected it one after another. In August 1947 the Thakkar Commission rejected it saying that it would not be beneficial for the Adivasis. In 1948 Dar Commission also examined the demand for a separate Jharkhand state but rejected it on linguistic grounds. Despite these reports
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by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the parliament) were women. However‚ women in India continue to face atrocities such as rape‚ acid throwing‚ dowry killings‚ forced prostitution of young girls.According
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figure in the 2009 general election‚ which the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance lost to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). He led the BJP in the 2014 general election‚ which resulted in an outright majority for the BJP in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament)‚ the first time that any party had done so since 1984. Modi is a Hindu Nationalist and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).[2][3] He is a controversial figure both within India as well as
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To commence with‚ I would like to pose a question to all of you - What would literacy mean here—matriculates‚ graduates‚ PhDs? Who decides? I would also like to ask the audience at large the difference between ‘literacy’ and ‘education’. To answer this- Literacy merely implies ability to read and write whereas education is enhancing one’s ability to reason‚ make informed choices and sound judgement. It is a statistical fact that for elections at all levels‚ a certain the segment of the voting
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contents CHAPTER I 2 EMOCRAC ACY DEMOCRACY IN THE NTEMPORARY WORLD CONTEMPORARY WORLD CHAPTER 2 22 WHAT EMOCRAC ACY WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? EMOCRAC ACY WHY DEMOCRACY? CHAPTER 3 40 NSTITUTIO ESIGN CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN CHAPTER 4 56 ELECT POLITI LITICS ELECTORAL POLITICS CHAPTER 5 78 WORKING INSTITUTIO WORKING OF INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 6 96 EMOCRATIC RIGHT GHTS DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS 1 1 CHAPTER I Democracy in the Contemporary World VERVIE VIEW OVERVIEW This book
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Party Janata Dal |No. |Portrait |Name |CM |Term of office |Elections |Political party |Refs | | | |(Birth–Death); Constituency | | |(Lok Sabha) |(Alliance) | | | |1 |[pic] |Jawaharlal Nehru |1 |15 | | | | |(1889–1964) |
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