Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Ch.1 Locating Indian Constitutionalism
- Part I History
- Part II Negotiating Constitutionalism
- Ch.5 Constitutional Interpretation
- Ch.6 Law, Politics, and Constitutional Hegemony: the Supreme Court, jurisprudence, and demosprudence
- I Introduction
- II The Supreme Court of India
- III Organisational Adjudicatory Leadership
- IV Hermeneutic Adjudicatory Leadership (HAL)
- V The Politics and the Law of Constitutional Amendments
- VI The Rights Revolution: The SAL Demosprudence
- VII Socially Responsible Criticism
- VIII Towards a Conclusion: Demosprudence?
- Ch.7 Constitutional Identity
- Ch.8 Constitutional Change: a public choice analysis
- Ch.9 International Law and the Constitutional Schema
- Part III Constituting Democracy
- Part IV Separation of Powers
- Ch.15 Separation of Powers
- Ch.16 Legislature: composition, qualifications, and disqualifications
- Ch.17 Legislature: privileges and process
- Ch.18 Executive
- Ch.19 Judicial Architecture and Capacity
- Ch.20 Judicial Independence
- Ch.21 Jurisdiction
- Ch.22 The Administrative and Regulatory State
- Ch.23 Tribunals
- I Introduction
- II A Brief History of the Evolution of Tribunals in India
- III Constitutional Litigation over Tribunals (1985–2014)
- 1 The Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 and Sampath Kumar
- 2 The Post- Sampath Kumar Cases (1986–93)
- 3 Revisiting and Revising Sampath Kumar: Sakinala Harinath and L Chandra Kumar (1993–97)
- 4 The Immediate Aftermath of Chandra Kumar (1997–2004)
- 5 The National Company Law Tribunals—Round I (2004–10)
- 6 The National Tax Tribunal Decision (2014)
- 7 The National Company Law Tribunals—Round II (2010–15)
- IV Conclusion
- Ch.24 Review of Administrative Action
- Part V Federalism
- Ch.25 The Federal Scheme
- Ch.26 Legislative Competence: the Union and the States
- I Introduction
- II Legislative Competence in the Indian Constitution: An Overview
- III Competence: Power and Repugnance Distinguished
- IV Repugnance: Conflicting Intra Vires Legislation
- 1 Mar Appraem Kuri and Actual Conflict
- 2 Article 254(1), the Concurrent List, and VK Sharma
- V Conclusion
- Ch.27 Inter-State Trade, Commerce, and Intercourse
- Ch.28 Inter-State River Water Disputes
- I Introduction
- II Water Disputes and the Constitutional Framework
- III Parliament’s Role: The Inter-State River Water Disputes Act
- IV Inter-State River Dispute Resolution: Concerns and Difficulties
- V Conclusion, and an Evaluation of the Mullaperiyar Judgment
- VI Conclusion
- Ch.29 Fiscal Federalism
- Ch.30 Asymmetric Federalism
- I Introduction
- II The Significance of Asymmetric Federalism in India
- III Constitutional Provisions for Asymmetry in India
- IV Conclusion
- Ch.31 Local Government
- I Introduction
- II Establishing Representative Local Self-Government in India: A Brief History
- III Local Government in the Constitution and in Statutes
- 1 Overview of Constitutional and Statutory Provisions on Local Government
- 2 The Structure and Composition of Local Government Bodies
- 3 The Case of Industrial Townships: Subverting Representative Local Government
- 4 The Composition of Local Bodies: Franchise and Representation
- 5 The Conduct of Elections to Local Bodies
- IV The Functions and Powers of Local Bodies and their Place in the Federal Framework
- V Conclusion
- Part VI Rights—Structure and Scope
- Ch.32 Rights: breadth, scope, and applicability
- Ch.33 Horizontal Effect
- Ch.34 Writs and Remedies
- Ch.35 Saving Clauses: the Ninth Schedule and Articles 31A–C
- Ch.36 Directive Principles of State Policy
- Ch.37 Public Interest Litigation
- Ch.38 The Constitutionalisation of Indian Private Law
- Part VII Rights—Substance and Content
- Ch.39 Equality: legislative review under Article 14
- Ch.40 Reservations
- Ch.41 Gender Equality
- Ch.42 Life and Personal Liberty
- I Introduction
- II From Gopalan to Maneka—Unresolved Issues
- III The Basis for Expanding the Meaning of ‘Personal Liberty’
- IV Using Dignity to Expand the ‘Right to Life’ and ‘Personal Liberty’
- V Civil and Political Rights
- VI Socio-Economic Rights
- VII Environmental Jurisprudence and Article 21
- VIII Evaluating the Judicial Discourse
- IX Conclusion
- Ch.43 Due Process
- Ch.44 Criminal Law and the Constitution
- Ch.45 Free Speech and Expression
- I Introduction
- II Justifying Free Speech
- III Colonial Continuity, Sedition, and Public Order
- IV The Scope of Article 19(1)(a)
- V Subversive Speech: Public Order and Sedition
- VI Hate Speech and Obscenity
- VII Doctrinal Confusion and Obscenity Standards
- VIII Conclusion: Speech, Democracy, and the Value of an Agonistic Public Sphere
- Ch.46 Assembly and Association
- Ch.47 Movement and Residence
- Ch.48 Profession, Occupation, Trade, or Business
- Ch.49 Secularism and Religious Freedom
- Ch.50 Personal Laws
- Ch.51 Minority Educational Institutions
- Ch.52 Property
- I Introduction: The Property Paradox
- II The Fundamental Right to Property in the Constitution 1950 and Section 299 of the Government of India Act 1935: Shifts and Continuities
- III Agrarian Reform and the First, Fourth, and Seventeenth Amendments [Article 31(4) and (6), Articles 31A and 31B]
- IV Eminent Domain and Police Powers: The Relationship Between Articles 19 and 31 and the Fourth Amendment (1955)
- V ‘Public Purpose’ and ‘Compensation’
- VI The Fundamental Right to Property Abolished: Forty-fourth Constitutional Amendment
- VII Reinstating the Fundamental Right to Property in the Indian Constitution
- VIII Conclusion
- Part VIII The Government’s Legal Personality
- Epilogue
- Further Material
