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“The federal structure of our Constitution of India cannot be allowed to be destroyed and it is a duty of the High Court that once such type of matter is brought to the knowledge of the Court, the High Court is required to rise to the occasion.”
“The beedi rollers were producing beedis and rendering services to the company through traders, however, the presence of the traders as an intermediary does not alter the relationship between the beedi workers and the company.”
“The woman is in unique and often difficult circumstances with respect to her physical, mental, social, or financial state, and all the different categories of women seek an abortion after twenty weeks either due to delay in recognizing the pregnancy or because of some other change in their environment.”
“Merely because an employee holding a valid pass fails to mention details himself, it cannot be held that he was travelling without a valid pass.”
“This crime has devastating consequences for the physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of children, who often suffer lifelong health issues, severe trauma-related disorders, anxiety, depression, difficulties in social integration.”
“Mere fact that the victim was alone, by itself, could not have been a justifiable ground to detain her in a protective home.”
“The right to dignity does not evaporate upon arrest. Even a person accused of an offence continues to be clothed with basic human rights.”
In the case at hand, the Chandigarh Housing Board rejected jhuggi dwellers’ claim for allotment of flat under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006 without giving them opportunity to be heard.
The two-day International Conference at Tantia University explored evolving fundamental rights through a human-rights lens, featuring global experts and extensive academic deliberations.
This Constitution Day, it’s time to reflect on how the Constitution has laid the groundwork for citizen empowerment through rights, judicial activism, digital governance, social justice, and participatory democracy.
“The arrest of an individual invariably impacts not only the person arrested himself, but also the persons associated with him, i.e. family, friends, relatives, etc., affecting their psychological balance and overall social well-being”.
The Faculty of Law, Tantia University, Sri Ganganagar, will host an International Conference on “The Constitution of India: Reimagining Fundamental Rights in a Dynamic World through Human Rights Lens” on 22—23 November 2025. The event aims to re-examine India’s constitutional values amid evolving social, digital, and human-rights challenges.
CJI BR Gavai’s lecture eloquently reaffirmed that human dignity lies at the heart of India’s constitutional vision. Through an insightful examination of historical foundations and contemporary judicial interpretations, he demonstrated how dignity continues to guide legal reasoning and public policy in the 21st century.
“The legislation touching upon price control in India has always been specific, eloquent and reasonable, even though important, restriction on the right to carry on business has never been sought to be achieved indirectly or by implication and without setting out a statement of the policy of the legislature on this behalf.”
“The citizens have a fundamental right to use the roads, parks, and other public conveniences provided by the State. If the streets or footways are in bad condition, the citizens are deprived of the effective use of the same, thereby infringing their constitutional rights.”
“The Constitution is a living document. We can’t bind the future generations to stick up to the Constitution that we are adopting today, and the future generations should have an opportunity to amend the Constitution, so as to adapt to the societal economic changes that the future generations would come across.”
Tracing the development of LGBTQ+ rights in India with the help of statutory provisions and notable judgments by Supreme Court and High Courts.
“A heart transplant is a serious ailment, and its surgery is critically important, and cannot be postponed, thus, is a special circumstance. Such surgeries are expedited in the interest of human life without an embargo of an expenditure which is secondary to human life.”
“In a democracy, of the people, by the people, and for the people, peaceful protest is a constitutional right. Simply because an individual took to the streets to protest in order to safeguard their rights when their interests were affected does not imply that they have committed offences.”
“Such an undisciplined approach is symptomatic of the culture of apathy that has developed on the subject of the rights and well-being of convicts. In denying them their legal right to be considered under a policy duly devised by the State for a specific purpose, the authorities have essentially categorised them as second-class citizens.”