{"id":278077,"date":"2022-11-26T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T05:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=278077"},"modified":"2022-11-26T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T05:30:51","slug":"ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

   <\/p>\n

T<\/span>his year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back our Constitution was adopted after 3 years of extensive debates by the Constituent Assembly. Interestingly, this Assembly was elected by provincial legislatures under a British Act of Parliament and not through adult suffrage. As per Article 394, 15 articles came into immediate effect and rest on 26-1-1950. Our written Constitution today broadly comprises of Assembly debates, Constitution book and various amendments and the unwritten Constitution can be studied in form of “judicial principles” [derivative (judicial legislations), doctrinal (basic structure, PIL, etc.) and institutional (collegium, SITs, etc.)] and “constitutional conventions” (e.g., appointment of senior most Judge as the Chief Justice of India). Fortunately, unlike Magna Carta, which was almost immediately nullified, our written Constitution has survived several tragic attempts to dilute its influence and the unwritten part has time and again saved democracy.<\/p>\n

Attacks on constitutional spirit began right from 1951 when the 1st Constitutional Amendment was passed which in a nutshell intended to evade judicial scrutiny by pushing legislations inside the new 9th Schedule. Notably, this was passed by the same Constituent Assembly which drafted the Constitution as the 1st Lok Sabha elections were conducted in 1952. Its primary agenda was to nullify a judgment of the Patna High Court, wherein one of the agrarian reform legislations was struck down. This, tough unintended triggered an era of conflict over guardianship of the Constitution between the Parliament and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

After checking land reforms, in landmark judgments, attempts to control press by the Parliament were quashed in Romesh Thappar<\/i> v. State of Madras<\/i>1<\/sup><\/a> and Rustom Cavasjee Cooper<\/i> v. Union of India<\/i>2<\/sup><\/a> cases. As the Government was inserting legislations in the 9th Schedule whimsically, in 1967, in C. Golak Nath<\/i> v. State of Punjab<\/i>3<\/sup><\/a> the Supreme Court held that the Parliament cannot take away fundamental rights and prospectively overruled such legislations. To nullify this, in 1971, 24th<\/span>and 25th Amendments were introduced. The 24th Amendment stipulated that the Parliament could amend any provisions of the Constitution under Article 368. These amendments were finally partially struck down in Kesavananda Bharati<\/i> v. State of Kerala<\/i>4<\/sup><\/a> (1973) and it was held that no amendment can be passed which violates “basic structure” of the Constitution. A 13-Judge Bench was immediately constituted to nullify it, which thankfully could not completely rehear it. However, this did not stop the Government from nationalisation of various sectors and abolition of privy purses of erstwhile rulers. In 1975, during emergency, the 39th Amendment stating that any law made by Parliament before its commencement shall not apply to election of President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker was passed. The Supreme Court quashed it in Indira Nehru Gandhi<\/i> v. Raj Narain<\/i>5<\/sup><\/a>. The Government then sought to develop a “committed judiciary” and promoted favouring Judges as the Chief Justice twice, by superseding the seniority convention. In another direct attack, the 42nd Amendment was introduced to substantially reduce the power of judicial review of constitutional courts. A number of its provisions were thereafter removed in 43rd<\/span>and 44th Amendments by the successor Government and few other provisions were quashed in Minerva Mills Ltd.<\/i> v. Union of India<\/i>6<\/sup><\/a> (1980).<\/p>\n

This forced the judiciary to deinstitutionalise itself from being a “legal institution” and get transformed into a “governing institution”. This led to the advent of public interest litigations and rise of judicial activism. A plethora of cases were decided expanding the ambit of Article 21 to include various fundamental rights and environmental jurisprudence was crafted inside the Constitution itself through judgments in T.N. Godavarman<\/i> and M.C. Mehta<\/i> cases. The attempts at luring vote banks in the garb of reservations to public employment and educational institutions continued, and Articles 15 and 16 were interpreted and amended to nullify judgments in Prantiya Vidhyut Mandal Mazdoor Federation<\/i> v. Rajasthan SEB<\/i>7<\/sup><\/a> (1992), Union of India<\/i> v. Virpal Singh Chauhan<\/i>8<\/sup><\/a> and S. Vinod Kumar<\/i> v. Union of India<\/i>9<\/sup><\/a> via the 77th, 85th and 82nd Amendments. In the latest blow to the Constitution an attempt to encroach upon judicial appointments was made via the 99th Amendment to nullify judgments in 2nd<\/i>10<\/sup><\/a> <\/span>and 3rd Judges<\/i>11<\/sup><\/a> cases<\/i> (1993 and 1998) by drafting NJAC. This amendment has been quashed in the 4th Judges<\/i>12<\/sup><\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n

The constitutional tension between judiciary and other organs of the State has not yet released itself. Appointments of Judges are being recommended but are confirmed after a considerable time depending upon various factors. The judiciary has been alleged by a particular section of society to have largely compromised with the executive as quite a few judgments have been passed in its favour. While I believe that the tension between the two organs of the State is still going strong, I do not believe that judiciary has been compromised at all.<\/p>\n

Our Constitution is a guardian whose two sons (judiciary and legislature) have been at constant slugfest to claim right over it. The founders thankfully inserted Articles 13 and 144 which mandate judicial review and that all three organs have to cooperate with the Supreme Court. It is precisely because of this that the written Constitution though has been erased, rewritten and unwritten, still shines a full moon. Its greatest victory perhaps is that the tolerance interval between “I legislate – You quash – I legislate again” dictum has increased. This day has been notified as the “Constitution Day” by the current ruling establishment. As pen pushers we hope the journey of our constitution, with all ups hereinafter and no downs, keeps on going strong. Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

\u2020 Advocate-On-Record, Supreme Court. He can be reached at office@namitsaxena.in<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> 1950 SCC 436<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2.<\/a> (1970) 1 SCC 248<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3.<\/a> AIR 1967 SC 1643<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4.<\/a> (1973) 4 SCC 225<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5.<\/a> 1975 Supp SCC 1<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> (1980) 3 SCC 625<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7.<\/a> (1992) 2 SCC 723<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8.<\/a> (1995) 6 SCC 684<\/a>.<\/p>\n

9.<\/a> (1996) 6 SCC 580<\/a><\/p>\n

10.<\/a> Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Assn.<\/i> v. Union of India<\/i>, (1993) 4 SCC 441<\/a>.<\/p>\n

11.<\/a> Special Reference No. 1 of 1998, In re<\/i>, (1998) 7 SCC 739<\/a>.<\/p>\n

12.<\/a> Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Assn. v. Union of India<\/i>, (2015) 6 SCC 408<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Namit Saxena†<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":278078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42503,1191],"tags":[3261,53201,20951,53202,38502,53203,48786,35864,53204,53205],"class_list":["post-278077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-analysis","category-op-ed","tag-Basic_Structure","tag-british-act-of-parliament","tag-chief-justice-of-india","tag-committed-judiciary","tag-constitution-day","tag-governing-institution","tag-judicial-legislation","tag-judicial-principles","tag-legal-institution","tag-ups-and-downs"],"yoast_head":"\nUps and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-26T05:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"310\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/\",\"name\":\"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-26T05:30:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"description\":\"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg\",\"width\":390,\"height\":310},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey | SCC Times","description":"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey","og_description":"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-11-26T05:30:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":390,"height":310,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/","name":"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-26T05:30:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"description":"This year happens to be the 75th year of attaining independence. This day is particularly more important to us as 72 years back","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg","width":390,"height":310},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/26\/ups-and-downs-of-our-constitutions-platinum-journey\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ups and Downs of our Constitution’s Platinum Journey"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image24-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":312268,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/26\/republic-day-2024-how-indian-constitution-came-into-being-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":0},"title":"The Vision of a Republic: How the Indian Constitution Came Into Being","author":"Sucheta","date":"January 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Constitution of independent India was the result of a fervent desire for Swaraj. The Constitution as we know it, was born from a massive struggle to assert India\u2019s right to exist without foreign trespass and govern her own destiny.","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vision of a Republic Indian Constitution","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vision-of-a-Republic-Indian-Constitution.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vision-of-a-Republic-Indian-Constitution.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vision-of-a-Republic-Indian-Constitution.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vision-of-a-Republic-Indian-Constitution.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":255077,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/10\/04\/stalemate-speaker-and-the-constitution\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":1},"title":"Stalemate, Speaker, and the Constitution","author":"Editor","date":"October 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Uday Shankar\u2020","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":259574,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/01\/06\/complete-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":2},"title":"Redefining \u201cComplete Justice\u201d \u2014 An Incomplete Endeavour\u2026","author":"Editor","date":"January 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dr Suvendu Kumar Pati*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-144.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-144.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-144.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-144.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-144.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":282471,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/25\/one-part-to-guide-them-all-preamble-the-constitutions-adi-vakya\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":3},"title":"\u201cOne Part to Guide Them All\u201d: Preamble- The Constitution’s \u2018Adi- Vakya’","author":"Editor","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Sucheta Sarkar\u2020","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-201.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":355306,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/01\/supreme-court-direction-telangana-legislative-assembly-speaker-brs-mla-defection-disqualification\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":4},"title":"SC directs Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly to expeditiously conclude disqualification proceedings against defected BRS MLAs","author":"Sucheta","date":"August 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe question, therefore, that we ask ourselves is as to whether the Speaker has acted in an expeditious manner, when expedition was one of the main reasons, why the Parliament had entrusted the important task of adjudicating disqualification petitions to the Speaker\/Chairman\u201d.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Telangana Assembly Speaker BRS MLAs defection","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Telangana-Assembly-Speaker-BRS-MLAs-defection.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Telangana-Assembly-Speaker-BRS-MLAs-defection.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Telangana-Assembly-Speaker-BRS-MLAs-defection.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Telangana-Assembly-Speaker-BRS-MLAs-defection.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":233655,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/10\/speaker-court-and-the-parliamentary-democracy-in-india\/","url_meta":{"origin":278077,"position":5},"title":"Speaker, Court and the Parliamentary Democracy in India","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"August 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Uday Shankar*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Parliament_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Parliament_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Parliament_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Parliament_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Parliament_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}