Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century

15 The Indian constitution in the twenty-first century The continuing quest for empowerment, good governance and sustainability ...

faced by India: socioeconomic inequalities, governance gaps and environmental pollution. The challenge of ‘governance gaps’ shou ...

figures do not include several judicial decisions that, in effect, have amended the Constitution. Many amendments only made a co ...

this ‘past–present–future’ matrix. It reflects the past in two respects. First, the Constitution borrowed heavily from the Gover ...

the principles of the rule of law. It also incorporates the principle of separation of powers in a parliamentary form of governm ...

ulterior political gains. Nevertheless, the secular fabric of the Constitution has been able to withstand such temporary but per ...

in perfect ways, took place at both federal and state levels with significant voter turnout – ranging from about 45 per cent in ...

economic growth since the introduction of economic reforms in the early 1990 s, a vast amount of the Indian population still liv ...

justice, 43 the judicial process in India is a good example of delayed justice. As of 1 November 2011 , a total number of 56 , 3 ...

Finally, the challenge concerning environmental pollution is often caused by growing population and economic growth. India, whic ...

provisions in this regard. 62 Among other things, it provides for the constitution of a Finance Commission to recommend the dist ...

the 82 nd and the 85 th Amendments) in the last decade were made to lend constitutionality to affirmative-action policies. 68 In ...

ruled that the ‘creamy layer’ within OBCs should not get the benefit of such reservation. (^76) Subsequently, the Supreme Court ...

of a berth in the council of ministers was used to cause a split in opposition parties and to secure the support of splintered g ...

Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the government may als ...

judgment, the government introduced the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Bill in the parliament in ...

between preservation of the environment and economic development has not proved easy or uncontroversial, as the Vedanta and Posc ...

India is a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishm ...

judicial standards expected of judges and requiring them to declare their assets. 111 It also proposes establishing the National ...

investigation team; rather, the court gave detailed directions as to what the CBI should investigate and requested it to submit ...