The power to remove Governors, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench held in 2010, 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 16 June 2014

The power to remove Governors 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 6 May 2010

Full text of the CJI speech, being projected as controversial in which he said that due regard must be given to the personal autonomy of rape victims "since in some cases the victim may choose to marry the perpetrator or choose to give birth to a chi

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 7 March 2010

"Democratic values such as ‘freedom of speech and expression’, ‘freedom of association’ and the ‘freedom to pursue an occupation, business, profession or trade’ need to be protected in the online domain as well"

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 30 January 2010

'...Instead of offering a considered response to the growth of terrorism, a country may resort to questionable methods such as permitting indefinite detention of terror suspects, the use of coercive interrogation techniques and the denial of the righ

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 16 December 2008

Summary of the judgement by the chief justice of India in Ashoka Kumar Thakur Vs. Union of India and Ors

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 9 April 2008

'The application of judicial review to determine constitutionality of the legislation and to review the executive decision sometimes creates tension between the judge and the legislative and executive branch. Such tension is natural and to some exten

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 7 April 2007

Dissenting minority judgment: 'I find myself unable to agree with the decision on point No. 2 formulated in the judgment. On all other points, I gratefully adopt the exposition of law and agree with the decision proposed by the learned Chief Justice.

BY K.G. Balakrishnan 23 January 2006