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Constitutional Law

📚 5 Topics, Judgments & Notes

Fundamental rights, directive principles, judicial review, constitutional amendments, federalism, and landmark constitutional bench judgments.

MAINS QA

Examine the Constitutionality of Retrospective Criminal Legislation under Article 20(1)

Ratio: Article 20(1) grants an absolute constitutional immunity against ex-post facto penal enactments and penalties greater than what existed at the commission of the act.

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MCQS BYTES

Constitutional Law High-Yield Prelims MCQs: Fundamental Rights & Judicial Review

Test your understanding with 5 curated judicial services prelims questions covering Article 12, Article 13, Writ jurisdictions, and Basic Structure principles.

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CONCEPT EXPLAINERS

Doctrine of Basic Structure: Complete Evolution from Shankari Prasad to Kesavananda Bharati

Ratio: Parliament possesses vast constituent powers to amend the Constitution under Article 368, but cannot alter, destroy, or abrogate the basic structure or essential framework of the Constitution.

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JUDGMENT BYTES2024 INSC 113 / (2024) 5 SCC 1

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) v. Union of India: Electoral Bonds Scheme Struck Down

Ratio: Anonymity in political funding violates the voter’s fundamental right to information under Article 19(1)(a) and fails the proportionality test under Article 14.

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JUDGMENT BYTES2023 INSC 920 / (2023) 14 SCC 1

Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India: Marriage Equality & Special Marriage Act Verdict

Ratio: The right to marry is not a fundamental right per se under the Constitution of India; altering the Special Marriage Act to recognise same-sex marriages falls strictly within Parliament's legislative competence.

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