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lawful 1 a : being in harmony with the law [a judgment] [a purpose] b : constituted, authorized, or established by law [a duty] 2 : law-abiding [ citizens] law·ful·ly adv law·ful·ness n ...
Laws in force
Laws in force, Article 313 refers to laws in force which means statutory laws, Union of India v. Majji Jangammayya AIR 1977 SC 757 (767): (1977) 2 SCR 28: (1977) 1 SCC 606. [Constition of India, Art. 313]--the definition of the phrase 'laws in force' is an inclusive definition and is intended to include laws passed or made by a Legislature or other competent authority before the commencement of the Constitution irrespective of the fact that the law or any part thereof was not in operation in particular areas or at all, Sant Ram v. Labh Singh, (1964) 7 SCR 756: AIR 1965 SC 314 (316)....
original intent
original intent 1 : the actual aim or purpose esp. of the framers of the U.S. Constitution 2 : a conservative theory in constitutional law: only those guarantees intended by the framers and set forth in the text of the Constitution are valid compare judicial restraint ...
selective incorporation
selective incorporation : a theory or doctrine of constitutional law that those rights guaranteed by the first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution that are fundamental to and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty are incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause compare total incorporation ...
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech presupposes that right conclusions are more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of authoritative selection. It rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from as many diverse and antagonistic sources as possible is essential to the welfare of the public. It is function of the Press to disseminate news from as many different sources and with as many different facts and colours as possible. A citizen is entirely dependent on the Press for the quality, proportion and extent of his news supply. In such a situation, the exclusive and continues advocacy of one point of view through the medium of a newspaper which holds a monopolistic position is not conductive to the formation of healthy public opinion. If the newspaper industry is concentrated in a few hands, the chance of an idea antagonistic to the idea of the owners getting access to the market becomes very remote. But our consti...
Law of competence
Law of competence, means a law establishing and defining the powers of a government, official, including the circumstances under which the official's pronouncements constitute laws. Also termed power-delegating law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 893....
Enforcement
Enforcement, means to impose or compel obedience to law or to compel observance of law, S.M.D. Kiran Pasha v. Govt. of A.P., (1990) 1 SCC 328: (1989) Supp 2 SCR 105. (Constitution of India, Art. 226)Has been defined as 'the act or process of compell-ing compliance with a law, mandate or command', (Black Law Dictionary) see also Hameed Joharan v. Abdul Salam, (2001) 7 SCC 573.The act or process of compelling compliance with a law, mandate or command, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 549....
Indian law
Indian law, 'Indian law' shall mean any Act, Ordin-ance, Regulation, rule (order, bye-law or other instrument) which before the commencement of the Constitution had the force of law in any Province of India or part thereof, or thereafter, has the force of law in any Part A State or Part C State or part thereof, but does not include any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council, rule or other instrument made under such Act. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(29)]...
Constitutionality of law
Constitutionality of law, is the law being in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of a Country. The constitutionality of a law can be challenged only by the person directly affected, Chiranji Lal v. Union of India, AIR 1951 SC 41.Constitutionality of law, on person can challenge a statute affecting bone vacantia, Bombay Dyeing v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958 SC 328....
organic law
organic law : the body of laws (as in a constitution or charter) that form the original foundation of a government ;also : one of the laws that make up such a body ...
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