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Legislature

Philip Laundry, p. 429. Union legislature is known as Parliament which consists of the two houses and President, Constitution of India, Art. 79. State legislature consists of one or two Houses and Governor, Constitution of India, Art.

Emergency

means a situation which is not normal, a situation which calls for urgent remedial action. Break-down of the Constitutional machinery in a State does gives rise to a situation of emergency, S.R. Bommai v. Union of India,

Intoxicating liquor

that district have become too many is transferred from the licensing justices to quarter sessions, and they are constituted the compensation authority (s. 2); but quarter sessions can exercise such power only (1) on a reference from

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Doctrine of basic structure

'a basic structure' was nothing more than a set of obvious inferences relating to the intents of the Constitution-makers arrived at by applying the established canons of construction rather broadly, as they should be so far as

India

the territories of the States and that of Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c). means Bharat, a

Administration of justice

Entry 11A, Schedule 7] The word 'Administration of Justice in List 111, Entry 11-A in 7th Schedule of Constitution only shows that, the Topic ' Administration of Justice can be legislated on both by Union as well

Civil Law

most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating

Bill

a Money Bill and a Bill containing inter alia provisions attracting clause (1) of Article 110 of the Constitution cannot be introduced in Rajya Sabha, Constitution of India, Article 107. Bill, in England, a bill may be

Family

Plurality of persons is an essential attribute of a family. A single person, male or females does not constitute a family. He or she would remain, what is inherent in the very nature of things. An individual,

Goods

meaning of s. 2(7) of the Sale of Goods Act,1930 and the expression 'sale of goods' in the Constitution in Entry 54, List II, having the same meaning as that expression has in the Sale of Goods

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