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Due process of law

judiciary can declare a law bad, if it is not in accordance with due process even though the legislation may be within the competence of the legislature concerned, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu,

Magna Carta

the sovereigns of England, for the purpose of fixing the Great Charter as the broad basis of our legislation, and the material guarantee of the freedom of political opinion, and of vindicating the right of publicly discussing

Prior or previous

Prior or previous, may be implied if the contextual situation or the object and design of the legislation demands it, Graphite India Ltd. v. Durgapur Projects Ltd., (1999) 7 SCC 645. The word 'prior' or 'previous'

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National insurance

Great War, this branch of the law has been and continues to be the subject of much amending legislation. Until the law takes a more permanent and enduring form, the only guide to the law existing at

Ordinance

is the determination of the sovereign power of the state as delegated to the municipality. It is a legislative enactment, within its sphere, as much as an act of the State legislature, Municipal Ordinances, Judith O' Gallagher,

Owner (Estate Owner)

an infant is not capable of being an estate owner.' Estate owners for the purposes of the land legislation of 1925 include an owner of full age (including a corporation) who is the person designated by the

Public man

Public man, a public man clearly includes the Chief Minister or any other Minister of State Legislative Assembly or Legislative Assembly and excludes a Government Servant, M. Karunanidhi v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC

Reasonable classification

Reasonable classification, it is now well established that while Article 14 forbids class legislation, it does not forbid reasonable classification for the purposes of legislation. The classification may be founded on different

Required bona fide

Required bona fide, is suggestive of legislative intent that a mere desire which is the outcome of whim or fancy is not taken note of

Right to work

as a fundamental right can only be considered in fundamental right in those cases where there is a legislative guarantee in the form of legislation. In the absence of right to work being fundamental right it will

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