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19th May 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: A Brief History of the Supreme Court’s ‘Complete Justice’ Power
On 11 June 1991, 19-year-old Perarivalan was arrested for conspiring to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi. He was convicted for supplying batteries and other bomb materials to ...
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13th May 2022 | Vineeth Krishna E
Why India's Constitution Framers Hated the Sedition Law
On 11 June 2022, the Supreme Court permitted the Union to re-examine the constitutional validity of Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which criminalizes seditio...
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4th May 2022 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (May 1949): India Decides to Remain in the Commonwealth of Nations
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On 16 May 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru, moved a motion in the Constituent Assembly, asking his fellow Constitution framers to ratify the ...
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2nd May 2022 | Vineeth Krishna
Workers' Rights in M.N. Roy's Constitution of Free India : A Draft (1944)
On 1 May, the world celebrated ‘May Day’ or the International Workers’ Day to commemorate the gains of the workers’ movements across the world. The fruits of this movement...
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23rd April 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Sardar Patel's Spirited Defence of the Indian Civil Services
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In light of Civil Services Day which was celebrated on 21 April, we give you a peek into a fascinating moment in the Cons...
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6th April 2022 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution Making (April 1947): Princely States Join the Constituent Assembly
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On 28 April 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India reconvened after a 2-month break. This sitting began with eighteen new members ...
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31st March 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Why Do Some Union Expenses Not Require Parliament’s Approval?
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Yesterday, the Rajya Sabha approved the Appropriation Bill 2022. The Lok Sabha had done the same a week ago. With this, the ...
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29th March 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Did Indians Participate in Constitution Making?
The Constituent Assembly publicly circulated the Draft Constitution 1948 and received feedback and comments. We know this from Shiva Rao’s six-volume The Framing of In...
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11th March 2022 | Editorial Team
2021 कॉन्स्टिटूशन ऑफ़ इंडिया डॉट नेट के साथ
2021 के पहले कुछ हफ्तों में कृषि कानूनों के खिलाफ किसानों के विरोध को तेजी से स्वर पाते और तेज होते देखा गया। इसने काफी मीडिया एवं राजनीति का ध्यान आकर्षित किया। 2021 के ह...
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11th March 2022 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (March 1931) : Bhagat Singh Hanged, Karachi Resolution Passed
In March 1931 thousands of Indians from across the country gathered at the Port city of Karachi. Among them were the leaders of India’s freedom movement, including Jawahar...
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9th March 2022 | Editorial Team
Constitution in the Classroom: A Session with the Students of Mallya Aditi International School
On March 8th 2022, the ConstitutionofIndia.net team conducted a ‘Constitution and Fundamental Rights’ workshop for the grade 6 students of Mallya Aditi International S...
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25th February 2022 | Kalyani Menon and Vineeth Krishna
How A 1933 U.S. Law Shaped India’s Financial Emergency Provision
In 1933, during a catastrophic global economic crisis, Franklin Roosevelt became the United States President. The Great Depression was battering the U.S. economy which was...
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16th February 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Constitution Framers Refused to Regulate Religious Attire
We appear to be in the midst of a heated public debate around religious attire in educational institutions. 74 years ago, the Indian Constituent Assembly took a decision o...
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9th February 2022 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution-Making (February 1947): Britain Announces It Will Quit India
On 20 February 1947, British Prime Minister C.R. Atlee made it official: Britain would leave India – and soon.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Atlee informed member...
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5th February 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Indian Framers Deliberately Chose ‘Union of States’
On 2 February, in Parliament, a leader of the Congress Party referred to India as a ‘Union of States’. This has offended the BJP and triggered political controversy. A BJP...
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3rd February 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Independent India's First Budget
On 26 November 1947 a tall man, impeccably dressed in a suit, carrying a leather briefcase, posed for the cameras in a rather stoic fashion. He then walked into the Pa...
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31st January 2022 | Varsha Nair
Tightening the Noose on Interfaith Marriage
Interfaith couples in India can get married under the Special Marriage Act 1954. This is often accompanied by the threat of harassment and violence from family members as ...
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31st January 2022 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: 2021 with Constitutionofindia.net
We thought it would be great if the first 2022 desk brief took a step back and reviewed 2021 through a curated set of Constitutionofindia.net pieces. So h...
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31st January 2022 | The Editorial Team
Desk Brief: ‘We the People in the Name of Gandhi’?
During a debate that would settle the Constitution’s Preamble, Constituent Assembly President, Rajendra Prasad informed the House some members had given notice of amendmen...
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26th January 2022 | Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Vineeth Krishna
Finding Bose in the Indian Constitution
Like M.K. Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose was not part of the Constituent Assembly that drafted India’s Constitution, but for different reasons. While Gandhi strategically...
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10th January 2022 | Varsha Nair
The Jammu & Kashmir Constituent Assembly
Very few Indians had the distinction of being constitution framers twice over. In fact, there were only four: Sheikh Abdullah, Moti Ram Baigra, Mirza Afzal Beg and Maulana...
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7th January 2022 | Editorial Team
जबरन मजदूरी किसे माना गया है ?
पिछले महीने की शुरुआत में, दुनिया ने 2 दिसंबर को ‘अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दास प्रथा उन्मूलन दिवस’ के रूप में मनाया। यह 1949 में हुए एक महत्वपूर्ण संयुक्त राष्ट्र सम्मेलन की 72वीं ...
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7th January 2022 | Editorial Team
लोकतंत्र में विरोध
संसद के मौजूदा शीतकालीन सत्र के पहले दिन राज्यसभा के सभापति ने सदन के 12 विपक्षी सदस्यों को पूरे सत्र के लिए निलंबित कर दिया। उन पर पिछले मानसून सत्र में 'उपद्रवी ' व्यवहा...
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4th January 2022 | Varsha Nair
Should Minors Have the Right to Convert?
On 21 December 2021, the Union government introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. For now, the Bill has be...
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4th January 2022 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (January 1947): The Constituent Assembly passes the Objectives Resolution
Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly on 13th December 1946. The Assembly extensively debated the Resolution between 16th and 1...
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31st December 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: What Counts as Forced Labour?
Earlier this month, the world observed 2 December as the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. This marked the 72nd anniversary of an important United N...
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24th December 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Is Religious Conversion about Individuals or Groups?
On 1 May 1947, Constituent Assembly members discussed an early version of the Constitution’s fundamental rights chapter that included a right to convert to other relig...
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22nd December 2021 | Editorial Team
पच्चीसवां संविधान संशोधन
(पच्चीसवां संविधान संशोधन) अधिनियम 1971को संसद द्वारा 20 अप्रैल 1972 को पारित किया गया था। इसका उद्देश्य, आर.सी. कूपर बनाम भारत संघ(1970) (जिसे बैंक राष्ट्रीयकरण मामले...
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16th December 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Opposing Democracy?
On the first day of the current Winter session of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha Chairman suspended 12 opposition members of his house for the entire session. They were a...
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7th December 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (December 1948): How Should We Choose Our President?
On 13th December 1948, the Constituent Assembly took up Article 43 of the Draft Constitution (Article 54 – Constitution of India, 1950) and debated the following question:...
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1st December 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
B.R Ambedkar's Justification To Restrict Fundamental Rights
In 1919, a New York State Court judge felt strange that a ‘...a young man, 29 years of age, of intelligence, a striking example of the educational system of this country, ...
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30th November 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The 25th Amendment
(This Brief is part of a series that highlights the context, content and effect of important constitutional amendments that were passed in India after we enacted our ...
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27th November 2021 | Varsha Nair
Constitution Day Quiz 2021
To celebrate Constitution Day, the constitutionofindia.net team collaborated with Qshala to conduct an exciting virtual quiz on the Constitution, on 26 November 2021 from ...
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27th November 2021 | Editorial Team
संविधान निर्माण में यह महीना (अक्टूबर, 1949): संविधान सभा ने न्यायालय की अवमानना को अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता की सीमाओं में जोड़ा
17 अक्टूबर 1949 को प्रारूप समिति के सदस्य टी.टी. कृष्णमाचारी ने संविधान के मसौदे में अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता पर एक प्रतिबंध के रूप में अदालत की अवमानना को जोड़ने का प...
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26th November 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Day We Adopted Our Constitution
Exactly 72 years ago, on 26 November 1949, Sardar Patel had some good news to share with his colleagues in the Constituent Assembly:
'I am glad to inform the House...
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15th November 2021 | Kalyani Menon and Meenakshi Ramkumar
U.S. – India Comparative Constitutional 2.0 - Workshop 3
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) in collaboration with its partnered Indian and American universities is organising a series of workshops on U.S.- India Compa...
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8th November 2021 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution-Making (November 1946): Was The Constituent Assembly Valid Despite Muslim League Absence?
In November 1946, key Indian political and legal figures were knee-deep in preparations towards setting up the Constituent Assembly of India. The Muslim League was against...
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4th November 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar and Kalyani Menon
U.S. – India Comparative Constitutional 2.0 - Workshop 2
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) in collaboration with its partnered Indian and American universities is organising a series of workshops on U.S.- India Compa...
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25th October 2021 | Kalyani Menon and Meenakshi Ramkumar
U.S. – India Comparative Constitutional 2.0 - Workshop 1
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) in collaboration with its partnered Indian and American universities is organising a series of workshops on U.S.- India Compa...
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14th October 2021 | Editorial Team
Does Affirmative Action Conflict with Efficiency?
Article 335 of the Constitution states that government will consider the representation of SC/ST communities as a factor when they make appointments to posts or services, ...
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12th October 2021 | Editorial Team
ईश्वर के नाम पर
हाल ही में, कर्नाटक के कुछ विधायकों को राज्य मंत्रिमंडल में शामिल किया गया। जब उन्होंने शपथ ग्रहण किया, तो उन्होंने गौमाता, सेवा लाल, विजयनगर विरुपाक्ष और भुवनेश्वरी जैसे ...
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5th October 2021 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month In Constitution Making (October, 1949): Constituent Assembly Adds Contempt of Court to Free Speech Limitations
On 17 October 1949, Drafting Committee member T.T. Krishnamachari proposed to add contempt of court as a restriction on freedom of speech in the Draft Constitution. The Co...
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30th September 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
Affirmative Action in Indian Constitutional History: An Overview
In 1902, Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj, the first king of the Princely State of Kolhapur (1900 - 1923), reserved 50% of government jobs in his state for backward communities. Thi...
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30th September 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Article 372 and Laiq Ali's Escape
In December 1948, Laiq Ali, the then Prime Minister of Hyderabad, was detained at his bungalow as part of the Indian military action to merge Hyderabad with the Indian Uni...
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28th September 2021 | Editorial Team
24वां संविधान संशोधन
यह संक्षिप्त-लेख एक श्रृंखला का हिस्सा है, जो हमारे भारतीय संविधान, 1950 के लागू होने के बाद पारित किए गए महत्वपूर्ण संवैधानिक संशोधनों के संदर्भ, सामग्री और प्रभाव पर प्र...
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27th September 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Why Is Hindi Not Our National Language?
Union Home Minister, Amit Shah in his Hindi Diwas (14 September), speech urged Indians to be ‘atmanirbhar’ with languages, especially Hindi. The Union Defence Minister, Ra...
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20th September 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (September 1949): Constituent Assembly Settles on a Name for the Union
The Draft Constitution of India, 1948 opened with Article 1 that stated ‘India shall be a Union of States’. When Article 1 was taken up for discussion in the Constituent A...
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20th September 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Extending Affirmative Action to the Supreme Court?
The Constitution of India 1950 frames a comprehensive architecture for affirmative action in India. A key element of this is the representation of members from marginalise...
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11th September 2021 | Editorial Team
जयपाल सिंह- भारतीय हॉकी और जनजातीय अधिकारों की कप्तानी
1928 में, भारत ने पहली बार ओलंपिक के लिए एक आधिकारिक दल भेजा जिसमें एक हॉकी टीम भी शामिल थी। हॉकी टीम की कप्तानी जयपाल सिंह ने की थी, जिन्होंने ऑक्सफोर्ड में अपनी पढ़ाई के...
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31st August 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: In The Name of God
Recently, a few MLAs from Karnataka were inducted into the State cabinet. When they took their oaths, they invoked the name of specific gods like Gaumata, Seva Lal, Vijayn...
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31st August 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
Moplah Rebellion: Not Just A Religious Uprising
20 August 2021 marked the centenary of the Moplah rebellion (or Malabar rebellion). The rebellion is considered a divisive event in the history of Hindu-Muslim relations i...
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30th August 2021 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution-Making (August 1947): Constituent Assembly Appoints Drafting Committee
On 29 August 1947, Satyanarayan Sinha moved a motion in the Constituent Assembly to appoint a Drafting Committee ‘to scrutinise and to suggest necessary amendment to the d...
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29th August 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Constituent Assembly on Indigenous People's Rights
9 August marked the International Day of World’s Indigenous People. In India, indigenous people number around 104 million and comprise 8.6% of the population. Adivasi or ...
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18th August 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Jaipal Singh- Captaining Indian Hockey and Tribal Rights
In 1928, India sent an official contingent to the Olympics for the first time which included a hockey team. The team was captained by Jaipal Singh who had...
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17th August 2021 | Editorial Team
विवाह - सामाजिक परिवर्तन के लिए मुख्य संस्था?
पीयू (PEW) रिसर्च सेंटर की नवीनतम रिपोर्ट से पता चलता है कि अधिकांश भारतीय अंतर्जातीय और अंतर-धार्मिक विवाहों की निंदा करते हैं। बी.आर. अम्बेडकर के लिए यह गहरी चिंता का वि...
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6th August 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: When the Indian State Listens In
The Indian state has been accused of conducting surveillance on politicians, activists and journalists. The ‘Pegasus scandal’ has rocked Parliament, triggered public furor...
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2nd August 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Marriage - The Key Site For Social Transformation?
The latest PEW Research Centre report finds that majority of Indians condemn inter-caste and inter-religious marriages. For B.R. Ambedkar this would have been a cause for ...
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26th July 2021 | Kalyani Menon
When Voluntary Sterilisation is Coerced
A day before World Population Day, on 10 July, the Uttar Pradesh Government announced a draft of the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 20...
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24th July 2021 | Editorial Team
संविधान निर्माण में यह महीना (जुलाई 1946): कांग्रेस पार्टी ने उद्देश्य संकल्प के पहले संस्करण का मसौदा तैयार किया
जुलाई 1946 भारतीय संविधान निर्माण के लिए एक महत्वपूर्ण महीना था।.सबसे पहले, संविधान सभा के चुनाव संपन्न हुए - कांग्रेस पार्टी प्रमुख राजनीतिक शक्ति के रूप में उभरी। दूसरा,...
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19th July 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Call for an Associate Editor/Research Associate, 2021
Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore (CLPR) is a not-for-profit dedicated to making the Constitution work for everyone through law and policy research, social and...
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19th July 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Livestreaming India’s Constitutional Democracy
On 30 June 2021, the Presidential Commission on Supreme Court of the United States of America sat for the second time. The Commission was constituted by the U.S. President...
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14th July 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (July 1946): Congress Party Drafts First Version of Objectives Resolution
July 1946 was an eventful month for Indian constitution-making. First, elections to the Constituent Assembly concluded – the Congress Party emerged as the dominant politic...
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13th July 2021 | Editorial Team
शराबबन्दी कानून का जोर
संविधान का अनुच्छेद 47 भारतीय राज्य को 'नशीले पेय' के सेवन पर रोक लगाने का निर्देश देता है। संविधान के नीति निर्देशक सिद्धांत चैप्टर के हिस्सा होने के नाते, राज्य इस प्रा...
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13th July 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The 24th Amendment
This Brief is part of a series that highlights the context, content and effect of important constitutional amendments that were passed in India after we enacted our Consti...
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9th July 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
The Dowry Death of Snehalatha Mukhopadhyay
On the afternoon of 29 January 1914 in Calcutta, a young woman, Snehalatha Mukhopadhyay, set herself on fire. Reports at the time indicate that she committed suicide to en...
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6th July 2021 | Editorial Team
सातवाँ संविधान संशोधन
25 मार्च, 1953 को, भारत के तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री, जवाहरलाल नेहरू ने भारत के पहले भाषायी राज्य - आंध्र प्रदेश के निर्माण की घोषणा की। तीन साल बाद संसद ने संविधान (सातवां स...
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30th June 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: H.V. Kamath’s Attack on Emergency Powers
26 June 2021 marked the 46th anniversary of the first and only declaration of emergency in India. Fundamental rights were cast aside and wholesale amendments to a range of...
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29th June 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Prohibition Law on the Rocks?
Article 47 of the Constitution directs the Indian State to prohibit the consumption of ‘intoxicating drinks’. Being part of the Constitution’s Directive Principles chapter...
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21st June 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
U.S.- India Comparative Constitutional Law 2.0
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) in collaboration with its partnered Indian and American universities is organising a series of workshops on U.S.- India Compa...
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21st June 2021 | Editorial Team
पहला संवैधानिक संशोधन
संविधान (प्रथम संशोधन) अधिनियम 1951 को संविधान की व्याख्या के साथ शुरुआती परेशानियों के संदर्भ में लिखा और लागू किया गया था- विशेष रूप से मौलिक अधिकारों के संरक्षण के लिए ...
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14th June 2021 | Editorial Team
समुद्र की कोई जाति नहीं
लगभग 108 साल पहले, 21 अप्रैल को, पुलाया (केरल में एक दलित समुदाय) के सैकड़ों और अन्य निम्न जाति के समुदाय केरल के समुद्र के मेड़ पर छोटी नावों पर एक साथ आए थे। यह चल रही सा...
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25th May 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Watch the Constituent Assembly Debates
Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India is a ten-part television mini-series on the Constitution making process of India. The material covers debates, committe...
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24th May 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea of an Israeli Nation
On 16 May 2021, India supported the Palestinian cause and backed the two-nation solution before the United Nations Security Council in relation to the on-going conflict in...
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19th May 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Ambedkar and the Quantum of Reservation
On 5 May the Supreme Court struck down the Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBEC) Act, 2018 that introduced reservation for ...
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12th May 2021 | Kalyani Menon
India: No Home for the Stateless
Rohingyas are a small ethnic minority in Myanmar who have been subject to persecution by the Myanmar government and military. In 2017, the Myanmar army cracked down on Roh...
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30th April 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Feroze Gandhi and Press Freedom in India
3 May of every year is observed as World Press Freedom Day. This post highlights a less known aspect of the legislative history around press freedom in India.
In 1956...
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29th April 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Federalism in the Time of Corona
Vaccination programmes in India date back to the early 19th Century – the smallpox vaccine was one of the first initiatives. It was administered by the Vaccination and San...
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23rd April 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Sea Has No Caste
Around 108 years ago, on 21 April, hundreds from the Pulaya (a Dalit community in Kerala) and other lower-caste communities came together on small boats on Kerala’s backwa...
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22nd April 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Did Ambedkar Want Sanskrit as India’s Official Language?
In a recent speech, the Chief Justice of India mentioned that Ambedkar wanted Sanskrit as the official language of India. In this piece, we explore if this was indeed true...
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14th April 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: AFSPA in New Clothes?
The Bihar Legislative Assembly passed the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill 2021 on 23 March. The passage of the Bill was marked by violence that included a scuffle in the A...
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8th April 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (April 1942): Congress Rejects Cripps Offer, Indians Won't Support British War Effort
In April 1942, the Indian National Congress rejected British War Cabinet’s proposal popularly known as the ‘Cripps Offer’ – named after Sir Stafford Crips, who headed the ...
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1st April 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Seventh Amendment
On March 25, 1953, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru announced the creation of India’s very first linguistic State – Andhra Pradesh. Three years later Par...
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31st March 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Constitutionalism in Regional Languages
Constitutionofindia.net has come a long way since we launched the site on Republic Day in 2016. The first version of the site contained human tagged searchable transcripts...
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31st March 2021 | Editorial Team
The Seventh Amendment
On March 25, 1953, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru announced the creation of India’s very first linguistic State – Andhra Pradesh. Three years later Par...
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31st March 2021 | Vineeth Krishna
When Ambedkar Opposed the Idea of an Indian Constituent Assembly
B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal contribution to the Indian constitution-making process as the Chairman of the Drafting Committee is widely celebrated and acknowledged. Less known ...
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30th March 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Whose Executive Is it Anyway?
The Constitution of India in 1950 classified Delhi as a Chief Commissioner’s Province (renamed ‘Union Territory’ in 1956). It did not provide for a legislative assembly fo...
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29th March 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Dakshayani Velayudhan on Separate Electorates
In light of International Women’s Day, the ConstitutionofIndia.net team will focus on key interventions by women Constituent Assembly members that shaped our constitutiona...
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19th March 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Durgabai on the Appointment of High Court Judges
In light of International Women’s Day, the ConstitutionofIndia.net team will focus on key interventions by women Constituent Assembly members that shaped our constitutiona...
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12th March 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Salt Satyagraha in the Constituent Assembly
Today, 12 March marks the 91st anniversary of the Gandhi led Salt March. We have already looked at the Salt March through the lens of historical constitutions in the This ...
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8th March 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (March 1930): Gandhi Launches Salt Satyagraha
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90 years ago on March 12, 1930, M.K. Gandhi along with his followers walked 100 miles to the coastal village of Dandi, Gujarat and made sal...
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8th March 2021 | Kalyani Menon and Meenakshi Ramkumar
Begum Aizaz Rasul’s Defence of India’s Commonwealth Membership
In light of International Women’s Day, the ConstitutionofIndia.net team will focus on key interventions by women Constituent Assembly members that shaped our constitutiona...
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1st March 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: First Amendment
The Constitution (First Amendment) Act 1951 was drafted and enacted in the context of early troubles with the interpretation of the Constitution- specifically with the for...
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1st March 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Sophia Duleep Singh-The Suffragette Princess
In the early 1900s, a young Indian looking woman was often seen outside the Hampton Court Palace selling copies of The Suffragette, a newspaper by the British Women’s Soci...
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1st March 2021 | Editorial Team
क्यों हमारे संविधान निर्माताओं ने देशद्रोह कानून का विरोध किया ?
1948 के भारत के मसौदे( ड्राफ्ट) संविधान में अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता का अधिकार शामिल था। हालांकि, यह अधिकार पूर्ण नहीं था, इस अधिकार पर कई सीमाएँ लगाई गई थी। उनमें से एक द...
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12th February 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: When the Military Writes a Constitution
On 1 February 2021, the democratically elected government of Myanmar was dismissed and in marched the Army. The sovereign powers of the Myanmar State were transferred to t...
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12th February 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
Constitutions and the Military: A Tale of Two Republics
On 1 February 2021, the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Senior General Min Aung took control of the sovereign powers of the Myanmar state. A statement was released...
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11th February 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (February 1938): Congress Party Demands Equal Treatment for Princely States and British India Provinces
In February 1938 the Indian National Congress convened for its 51st Session at Haripura, a village in Bardoli District, Gujarat. The session was attended by over 2,00,000 ...
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9th February 2021 | Kalyani Menon
What is the Significance of the Indian Constitution's Artwork?
Did you know that original manuscript of the Constitution of India, 1950 contained beautiful artwork? Nandalal Bose, an artist, provided the artwork for the original manus...
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3rd February 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Sixth Schedule for Ladakh?
In September 2020, the People’s Movement for the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh passed a resolution stating that they would boycott Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council e...
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2nd February 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Why Impeach A Former President?
In an unprecedented move, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached former President Trump for the second time in relation to his role in the Capitol Hill riots. The Sen...
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1st February 2021 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Prisoners and the Republic
It took the National Investigation Agency (NIA) 22 days to provide a straw and sipper to 83-year-old activist Fr. Stan Swamy who is currently lodged in Tajola Prison, Navi...
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26th January 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar and Kalyani Menon
The Day We Became A Republic
On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India 1950 came into effect and India transformed from a British dominion into an independent constitutional republic – a day we an...
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26th January 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar and Kalyani Menon
An Afternoon with the Constitution: Fun Games on the Constitution of India
As a part of the 72nd Republic Day celebrations, the constitutionofIndia.net team organised an event with fun games on the Constitution of India at Church Street, Bengalur...
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16th January 2021 | Kalyani Menon
Not a Man’s Protest: Women and the New Farm Laws
On 11th January, while hearing a case related to the controversial farm laws, the Chief Justice of India said ‘At some time, we might say in the order that old people and ...
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13th January 2021 | Meenakshi Ramkumar
Farmers’ Movements in India : A Brief Political History
The passing of the three farm laws in Parliament has triggered heated debate and conflict. Farmers have taken to the streets across the country to protest these laws, part...
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13th January 2021 | Editorial Team
भारत में किसान आंदोलन : एक संक्षिप्त इतिहास
संसद में तीन कृषि कानूनों के पारित होने से देशभर में व्यापक बहस और संघर्ष शुरू हो गया है। किसान इन कानूनों का विरोध करने के लिए देशभर में सड़कों पर आ गए हैं , खास तौर पर प...
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8th January 2021 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (January 1949): The Constituent Assembly Establishes a Parliament for India
On 3rd January 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up Article 66 of the Draft Constitution (Article 79 of the Final Constitution) for debate. The Draft Article constituted...
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30th December 2020 | Editorial Team
भारतीय संविधान में मैचमैकिंग ( कुंडली मिलान)
हाल ही में आये दो टीवी शो - सूटेबल बॉय और इंडियन मैचमैकिंग ने एक बार फिर से इस बात को साफ किया है जो कई लोगो को पहले से पता भी था की - धर्म, वर्ग और जाति हमेशा से भारत में...
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26th December 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The First Amendment
In May 1951, the Jawaharlal Nehru-led Congress party proposed the first amendment, which made the following modifications to the fundamental rights: Article 19 was amended...
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18th December 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Minority Report
18th December of every year is celebrated as Minorities Rights Day in India: to highlight the constitutional minority rights – specifically religious minorities. In this b...
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10th December 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Cartooning India’s Powerful
Last week, a comic artist, Rachita Taneja, was charged with contempt of court, because her work (a satirical cartoon) portrayed the Supreme Court being biased towards the ...
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8th December 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
'Official Languages' In Indo-Pak Constitutional History
The Indo-Pak war of 1971 took place this week fifty years ago, when India and Pakistan became embroiled in conflict due to India’s support for the Bangladeshi liberation w...
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5th December 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (December 1946): Wait for Muslim League and Princely States, Argues M.R. Jayakar
On 16 December 1946, the Constituent Assembly began to respond to Jawaharlal Nehru’s Objectives Resolution that he moved in the previous sitting.
M.R. Jayakar was the ...
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30th November 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Matchmaking in the Indian Constitution
Two recent tv shows – A Suitable Boy and Indian Matchmaking– have reaffirmed what many have always known: that religion, class, and caste have always been important consid...
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27th November 2020 | Zeeshan Thomas
The Sixth Schedule: The History of Tribal Autonomy in the Indian Constitution
On 27 August 2020, the Arunachal Pradesh state legislative assembly unanimously passed a resolution to bring the entire state under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Consti...
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26th November 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution Day: How did Women Influence the Constitution?
Today, 26th November, is Constitution Day. On this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution of India after nearly three years of deliberati...
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26th November 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief - Constitution Day: Some Writings on the Framers of the Indian Constitution
Today, 26th November, is nationally celebrated as Constitution Day. It was on this day in 1949 that the Constituent Assembly formally adopted the Constitution of India, af...
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18th November 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Jaipal Singh Munda & The Demand for Jharkhand
Sunday (15 November) was Jharkhand Foundation Day. On that day in 2000, the state of Jharkhand was formally established through the Bihar State Reorganization Act.
Sin...
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7th November 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Should the U.S. have a Centralized Election Commission?
The ongoing U.S. presidential elections are the most contentious in recent memory. Even before Election Day on 3rd November, over 300 lawsuits had been filed challenging v...
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5th November 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month In Constitution-Making (November 1949): Drafting Committee Comes Under Fire
On the 17th of November 1949, proceedings of the Constituent Assembly began with Ambedkar moving the motion: ‘That the Constitution as settled by the Assembly be passed’.
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29th October 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Zamindari Abolition in Indian Constitutional History
The TV adaptation of Vikram Seth’s epic novel A Suitable Boy was recently released on Netflix in India. Set in the fictional town of Brahmpur in 1951, the tv show, much li...
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27th October 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (October 1949): Brajeshwar Prasad proposes to remove 'Sovereignty' from the Preamble
On 17 October 1949 the Constituent Assembly took up the Draft Constitution’s preamble for debate. Brajeshwar Prasad, eminent freedom fighter and Congress party member, in ...
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27th October 2020 | ThePrint Team
Mumbai’s Government Law College wins Grand Finale of ConQuest 2020
(This article first appeared in ThePrint)
On Sunday, the fifth edition of ConQuest, India’s premier national quiz on the country’s history, constitutional law and polit...
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24th October 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
The Grand Finale of ConQuest 2020 is here!
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ConQuest 2020 is t...
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19th October 2020 | ThePrint Team
Four More Teams Qualify, Stage is Set for ConQuest Grand Finale on 25 October
(This article first appeared in ThePrint).
The fifth edition of ConQuest, India’s premier national quiz on the Constitution, history, constitutional law and politics, i...
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13th October 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Call for Research Associate/Associate Editor| Constitutionofindia.net Website
Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore (CLPR) is a not-for-profit dedicated to making the Constitution work for everyone through law and policy research, social...
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12th October 2020 | Pia Krishnankutty
Knockout rounds of fifth edition of ConQuest begin, four teams qualify for grand finale
(This article first appeared in ThePrint)
The fifth edition of ConQuest, India’s premier national quiz on the Constitution, history, constitutional law and politics, is...
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9th October 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
The Knockout Rounds for ConQuest 2020 are here!
The Knockout Rounds for ConQuest 2020 are taking place across two weekends: from 2 - 4 p.m. on 10th-11th October and 17th October, and from 4-6 p.m. on 18th October. A...
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9th October 2020 | Kruthika R and Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Fifth edition of ConQuest kicks off online, preliminary results out
(This report first appeared in ThePrint on 8th October 2020)
The fifth edition of ConQuest, India’s premier national quiz on the Constitution, history and politics, wen...
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1st October 2020 | Editorial Team
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30th September 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly's Federal Scheme for Agriculture in India
Late last week, the President of India assented to the controversial farm Bills that had triggered opposition and protest among farmers, political parties, State governmen...
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28th September 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Bhagat Singh’s Legacy – A Constitutional Revolutionary?
Today, 113 years ago, Bhagat Singh was born in undivided Punjab. His role in the Indian freedom movement has been immortalised in literature, art, and film owing to his dr...
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22nd September 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Why are Union Executive Actions taken in the Name of the President?
On 7 January 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up Article 64 of the Draft Constitution (Article 77, Constitution of India 1950). The Draft Article provided for all execu...
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20th September 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (September 1945): Labour Party Wins Election, India Moves Closer to Independence
The 1945 UK General Election was significant: it came right after World War II. British voters had the chance to shape the post-war future of their war-fatigued country. T...
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14th September 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
ConQuest 2020: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is excited to announce the 5th edition of ConQuest: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Po...
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14th September 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Demand for Gender Equality in Property Law
In August 2020, the Supreme Court in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma held that Hindu women could claim equal rights as men in ancestral property. Although the Hindu Succes...
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31st August 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: H.V. Kamath Wanted the Right to Bear Arms
Protestors who had assembled to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed African-American man, in the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin, were recently targeted by an arm...
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30th August 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Education and Universal Adult Franchise
India, unlike many other nations, adopted universal adult franchise immediately after it gained independence. Under British rule, franchise was subject to certain qualific...
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24th August 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Demand for 'Mother Tongue Instruction' in the Constituent Assembly
The National Education Policy, released in July 2020, has proposed major reforms to India’s education system. It reiterates the controversial ‘three-language formula’ whic...
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17th August 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Writings on the Indian Constitution: How India Became Democratic
This is the second article in our series 'Writings on the Indian Constitution', aimed at encouraging deeper engagement with the primary resources on our website through th...
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14th August 2020 | Amisha Pareek
Students in the Independence Movement
From December 2019, students from various colleges across India stood at the forefront of several protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the crea...
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14th August 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Tracing Constitutional Values in India’s Education Policies
Since independence, the Central Government has released three different policy frameworks for the Indian education system. The first and second, known as the National Po...
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31st July 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Testimonials for Constitutionofindia.net
Constitutionofindia.net (formerly CADIndia) receives a number of testimonials from users of our website and its resources. Some of these testimonials are collected below -...
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31st July 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Did the Framers Think the Constitution Was 'Socialist' and 'Secular'?
A petition before the Supreme Court has asked it to declare the insertion of the words ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ by the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976 as unconsti...
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29th July 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
CADIndia is now ConstitutionofIndia.net!
When we first started CADIndia in 2015, our initial goal was to make the transcripts of the Constituent Assembly Debates accessible to the general public. We were inspired...
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29th July 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: People's Participation in the Indian Constitution Process
Our blog post over the weekend looked at how the Constituent Assembly reacted to proposals that wanted to include referendums into the Constitution. Today, we highlight an...
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25th July 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Why did the Constituent Assembly Reject Referendums?
Earlier this month, results of a nationwide referendum in Russia on certain constitutional proposals were announced. The proposals aimed to extend the term of the Russian ...
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18th July 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Contrasting the Directive Principles in the Indian and Irish Constitutions
It is well known that the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSPs) in the Constitution of India, 1950 were influenced by similar principles in the Bunreacht na hÉirean...
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17th July 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: India - The First Republic in the Commonwealth
26 January 1950 was a momentous day in history: not only did the Constitution of India, 1950 come into force, but India also became a republic – marking the first time tha...
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8th July 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly's Reaction to the Partition of India
On 14th July 1947, two months since it last met, the Constituent Assembly of India sat down for business knowing that India would be partitioned. After months and years of...
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7th July 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Constituent Assembly's Alter Ego
Most of us know that the Constituent Assembly of India sat on 165 days to draft India’s Constitution over a period of 2 years and 11 months. But did you know that the memb...
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6th July 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
National Constitution Society
The National Constitution Society (NCS) is a network of Constitution societies in colleges/universities across India that aims to create and sustain a vibrant constitution...
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4th July 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Independence: A Tale of Two Declarations
On 4 July 1776, representatives of the thirteen American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, marking their liberation from British colonial rule. In celebrati...
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4th July 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (July 1946): Muslim League Walks Away From Constitution-Making, Calls For ‘Direct Action’
In July 1946, the Muslim League passed a resolution stating that it was going to walk away from the Cabinet Mission Plan and the Indian constitution-making process.
In ...
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3rd July 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Shared Constitutional Heritage of India & Myanmar
Myanmar is due to hold general elections on November 8th, in an event that is widely seen as a test of the country’s transition to democracy. Much as when it gained indepe...
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1st July 2020 | Kruthika R
Writings on the Indian Constitution: Ambedkar’s Preamble
This is the first article in our new series 'Writings on the Indian Constitution', aimed at encouraging deeper engagement with the primary resources on our website through...
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1st July 2020 | Prerna Dadu
Report - Prisoners & the Pandemic: Health, Safety and the Constitution
On 27th June 2020, the National Constitution Society (NCS) & Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) conducted a webinar on ‘Prisoners & the Pandemic: Health...
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30th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Writings on the Indian Constitution
The objective of the CAD India website, set up in 2016, is to create a digital archive of Indian constitutional history and increase engagement with Indian constitutional ...
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26th June 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Crime and Punishment in the Gandhian Constitution
On 27 June 2020, the National Constitution Society along with the Centre for Law and Policy Research will organise a webinar on Prisoners & the Pandemic: Health, Safet...
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20th June 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: ‘Bharat’ vs. ‘India' - Using History in Constitutional Interpretation
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a plea to rename India as Bharat by amending Article 1 of the Constitution. Article 1(1) of the Draft Constitution, 1948, declared tha...
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16th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Redrawing Borders Under the Indian Constitution
India is presently involved in an escalating dispute with Nepal over the Kalapani region, with both states redrawing their political maps to include the disputed territory...
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12th June 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: 'State Citizenship' and Public Health
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, recently declared that Delhi hospitals were closed to non-residents of the state. Although the order was overruled by the Lie...
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12th June 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Curious Case of Child Labour in the Constituent Assembly
Today, 12 June, is ‘World Day Against Child Labour’. This piece takes a look at how India’s constitutional history engaged with the problem of child labour particularly du...
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9th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom #3.5: Fundamental Rights Quiz
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9th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom #1.6: Timeline of the Constitution Making Process
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8th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom #1.5: Assembly Member Word Scramble
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8th June 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom #1.3: Reading the Constitution
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5th June 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Ambedkar was Influenced by the American Civil Rights Movement
The death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, at the hands of a white police officer has sparked large-scale protests across the world. Floyd’s death has ser...
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4th June 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (June 1949): President of India Given the Power to Appoint Backward Classes Commission
On 16 June 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up Draft Article 301 (Article 340, Constitution of India, 1950) for debate. The Draft Article gave the President of India th...
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4th June 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Alcohol and State Revenue: The Debate in the Constituent Assembly
One of the first steps that many Indian States embarked on as part easing coronavirus related lockdown measures was to allow liquor shops to sell alcohol. Serpentine queue...
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30th May 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Cooperative Federalism in Times of Crisis
The majority of Indian states have been severely impacted by the lockdown, with twenty-one reporting record losses in revenue. How will these states cope with the shor...
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28th May 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Ambedkar and the Annihilation of Social Distancing
Defined as ‘keeping space between yourself and other people outside of your home’, social distancing has been prescribed as the most effective counter to the spread of COV...
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26th May 2020 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial: Mohit Dang
Mohit Dang is a student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He has a deep interest in Constitutional jurisprudence and is a follower of the CADIndia Bl...
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23rd May 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom # 4.7: Worksheet on Citizenship
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23rd May 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: B.H. Khardekar: The Constituent Assembly’s ‘King of Good Times’
On 24th November 1948, B.H. Khardekar stood up in the Constituent Assembly to speak for the first time. He confessed he was nervous, and told members that he had never spo...
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23rd May 2020 | Madhavi Gopalakrishnan
Constitution in the Classroom #4.6: Worksheet on Official Language
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20th May 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: India's Stimulus Package - A Socialist Move?
The impact of the ongoing pandemic on the world economy has caused many states to announce economic stimulus packages. Some commentators have described this move as social...
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16th May 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Public Health and the Marginalised
The ongoing lockdown in India has resulted in economic insecurity for millions of people, particularly those working as casual or daily wage labourers. Migrant workers wer...
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7th May 2020 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution Making (May 1946): Britain Severs Its Relationship With the Indian Princely States
In the mid-1940s, it became quite clear that the British were on their way out, and India would frame a Constitution for itself. The ‘India’ here was technically the Briti...
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30th April 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Liberty during Lockdown
For almost a month now, the Central and State Governments have issued extraordinary orders to battle COVID-19: travel has been banned, national and state borders have ...
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30th April 2020 | Kruthika R
The Right to Privacy in Indian Constitutional History
The recent controversies regarding privacy and safety concerns of Zoom (video-conference enabling platform) and Arogya Setu (Government initiated health services applicati...
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29th April 2020 | Kruthika R
Uddhav Thackeray's nomination to the State Legislature: Can the Governor disregard the State Cabinet's recommendation?
Maharastra is in the news for the unenviable distinction of having the most number of coronavirus cases and related deaths. As the State meets this challenge, another cris...
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27th April 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief | India’s Public Health Wonder Woman: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
COVID-19 continues to test the resolve of nations – their institutions, leaders and people. India too is in the thick of this global fight. While COVID-19 is unique ...
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24th April 2020 | Kruthika R
Public Health and Federalism
The Central and the State Governments are working towards containing the COVID-19 pandemic which has proved to be one of the gravest public health crisis in recent global ...
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20th April 2020 | Kruthika R
Unemployment Protections in Indian Constitutional History
The COVID-19 outbreak has severely impacted labourers in India especially those working in the informal sector who constitute 90% of India’s workforce. The recent cases in...
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30th March 2020 | Kruthika R
Call for Research Associate/Associate Editor
Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore (CLPR) is a not-for-profit dedicated to making the Constitution work for everyone through law and policy research, soci...
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21st March 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: The Supreme Court and its ‘Special’ Power
The Supreme Court of India is one of the unique apex courts in the world. It acts as an appellate and constitutional court. The Constitution of India, 1950 mandates the Co...
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19th March 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constitution Framers Rejected Proposal to Bar Post-Retirement Appointments For Judges
On March 16 2020, the President of India nominated former Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. This nomination, under Article 80 of the Constitutio...
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18th March 2020 | Vineeth Krishna
The Women’s Indian Association and Indian Constitutional Thought: Part II
In Part I, we looked at the Women’s Indian Association’s (WIA) involvement in constitutional negotiations with the British in the late 1910s. The WIA vociferously demanded...
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11th March 2020 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial: Tejas Parasher
Tejas Parasher, Junior Research Fellow, King's College, believes initiatives like CADIndia are crucial in creating awareness and popular engagement around public history:
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10th March 2020 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial - Ashwary Sharma
Ashwary Sharma is an Assitant Professor at KLE Society's Law College, Bengaluru. He regularly uses the CADIndia website for his teachings and research. His thoughts on the...
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10th March 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution-Making (March 1947): Assembly Committee Splits Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles Emerge
On March 30th 1947, the Constituent Assembly’s Sub-Committee on Fundamental Rights turned ‘to the examination of the directive principles of social policy’. This was the f...
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9th March 2020 | Deepika Nandagudi Srinivasa
NCS | NLU Assam Supreme Court in the Classroom Series #1 | Summary of Proceedings
The NLU Assam Chapter of the National Constitution Society hosted the first of the ‘Supreme Court in the Classroom’ series on the 26th of February, 2020. In order to facil...
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8th March 2020 | Vineeth Krishna
The Women’s Indian Association and Indian Constitutional Thought: Part I
Unlike the American constitutional founding – spearheaded by men, the Indian Constituent Assembly, that drafted the Indian Constitution, comprised women. Until recently, p...
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24th February 2020 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: A Beginning of a Constitutional Culture?
On the eve of Republic Day this year, Mandakini Panda and Prithwik Mishra got married in Berhampur, Odisha taking their vows on the Indian Constitution. In Karnataka, gues...
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24th February 2020 | Kruthika R
NCS | Boundaries, Nationalities and Identities
On 1st February 2020, a National Constitution Society Chapter hosted a film screening and discussion on Stop the Boats – the lie of saving lives at sea- a story of asylum...
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23rd February 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constituent Assembly Debates President's Power to Commute and Pardon Sentences
Earlier this month, the President of India had rejected the mercy petition of Aakash Kumar Singh, one of the convicted individuals in the Nirbhaya Case. Singh’s lawyer wen...
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22nd February 2020 | Kruthika R
Freedom of the press: A Constitutional History
Last month the Supreme Court in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India dealt with the issue of continued internet shut down in Kashmir. While the Court did not direct the resto...
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21st February 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
To Tide Economic Crisis, Constituent Assembly Made a Temporary Exception to India's Federal Structure
To Tide Economic Crisis, Constituent Assembly Made Temporary Exception To India’s Federal Structure
The abrogation of Article 370 has generated some attention over the ...
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11th February 2020 | Vineeth Krishna
This Month in Constitution Making (February 1938): Congress Rejects 1935 Act's Federal Scheme
In 1935 the British parliament passed the Government of Indian Act. In the years that followed, the Indian National Congress pulled no punches and attacked the Act on vari...
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10th February 2020 | Neel D'Souza
NCS | Christ (Deemed to be University) | RBG - Film Screening and Discussion
On 5th February 2020, the National Constitution Society Christ (Deemed to be University) Chapter organised a film screening and discussion on Ruth Bader Ginsburg for their...
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10th February 2020 | Kruthika R
On taking the Indian Constitution to the Classrooms
The CADIndia team attended ‘The Idea of the Indian Constitution’ Chapter II between 7th to 9th February 2020 at Pune. An initiative of the History for Peace, it was organi...
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29th January 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constitution Framers Viewed Centre and States as Equals in a Dispute
The Indian parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 on 11 December 2019. Many individuals, groups and parties have argued that the Act violates key provisions ...
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27th January 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
A Brief Constitutional History behind Article 131
The Indian parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 on 11 December 2019. Many individuals, groups and parties have argued that the Act violates key provisions ...
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26th January 2020 | Kruthika R
The Argumentative Constituent Assembly: How the Constitution was framed
[This piece first appeared in Deccan Herald on 24th January 2020.]
Amartya Sen's ‘The Argumentative Indian’ locates the argumentative tradition as early as Ashoka. He a...
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16th January 2020 | Vineeth Krishna E
Who is an Indian Citizen? #1: The Constituent Assembly Refused to Hyphenate Religion and Citizenship
In December 2019, the parliament passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The Act, by amending the Citizenship Act 1955, made illegal migrants from the Hindu, Sikh, B...
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5th January 2020 | Kruthika R
This Month in Constitution Making: India Becomes a Republic
The Constituent Assembly began its work of drafting India's Constitution in the winter of 1946. After three years, on 26th January 1950 - Republic Day- the Constitution ca...
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5th January 2020 | Amrita Nair
NCS | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | Discussing Citizenship
On 18th December 2019, the National Constitution Society's CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Chapter organized a discussion that aimed to understand citizenship in light of...
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3rd January 2020 | Ishit Patel
NCS – NLS Lecture Series | Understanding Rojer Mathew Judgment
On 17th December 2019, the NLSIU Chapter of the National Constitution Society (NCS) organised an interactive lecture that sought to critically engage with Rojer Mathew jud...
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2nd January 2020 | Kruthika R
Youth Parliamentarians pass ‘Anti-Fake News Bill, 2019’
Students, aged between 10 to 18 years, from all districts of Karnataka were at the Dr Annie Scouts and Guides State Training & Camping Centre, Doddaballapur for the 28...
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5th December 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (December 1946): India Begins to Draft Its Constitution
December 1946 was an important month for Indian Constitution-making. After twelve years of vigorous demands by Indians to decide their constitutional future, an Indian Con...
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29th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Rights to Duties?
This week, India celebrated Constitution Day.
26 November 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the Constituent Assembly adopting the Constitution. In a joint parliament...
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28th November 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Impeaching the President of India: Some Constitution Framers wanted to adopt the American System (Part 2)
In Part 1, we looked at two instances in which our Constitution framers invoked the American Constitution while debating impeachment provisions of the Draft Constitution. ...
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27th November 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Fundamental Duties in Indian Constitutional History
There was no fundamental duties chapter in the Constitution that came into effect on 26 January 1950. That being said, there was a sliver of India’s constitutional traditi...
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26th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Happy Constitution Day
Exactly 70 years ago, on 26 November 1949, Constituent Assembly President Rajendra Prasad for the last time put a question to the house -
President: It now remains to p...
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22nd November 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Impeaching the President of India: Some Constitution Framers wanted to adopt the American System (Part 1)
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives led public hearings on President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry came to an end. If the House charges the President, then US ...
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15th November 2019 | Kruthika R
Event: KLE Law College students engage with the constitutional history of freedom of speech
Over 50 law students, from 1st to 5th year, gathered for Indian constitutional history workshop at KLE Law College, Bangalore on the 13th of November. Our workshop aimed t...
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11th November 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Interstellar
On 31st August 1949, the Constituent Assembly was slotting 'items' into the Union and State Lists. The Union government would have legislative and executive power over the...
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14th October 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Home and the World: Cosmopolitanism in Indian Constitution Making
The Indian freedom movement sought total Independence from British colonial rule but saw India firmly tethered to the world affairs. When Indians were drafting their Const...
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8th October 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Gandhi in Indian Constitution-Making
There is a dominant view that Gandhi's role in constitution-making was minor. Gandhi’s vision of basing India’s federal, political and administrative set up on the panchay...
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3rd October 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constituent Assembly Rejects Proposal to Include God in the Preamble
On 17 October 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up the preamble of the Draft Constitution for discussion – based on the Objectives Resolution introduced by Nehru on 13 D...
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30th September 2019 | Kruthika R
Dialogues on the Right to Life and Personal Liberty at Ananya Trust
On 25th September 2019, Kruthika R from the Centre for Law and Policy Research along with Gunjan Rathore and Zoaib from NCS Bangalore Chapter put together a session on the...
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25th September 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constituent Assembly was Divided on the United Nation’s Future
On 24th September 2019, the General Assembly of the United Nations sat for the 74th time since the organisation’s inception in 1943. India was a founding member of the UN ...
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23rd September 2019 | Editorial Team
Desk Brief: Hindi: A National or Official Language?
Last week, on Hindi Diwas, Union Minister Amit Shah controversially suggested that Hindi be adopted as India's national language.
Sure enough, this triggered push back ...
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17th September 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constitution Framers Decided to De-Link Language From National Identity
On the occasion of Hindi Diwas, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in his speech that seems to call for Hindi to become India’s national language, argued for promoting Hindi a...
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7th September 2019 | Rohini Swamy
NLSIU is big winner as ConQuest 2019 ends with posers on War & Peace, Raghuram Rajan
(This report appeared first on ThePrint.)
Bengaluru: The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, emerged as the champions of ConQuest 2019, India’s ...
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31st August 2019 | Rachel John
Over 90 North Indian teams battle it out for top prize at ConQuest
(This report first appeared in ThePrint on 31 August 2019.)
New Delhi: Professor K.T. Shah, a member of the first Parliament, would have been a lot more well-known had ...
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25th August 2019 | Fatima Khan
BITS-Pilani is the big winner as ConQuest 2019 wraps up western round with mind-benders
(This report first appeared in ThePrint on 25 August 2019.)
New Delhi: In 1969, India found itself in a peculiar situation when the offices of the President and Vice-Pr...
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18th August 2019 | ThePrint Team
IIT-KGP and NUJS teams qualify for ConQuest finals at eastern round in Kolkata
(This post first appeared in ThePrint on 18 August 2019.)
Kolkata: Did you know that ‘Jai Hind’ was a special greeting coined for the Indian National Army? Or that it w...
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10th August 2019 | Fatima Khan
Students quizzed on Indian Constitution, history, politics as fourth edition of ConQuest begins
(This report first appeared in ThePrint on 26 August 2019.)
The fourth edition of ConQuest 2019 — India’s premiere national quiz on Indian Constitution, history and po...
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6th August 2019 | Vineeth Krishna
Article 370 and the Constituent Assembly Debates
(This article first appeared on ThePrint on 2 August 2019.)
Jammu and Kashmir is on the edge – again. This time, over a possible repeal of Article 35A by the BJP govern...
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17th July 2019 | Kruthika R
ConQuest 2019: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is excited to announce the 4th edition of ConQuest: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Po...
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9th July 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Union Budget #2: Should the Rajya Sabha Have a Say in the Budget?
Article 92 of the Draft Constitution stated that the union budget would be presented to both houses of parliament: House of People and Council of States. K.T. Shah felt th...
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4th July 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Union Budget #1: Constituent Assembly on the Presentation of the Budget
On 5 July 2019, the Finance Minister of India, will present the Union Budget to the Lok Sabha. Article 112, Constitution of India, 1950 (Article 92), Draft Constitution of...
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14th June 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Education #3: Constituent Assembly Takes up Free and Compulsory Education for Debate
In the previous post in this series, we traced the trajectory of the education provisions in the committee stages of the Constituent Assembly. The Sub-Committee on Fundame...
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12th June 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Two Key Historical Constitutions Proposed Separate Settlements for Untouchables
Of all the Historical Constitutions that put forward a constitutional vision, Political Demands of Scheduled Castes 1944 and States and Minorities 1945 were different in t...
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10th June 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Education #2: Assembly’s Advisory Committee Dispatched Education from Fundamental Rights to Directive Principles
As with the origins of most Articles of the Constitution of India, 1950, the education provisions can be traced to the Committee stages of the Constituent Assembly. In Feb...
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6th June 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Education #1: How did the Historical Constitutions Treat Education?
The much-awaited Draft National Education Policy was released on 21 May 2019. The Policy has triggered a public debate over India’s education system. In June 2019, CADIndi...
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1st June 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
This Month in Constitution Making (June 1934): Congress Makes Its First Official Demand For A Constituent Assembly
In June 1934, for the first time, the Indian National Congress formally demanded that a Constituent Assembly composed of Indians be set up to frame a Constitution for Indi...
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24th May 2019 | Kruthika R
Why did the Constitution Framers choose First-past-the-post system over proportional representation?
Yesterday, after a gruelling election schedule that spanned for six weeks, India elected members to the 17th Lok Sabha. Elections in India are based on the first-past-the-...
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23rd May 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Affirmative Action #2: Minority Members Put Forward Their Demands in the Constituent Assembly
In this post, we look at the initial periods of Indian constitution-making to get a sense of how Constituent Assembly members engaged with affirmative action. Specifically...
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21st May 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #6: The Assembly's Deliberative Credentials (Part II)
Many argue that the Constituent Assembly’s deliberations were mostly a farce as the fate of most articles of the Constitution were decided in advance, by the Congress Part...
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16th May 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #5: The Assembly's Deliberative Credentials (Part I)
Another strand of attacks that take aim at the legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly revolve around deliberation. While some feel that the Assembly did not deliberate on ...
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14th May 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Why Did the Constitution Framers Make the Directive Principles Legally Unenforceable?
In a recent essay, Achin Vanaik claims that the Indian Constitution ‘betrayed its elitist character by placing some principles concerning socio-economic justice in the non...
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10th May 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Affirmative Action #1: Separate Electorates in Indian Constitutional History
A striking feature of the Constitution of India, 1950 is the presence of an affirmative action architecture. In May 2019, CADIndia will look at how this was designed by fo...
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7th May 2019 | Kruthika R and Vineeth Krishna E
The Legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #4: Was the Constituent Assembly's Membership Representative?
In the previous posts in this series, we looked at the representative credentials of the Assembly by focusing on the nature of the franchise. In this post, we look at anot...
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30th April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Democratic Citizenship #4: Why did the Constitution Framers Adopt Adult Franchise?
At the fag end of the Indian constitution-making project, just before the Constituent Assembly was about to adopt the Constitution, Assembly members had the chance to refl...
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25th April 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #3.4: Film Screening & Discussion | Does India need a National Language?
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23rd April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #3: What Did the Constituent Assembly Think of its Representative Credentials?
In November 1948, B.R. Ambedkar moved the Draft Constitution of India in the Constituent Assembly. In the days following this, members commented on the Draft putting forwa...
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18th April 2019 | Kruthika R and Vineeth Krishna
The Legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #2: How were the Constitution Framers Chosen?
The framers of the Constitution ensured that the governance of the Indian republic would be based on direct elections with universal adult franchise. Their membership of t...
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17th April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Democratic Citizenship #3: Not All Constitution Framers Were In Favour Of Adult Franchise
India’s general elections are in full swing and millions of Indian citizens are coming out to exercise their franchise. The decision of the framers of the Indian Constitut...
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12th April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna
Democratic Citizenship #2: Constituent Assembly Centralizes Election Machinery
Its election time in India and the Election Commission is once again in the thick of the action. Article 324 of the Constitution charges the Commission to oversee, direct ...
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11th April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna and Kruthika R
The legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly #1: Was the Constituent Assembly indigenous?
The Constituent Assembly of India that drafted the Constitution is sometimes characterized as illegitimate. A variety of arguments are offered in service of this claim, ra...
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8th April 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Democratic Citizenship #1: Tracing Universal Adult Franchise in Indian Constitutional History
In less than a week’s time, the people of India, irrespective of their caste, creed, education or income, like they have done 16 times before, will elect members to the Lo...
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30th March 2019 | Kruthika R
Who is an Indian #4: Which words did the Assembly invoke the most during citizenship debates?
In March, based on our monthly theme ‘Who is an Indian’ we looked at citizenship debates in the Constituent Assembly. The previous posts focussed on the interplay of c...
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29th March 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #1.4: Preamble Jig-Saw Puzzle
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28th March 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #2.5: Worksheet on Government
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26th March 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constitution of India: The Long and Short of it
The authors of ‘The Long and Winding Constitution’ make the central claim that the Indian Constitution’s length and the inclusion of details are undesirable. For them, the...
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25th March 2019 | Kruthika R
NCS | Bangalore Chapter | Does India need a National Language?
The Bangalore Chapter of the National Constitution Society hosted a film screening and discussion on “Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India” (Episode 7) – ...
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20th March 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Who is an Indian Citizen? #3: Constituent Assembly Rejected Separate State Citizenship for Indians
This post is third in the series ‘Who is an Indian Citizen?’. Read the previous post here
Between February and October 1948, the Drafting Committee received numerous co...
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18th March 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
CADIndia Advanced Search: A Guide #3 Using Filter(s)
In the previous post in this series, we looked at how to approach and use ‘keywords’ effectively. In this post, we move on to another important aspect of the advanced sear...
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17th March 2019 | Kruthika R
NCS | ULC Chapter | Events around the International Women’s Day
The University Law College Chapter of the National Constitution Society (ULC-NCS) conducted a series of events between 11th and 14th March, 2019 in the context of the Inte...
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15th March 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Who is an Indian Citizen? #2: Constitution Framers Debated if Indian Citizenship Should be Based on Race or Birth.
This post is second in the series ‘Who is an Indian Citizen?’. Read the previous post here
On 29 April 1947, the Constituent Assembly, for the first time, engaged with ...
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27th February 2019 | Kruthika R
NCS | Delhi Chapter | How much freedom is too much freedom?
On 25th February 2019, the Delhi Chapter of the National Constitution Society organised a discussion on Sedition Laws and Fundamental Rights in India at the Zakir Hussain ...
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27th February 2019 | Kruthika R
Religious Freedom and Social Reform #4: How was temple entry invoked in the Constituent Assembly?
The issue of temple entry has been a burning issue in public discourse for the past few months in the light of the recent Sabarimala Temple Entry Case. In the...
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26th February 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Religious Freedom and Social Reform #3: The debate in the Constituent Assembly on Article 25(2)(b)
In the previous post in the Religious Freedom and Social Reform series, we looked at the concerns raised in the Committee stages of the constitution-making process by Rajk...
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20th February 2019 | Kruthika R
NCS | Aligarh Muslim University | Thinking Sedition, Thinking Freedom
On 16th February 2019, the Aligarh Muslim University Chapter of the National Constitution Society (“NCS”) organized a public discussion on Thinking Sedition, Thinking Free...
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15th February 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #2.4: Gender Equality in the Indian Constitutional History
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12th February 2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Religious Freedom and Social Reform #2: Early Developments in Indian Constitution Making
In September 2018, the Supreme Court of India in the Sabarimala Temple Entry Case held that Sabarimala’s exclusion of menstruating women violated the Constitution. Article...
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12th February 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #2.3: Understanding Diversity in the Constituent Assembly
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5th February 2019 | Kruthika R
Religious Freedom and Social Reform #1: The 1933 Temple Entry Bill
This is the first post in this month's series on Religious Freedom and Social Reform in the Indian Constitutional History.
The 2018 Sabarimala case has generated public...
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2nd February 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #1.2: Colouring National Flags
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Grade - 1 to 4 Exercise (PDF)
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31st January 2019 | Kruthika R and Vineeth Krishna
Which Countries Did the Constituent Assembly Refer to while Debating Emergency Provisions?
Between August 1949 and October 1949, members of the Constituent Assembly debated the Draft Constitution’s emergency provisions - Draft Articles 275 to 280A (Articles ...
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30th January 2019 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #2.2: Word Puzzle on Women Constituent Assembly Members
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28th January 2019 | Kruthika R
“The Advocate” | Film Screening & Discussion
On Republic Day 2019, the Centre for Law and Policy Research in association with The Students’ Outpost organised a film screening and discussion around “The Advocate” (Par...
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28th January 2019 | Nikhita Thomas
Mallya Aditi International School | 70th Republic Day | Dialogues on the Indian Constitution
On the occasion of the 70th Republic Day celebrations, elementary school students at Mallya Aditi International School gathered together for a session on the Indian Consti...
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28th January 2019 | Jai Brunner
St. Joseph’s College of Law | Teaching Faculty Workshop on the Constitution
On 30th January 2019, St. Joseph’s College of Law will host a workshop for law and political science teachers across colleges in Bangalore, “Teaching and Learning the ...
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15th January 2019 | Amisha Pareek
NCS | Workshop on Constitutional History and Freedom of Speech
(Amisha Pareek, Board Member of National Constitution Society, reports on CLPR’s workshop on Constitutional History and Freedom of Speech.)
On the occasion of National...
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15th January 2019 | Disha Chaudhary
Constituent Assembly Debates Workshop: Exploring Freedom of Speech
On 12th December 2018, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) in collaboration with thePraja Foundation, conducted a 2-hour workshop on Indian Constitutional Hist...
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2019 | Vineeth Krishna E
Four Ways in Which the CADs Shaped Public Debates and Judicial Decision Making in India
1. Sabarimala Temple Entry
The Supreme Court in the Sabarimala Temple Entry Case held that the exclusion of women between ages of 10-50 years violated fundamental right...
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15th December 2018 | Kruthika R and Vineeth Krishna
Commemorating 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Miloon Kothari on the Indian Contribution to the Declaration
November 2018 marked the 70th Anniversary of the historic Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR). Miloon Kothari reminds us that while the Declaration was being draft...
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12th December 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly elects Rajendra Prasad as its Chairman
For the Constituent Assembly of India, 11 December 1946 was an important day. Two days after its first sitting, it was going to choose one of its members to the most criti...
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5th December 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly Gives Indians the Right to Not Pay Taxes that the State Intends to Use for Religious Purposes
On 7th December 1948, the Constituent Assembly took up Draft Article 21 (Article 27, Constitution of India, 1950) for debate. The Draft Article stated that:
‘Freedom as...
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3rd December 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #3.3: Quiz on the President of India
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30th November 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
CADIndia Advanced Search: A Guide #2 Using Keyword(s)
This second post in the CADIndia Advanced Search: A Guide series, will focus on keyword(s).
In most cases, the keyword(s) that you’ll enter into the search box will be...
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29th November 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Chaudhary Ranbir Singh
Chaudhary Ranbir Singh was a Constituent Assembly member elected from East Punjab: he was a renowned parliamentarian and freedom fighter. He has the distinction of be...
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19th November 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
Constituent Assembly Takes up the Revised Draft Constitution
Between 15th November 1948 and 17th October 1949, the Constituent Assembly debated and discussed provisions of the Draft Constitution along with a staggering number of ame...
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12th November 2018 | Jai Brunner
NCS Convention 2018 – Selected Student Delegates
Thank you to all those who applied to be Student Delegates at the National Constitution Society(NCS) Convention 2018.
Congratulations to the 32 of you who were selected...
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11th November 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Abul Kalam Azad
Abul Kalam Azad was elected to the Constituent Assembly from United Provinces: he was a freedom fighter, poet and the first Education Minister of independent India.
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9th November 2018 | Jai Brunner
National Constitution Society Convention - Agenda
On 26th November 2018 we celebrate Constitution Day. Sixty-nine years ago on 26th November 1949 the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Do younger gene...
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30th October 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhai Patel was a Constituent Assembly member elected from Bombay province: he was a prominent freedom fighter, statesman and the first Home Minister of in...
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29th October 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
B.N. Rau’s Draft Constitution and World Tour
In the last week of October 1947, B.N. Rau the Constitutional Advisor to the Constituent Assembly of India produced a Draft Constitution. This Draft reflected the repo...
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29th October 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
CADIndia Advanced Search: A Guide #1 Introduction
The flagship feature of the CADIndia website is the advanced search - that allows easy and swift access to Indian constitutional history materials.
In this series of ‘...
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17th October 2018 | Kruthika R
Call for Applications: Student Delegates for National Constitution Society Convention
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) invites you to apply to be a Student Delegate at the first National Constitution Society Convention to be held on Friday 23rd...
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17th October 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #3.2: Drafting Committee Members | Word Puzzle
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Grade – 5 to 8 Drafting Committee Members – Word Puzzle (PDF Format)
Difficulty – (level) Drafting Com...
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15th October 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #2.1: Quiz on Indian Constitutional and Political History
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1st October 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
M.K. Gandhi and the Demand for a Constituent Assembly
M.N. Roy was the first to demand a Constituent Assembly for India in 1934. A year later, the Indian National Congress made this a formal demand in a resolution that reject...
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29th September 2018 | Rohini Swamy
Gujarat and Delhi students emerge winners in ConQuest national quiz finals
We conducted the South Regional Rounds and National Final Rounds of ConQuest 2018 on 28th September 2018. ThePrint carried a report on these rounds.
Bengaluru: Did you ...
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20th September 2018 | Kruthika R
ConQuest: India’s premiere national quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics
ConQuest: India’s premiere national quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics is CLPR’s annual flagship event. It is aims to have students engage with India’s ...
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16th September 2018 | ThePrint Team
ConQuest defending champions continue their winning streak by acing western region round
ThePrint's report on the West regional rounds of ConQuest 2018.
From who started the concept of formal economic planning in India to listing out prime ministers who hav...
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9th September 2018 | ThePrint Team
ConQuest 2018 finalists from eastern region were chosen in Kolkata
ThePrint carried a report on the East Regional Round of ConQuest 2018.
As the Supreme Court passed a landmark judgment on Section 377 Thursday, the youth in Kolkata ask...
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3rd September 2018 | Kruthika R
Indian Constitutional History Workshop on Freedom of Speech at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
We conducted an Indian Constitutional history workshop at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi on 29th August 2018. Around 30 students participated in it which focussed on “Explor...
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2nd September 2018 | Kruthika R
Round up of North Regional Rounds of ConQuest 2018
CLPR conducted the North Regional Rounds of ConQuest 2018 on 1st September 2018 at National Law University, Delhi.
The morning rains of Delhi did not seem to deter the ...
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2nd September 2018 | Priyamvada Grover
From suffrage to the right to sleep, India’s youth ask (and answer) the right questions
ThePrint carried a piece today on North Regional Rounds of ConQuest: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics.
The quest is on t...
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30th August 2018 | ThePrint Team
Knowing your Constitution has an added incentive - winning ConQuest 2018
ThePrint carried a piece today on CLPR's initiative ConQuest: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics.
The quiz will comprise f...
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18th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Rev. Jerome D’souza
Reverend Jerome D’souza was a Constituent Assembly member elected from the Madras province: he was a Jesuit priest, writer and an educationist.
Rev. D’souza was born o...
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16th August 2018 | Kruthika R
The Indian Constitution in the Classroom: Law, History and Politics
We believe that a vibrant constitutional culture in India can only emerge when citizens engage with and understand India’s constitutional tradition and how this relates to...
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15th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #4.2: Worksheet on Uniform Civil Code
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13th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #4.4: Worksheet on Right Against Exploitation
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11th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #4.5: Worksheet on Freedom of Speech
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10th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in The Classroom #4.1: Worksheet on Objectives Resolution
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10th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #3.1: Worksheets on Religion and Personal Laws
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6th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Conquest 2018
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is excited to announce the 3rd edition of ConQuest: India’s Premiere National Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Po...
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5th August 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #4.3: Worksheet on Ban on Cow Slaughter
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4th August 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly Decides To Suspend Freedoms Under Article 19 During An Emergency
On 4th August 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up Draft Article 279 (Article 358, Constitution of India) – one of the emergency provisions in the Draft Constitution – f...
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28th July 2018 | Vineeth Krishna
Orientation program at St. Joseph’s College of Law
CLPR conducted a day-long orientation program at St. Joseph’s College of Law on 25th July 2018 for the newly admitted first-year students. The program consisting of four s...
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28th July 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Dakshayani Vellayudan
Dakshayani Vellayudan was a Constituent assembly member elected from the Madras constituency. She was a parliamentarian and Dalit woman activist.
She was born 106 year...
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23rd July 2018 | Admin
Is Article 17 of the Constitution restricted to only caste-based untouchability?
This piece, written by Vineeth Krishna from the CADIndia team, first appeared in ThePrint on 22 July 2018 under the title 'Lawyers argued women are untouchables at Sabarim...
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20th July 2018 | Vineeth Krishna
Framers of India’s Constitution were divided on representative government for Delhi
This article was first published on The Caravan on 17 July 2018.
On 4 July 2018, the Supreme Court of India delivered its judgment in Government of NCT of Delhi vs Unio...
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5th July 2018 | Vineeth Krishna
Women’s Rights in Indian Constitutional History
There were a number of Historical Constitutions that articulated a constitutional imagination which paid attention to women’s rights. The relevant provisions in these docu...
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4th July 2018 | Kruthika R
Why did the framers not specify Devadasi practice within right against exploitation?
The fundamental right against exploitation has been articulated in Article 23 of the Indian Constitution. Article 23 bans human trafficking, begar and forced labour. This ...
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30th June 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
Freedom of Speech in the Historical Constitutions
The Constitution of India gives citizens the right to freedom of speech subject to certain restrictions. This article will briefly look at how antecedent constitutional do...
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30th June 2018 | Kruthika R
ConQuest 2018 - CLPR’s 3rd Edition of National Level Quiz on the Indian Constitution
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is excited to conduct 3rd edition of India’s only national-level quiz on the Indian Constitution and its history. The quiz wi...
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29th June 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week – Sucheta Kripalani
Sucheta Kripalani was a member of the Constituent Assembly who was elected from the United Province. She was a freedom fighter, parliamentarian and the first woman Chief M...
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21st June 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
Public Health in Indian Constitutional History
The Nehru Report, 1928 was the first historical constitution that viewed public health as a constitutional right. Under the ‘fundamental rights’ section, the Nehru Report ...
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15th June 2018 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial - Shiva Jolad
Shiva Jolad is an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar. He has been actively engaging with our website. This is what he had to say about it:
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12th June 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week – Gopinath Bordoloi
Gopinath Bordoloi was a member of the Constituent Assembly elected from the Assam Province. He was a freedom fighter, parliamentarian and the first Chief Minister of Assam...
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7th June 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
The Constituent Assembly Restricts Former High Court Judges to Practice Law
On 7 June 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up Draft Article 196 for discussion; B.R. Ambedkar and Sardar Hukam Singh moved two amendments. While Ambedkar proposed that ...
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19th May 2018 | Kruthika R
Capital Punishment in Indian Constitutional History
On 21st April 2018, the President of India signed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (“Ordinance”). The Ordinance amended certain criminal laws including Indian ...
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3rd May 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the week – R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty
R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty was a Constituent Assembly member from the Madras constituency. He was a prominent economist and went on to become India’s first Finance Minister.
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25th April 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
Impeaching a Supreme Court Judge: The Debate in the Constituent Assembly
Recently, the Congress party mobilised members of the Rajya Sabha to sign a notice of motion to remove the Chief Justice of India – Dipak Mishra – from his post. The m...
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25th April 2018 | Kruthika R
Constitution in the Classroom #1.1: Exploring Constitutional Values Through the Preamble
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24th April 2018 | Shikhar Goel
Assembly Member of the Week – Ramnath Goenka
Ramnath Goenka is a Constituent Assembly member elected to the Assembly from Madras from a Congress party ticket.
Goenka is most popularly known for setting up Índ...
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24th April 2018 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial - Jaipat S. Jain
Jaipat S. Jain is an Attorney at Law and Partner at a New York based law firm - Lazare Potter Giacovas & Moyle LLP. His testimonial about our website is:
"I am deli...
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17th April 2018 | Vineeth Krishna E
B.R. Ambedkar on the Working of Constitutional Democracy in India
The BBC released a video late last year of an interview it conducted with B.R. Ambedkar in 1953.
The content of the video is interesting and remarkable. It re...
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2nd April 2018 | Sampada S Venkatesh
Assembly Member of the Week - Jagjivan Ram
Jagjivan Ram, or Babuji as he was fondly known, was born to a Dalit family 110 years ago on 5 April 1908. He holds the record for being a parliamentarian for 50 years...
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19th March 2018 | Shreyan Acharya
Assembly Member of The Week: Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
Madhabhooshi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was a freedom fighter, lawyer, Parliamentarian and a Constituent Assembly member .
He was a believer of the Gandhian philosophy of ...
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12th March 2018 | Shreyan Acharya
Assembly Member of The Week: S.H. Prater
Stanley Henry Prater also known as S.H. Prater was the representative of the Anglo-Indian community in the Constituent Assembly. He was a British Naturalist who born ...
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5th March 2018 | Dhruv Mehrotra,
Assembly Member of the Week - K. T. Shah
Prof. K. T. Shah was a prominent economist, advocate, socialist and Constituent Assembly member. He passed away 55 years ago, in March, 1953.
Before joining the C...
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26th February 2018 | Shreyan Acharya
Assembly Member of The Week: B. Shiva Rao
Benegal Shiva Rao also known as B. Shiva Rao was a prominent journalist and Constituent Assembly Member. He was born 127 years ago on 26th February 1891. Born in a family ...
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19th February 2018 | Dhruv Mehrotra
Assembly Member of the Week- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was a freedom fighter, politician, and socialist. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly and was born 124 years ago on 18th February 1894.
Born i...
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12th February 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week – Dr. Kailash Nath Katju
Dr. Kailash Nath Katju was an eminent advocate, politician, and constituent assembly member.
During his childhood, Katju aspired to study medicine. However, his ac...
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5th February 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was one of the 15 woman Constituent Assembly Members in the Constituent Assembly and was the first woman Cabinet Minister of free India.
Kaur was b...
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31st January 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Moturi Satyanarayana
Moturi Satyanarayana was born 116 years ago. He was a Constituent Assembly Member from the Madras Province on the Congress party ticket and served in the Assembly fro...
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31st January 2018 | Kruthika R
Announcement: Selected Student Contributors for the CADIndia Website
Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) has developed the CADIndia website as a portal to engage with India’s constitutional and political history and bring it to t...
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29th January 2018 | Satya Prasoon
7 Constituent Assembly Debates Workshops in Mumbai, leading up to Republic Day 2018
CLPR conducted a series of Indian constitutional history workshops in Mumbai between 23-25th January around various themes by engaging with the Constituent Assembly Debate...
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27th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Becoming a Republic: Journey in the Constituent Assembly
The Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946 formed the Constituent Assembly which sat for the first time on 9th December 1946. In the backdrop of suspicion and uncertainty due to ...
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26th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Celebrating Republic Day with Mallya Aditi International School
The CLPR team celebrated Republic Day on 26th January 2018 with the students and staff of Mallya Aditi International School, Bengaluru. We created an immersive experience ...
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25th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Becoming a Republic: Idea of Freedom
India became independent in 1947 through the Indian Independence Act, 1947; it was only in 1950 that it became a ‘Republic’. Between 1947 and 1950 India was a dominio...
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15th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week - Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir was born 119 years ago on 15th January 1899. He was appointed to the Constituent Assembly from East Punjab.
After Indian independence Musaf...
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13th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Call for Student Contributors
Interested to write about and engage with India’s constitutional and political history? Apply to become a Student Contributor for Center for Law and Policy Research’s CADI...
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8th January 2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week – John Matthai
John Matthai was born 131 years ago on 10th January 1886. He was a member of Constituent Assembly elected from United Provinces.
Image Credits : http://www.drj...
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2nd January 2018 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Website Testimonial - Nishant Gokhale
Nishant Gokhale's (LLM candidate from Harvard Law School) testimonial on our website:
'CLPR's database on the Constituent Assembly Debates is a refreshingly new take on...
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2018 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week – Jaipal Singh
Jaipal Singh elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 from Bihar province was born on 3rd January 1903.
Jaipal Singh was a gifted hockey player and while he wa...
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27th December 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week – K. M. Munshi
K. M. Munshi was born 130 years ago on 30th December 1887 in Gujarat. Elected from the Bombay province he was an active member of the Constituent Assembly from its in...
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20th December 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week – Kallur Subba Rao
Kallur Subba Rao died 45 years ago on 20th December 1972. He was a Constituent Assembly Member from Madras Province. He was twice elected to the Madras Assembly and ...
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18th December 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
The Constituent Assembly Sets Up Committee To Negotiate With The Princely States
The Constituent Assembly of India - created and constrained by the Cabinet Mission Plan - sat for the first time on 9th December 1946. Representatives of the princely...
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10th December 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week – C.Rajagopalachari
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was born 139 years ago on 10th December 1878. He was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Madras province in 1946 and was a part of it...
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6th December 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
This Week in Constitution Making: Dr Sachindananda Sinha takes charge as Provisional Chairman of the Constituent Assembly
On 9th December 1946, the Constituent Assembly sat for the first time. Acharya Kriplani, the then President of the Indian National Congress, kicked off proceedings - on be...
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4th December 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, a Constituent Assembly member from Bihar, was born 133 years ago on 3rd December 1884. He was an active member of the Indian National Congress from 19...
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4th December 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
This week in Constitution Making: The Constituent Assembly Criminalises Forced Labour
On 3rd December 1948, the Constituent Assembly took up Draft Article 17 ( Article 23 of the Constitution of India, 1950) - that criminalised forced labour - for debate. Th...
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3rd December 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week - Kengal Hanumanthaiah
Kengal Hanumanthaiah, a Constituent Assembly member from Mysore, died 37 years ago on 1st December 1980. He was an active Congress party member since his student years.
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25th November 2017 | Kruthika R
Commemoration of Constitution Day in Other Countries
India observes Constitution Day on 26th November marking the adoption of Constitution by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949. India is not the only country that...
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25th November 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
This Week in Constitution Making : Did it take too long to draft the Indian Consitution?
On 25th November 1949, a day before the Constituent Assembly adopted the Indian Constitution – which we now commemorate every year as Constitution Day ( ‘Law Day’ till 201...
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25th November 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week : Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya was born 137 years ago on 24th November 1880 in Andhra Pradesh. He was a Constituent Assembly member elected from Madras Province.
Sitaramay...
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25th November 2017 | Satya Prasoon
Evolution of ‘Constitution Day’ – 26th November
This day, 68 years ago, on 26th November, 1949, the Constitutent Assembly adopted the Constitution though it came into force, two months later, on 26th January, 1950. It t...
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17th November 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of the Week: Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of independent India, was also the longest serving Prime Minister, holding the office for a total of seventeen years.
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13th November 2017 | Kruthika R
CAD India Workshop at North Eastern Hill University
Around 45 students from the law department of North Eastern Hill University participated in our workshop on “Exploring Cow Slaughter Debates in Indian Constitutional ...
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13th November 2017 | Kruthika R
CAD India Workshop at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Around 50 students from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati attended the ‘Exploring Uniform Civil Code in Indi...
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26th October 2017 | Kruthika R
CADIndia Tutorial - Read, Search, Explore and Engage with the Indian Constitutional History
We are excited to introduce you to CADIndia Website 2.0. We invite you to Read, Search, Explore and Engage with the Indian Constitutional History through our webs...
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26th October 2017 | Kruthika R
Launch of CADIndia Website 2.0.
Announcing the launch of CLPR's redesigned website - CADIndia 2.0.
With improved, intelligent access to the Indian Constituent Assembly Debates, the Historic...
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25th October 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
Reading the Constitution – Workshop at Mallya Aditi International School
A pre-requisite for citizens to critically engage with contemporary political, legal and social issues is an understanding and appreciation of India’s rich constitutional ...
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6th October 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
CADIndia Version 2.0: What’s New?
CADIndia Version 2.0, developed by the Centre for Law and Policy Research, Bangalore (CLPR) sports a new visual design with improvements to functionality along wit...
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6th October 2017 | Kruthika R
Assembly Member of The Week: Hansa Jivraj Mehta
The Supreme Court of India recently guaranteed the right to equality of Muslim women by holding the practice of triple talaq unconstitutional.
During the framing...
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4th September 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
Round up - National Finals of ConQuest 2017
The National Finals of ConQuest 2017 was held on 1st September 2017 at the School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore. Intense competition in four Regional Rounds produce...
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29th August 2017 | Kruthika R
Roundup of ConQuest 2017 West Regional Round held on 26th Aug 2017
The west regional round of ConQuest 2017 was held in the campus of our regional Partner Symbiosis Law School, Pune. 56 teams from Pune, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa took p...
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23rd August 2017 | Kruthika R
Roundup of ConQuest 2017 North Regional Round held on 19th Aug 2017
The north regional round of ConQuest 2017 was held in the campus of our regional partner National Law University, Delhi. We saw over whelming participation of 82 teams fro...
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14th August 2017 | Kruthika R
Roundup of ConQuest 2017 South Regional Round held on 11th Aug 2017
The South Regional Round of ConQuest 2017 was held on 11th August 2017 in the campus of our regional partner – School of Law, Christ University. 60 teams from Karnataka, T...
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7th August 2017 | Kruthika R
Roundup of ConQuest2017 East Regional Round held on 5th Aug 2017
The East Regional Round of ConQuest 2017 was held on the campus of our East regional partner – West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. 35 t...
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20th July 2017 | Kruthika R
Revisiting the debate on Presidential Elections in Constituent Assembly Debates
The Election Commission conducted the presidential election on 17th July, 2017. Article 54 of the Constitution of India, 1950 provides for the President to be elected by ...
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11th July 2017 | Kruthika R
Conquest 2017
Who can participate?
This year the quiz is open to senior high school students (11th – 12th grade/PUC/Junior College) in addition to undergraduate and graduate stu...
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10th April 2017 | Kruthika R
Money-Finance Bills in the Rajya Sabha
The Money-Finance Bill Controversy in the Constituent Assembly Debates
The Finance Bill, 2017 seeks to amend 40 acts on income tax raid procedures, anonymity in p...
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21st February 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
The Nagaland Dispute, Gender Equality and the Constituent Assembly
A violent agitation has broken out in Nagaland against a constitutionally mandated reservation for women in local councils. The tribal population of the state argues that ...
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7th February 2017 | Vineeth Krishna and Mathew Idiculla
Saving the Date: January 26th and the Constituent Assembly
Republic day – January 26 – does not only mark the commencement of the Indian Constitution, but is also inextricably linked to a historical moment in the Indian nationalis...
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23rd January 2017 | Vineeth Krishna
CADIndia Version 2: What’s new?
Centre for Law and Policy Research’s (CLPR) CADIndia website has undergone significant changes and improvements over the past year.
In Phase I (2015-16) of the Con...
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15th November 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest Quiz 2016: East Regional Round
On 6th August, 2016 we organised the East Regional Round of ConQuest 2016, India’s first national-level quiz on Indian Constitution, History and Politics. We were hosted b...
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15th November 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
Constituent Assembly Debates Website (CADIndia)
The Constituent Assembly Debates (CADs) are a record of the debates and proceedings in the Constituent Assembly of India which sat for 165 days from December 9, 1946 to Ja...
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14th November 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
Supreme Court Observer Website
In 2016, CLPR is setting up a website to track the working of the Supreme Court of India. This website will be a non-partisan journalistic effort to make the work of the C...
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4th November 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest Quiz
One of the objectives of the Constitutional and Civic Citizenship Project has been to create a robust civic citizenship. In furtherance to this aim, we will organise an an...
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23rd August 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest 2016: National Finals
On 20thAugust 2016, the Centre for Law and Policy Research organized the National Finals of ConQuest 2016 : India’s first national-level quiz on Indian Constitution, Histo...
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22nd August 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest Quiz 2016: North Regional Rounds
On 20th August, 2016, we organized the North Regional Round of ConQuest 2016, India’s first national-level quiz on Indian Constitution, History and Politics. The Quiz was ...
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6th August 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest Quiz 2016 West Round
CLPR conducted the West Round of ConQuest 2016 at Symbiosis Law College, Pune on the 30th of July 2016. 45 teams from across Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh p...
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1st August 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest Quiz 2016: South Regional Round
On 23rd July, 2016, we organized the South Regional Round of ConQuest 2016, India’s first national-level quiz on Indian Constitution, History and Politics. We were hosted ...
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30th June 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
ConQuest 2016: India’s First Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics
The Centre for Law and Policy Research will conduct India’s First National Level Quiz on the Indian Constitution, History and Politics in 2016, called ‘ConQuest’. The quiz...
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9th May 2016 | Apoorva Sharma
Special Leave Petitions and the Constituent Assembly Debates
It is no secret that the Supreme Court currently faces an enormous (and frankly unmanageable) number of Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) under Article 136. This has most rec...
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7th May 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
CLPR’s National Level Quiz On the Indian Constitution
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is excited to conduct India’s first national-level quiz on the Indian Constitution and its history. The quiz will be held in ...
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7th May 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
Constitutional and Civic Citizenship Project Phase II
Phase ll of CLPR’s Constitutional and Civic Citizenship Project, supported by FNF South Asia , is in full swing. A new batch of Associate Editors and Interns are currently...
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15th February 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
Report on ‘Constituent Assembly Debates in Contemporary times’
On 26th January 2016, Republic Day, CLPR’s CADIndia website was launched at the Karnataka Judicial Academy. The launch event consisted of a discussion around ‘Constituent ...
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31st January 2016 | Vineeth Krishna
Republic Day Celebration 2016: Launch of CLPR’s CADIndia website and discussion on ‘Constituent Assembly Debates in Contemporary Times’
On the 26th of January 2016, the Centre for Law and Policy Research(CLPR), launched its CADIndia website and also organised a discussion around the theme – ‘Constituent As...
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1st June 2015 | XYZ
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