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Lawyers And Great Expectations In Pakistan, Shubhankar Dam
Lawyers And Great Expectations In Pakistan, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
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In Defence Of The Supreme Court: A Conservative View, Shubhankar Dam
In Defence Of The Supreme Court: A Conservative View, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court And The Hamiltonian Dilemma, Shubhankar Dam
The Supreme Court And The Hamiltonian Dilemma, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
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The Constitutionality Of The President To Hold Another Office Act, 2004: A View From India, Shubhankar Dam
The Constitutionality Of The President To Hold Another Office Act, 2004: A View From India, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
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Pakistani Supreme Court And Constitutional Space, Shubhankar Dam
Pakistani Supreme Court And Constitutional Space, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
No abstract provided.
Parliamentary Privileges As Façade: Political Reforms And Constitutional Adjudication, Shubhankar Dam
Parliamentary Privileges As Façade: Political Reforms And Constitutional Adjudication, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
Does the Indian Parliament have the power to expel its members under the "powers, privileges and immunities" guaranteed by the Constitution? The Indian Supreme Court was confronted with the question in Raja Ram Pal v. Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha and Others. Powers, privileges and immunities of the Indian Parliament are provided under Article 105. Supposedly based on an interpretation on Article 105(3), Sabharwal C.J., writing for the majority (Thakker J. concurring), concluded that Parliament did have the power to expel and that the same was subject to judicial review. Raveendran J. dissented. The particular privilege of the House of Commons, …
Situating The Core And Structure Of Experience In Constitutional Interpretation: Judicial Reasoning Under The Indian Constitution, Shubhankar Dam
Situating The Core And Structure Of Experience In Constitutional Interpretation: Judicial Reasoning Under The Indian Constitution, Shubhankar Dam
Shubhankar Dam
This article is about texts: texts of legal provisions and texts of judgments. How much does the text of a legal provision tell us about its meaning? How much does a judgment tell us about the reasons for any given meaning of the text? Rather than in the abstract, the article unfolds both these questions in the context of the Indian Constitution. More specifically, it unfolds the questions in the context of an issue of great constitutional importance the Indian Supreme Court was confronted with in B. R. Kapur v. State of Tamil Nadu and Another. Can a person convicted …