Anti-defection laws find their origins in the late 1960s when an MP from Haryana, Gaya Lal changed his party thrice in a fortnight. This entire episode centred around the changing of political affiliations gave birth to a new infamous term “Aya Ram, Gaya Ram.” This led to the demand for legislation to stop this undemocratic …
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy. With the change in time, the law must also keep pace with it. In the present scenario, there is no more prevalence of police state in India. The country …
INTRODUCTION If a rather reductionist synoptic may be allowed, Islam may perhaps be the comparison between the three Abrahamic sects, placed halfway between what might be considered legalistic Judaism and theological Christianity.[1] That’s because it’s almost unquestioned in modern Islam that it is only lawful to determine the will of God expressed in the Quran …