The Doctrine of Arbitrariness / Substantive Due Process I

Abhinav Chandrachud is not incorrect in noting, Doctrine of ‘Fairness’/‘Non-Arbitrariness’ laid the foundation of Substantive Due Process in our country. Justice Nariman supports this view. In a richly cited CJI K.G. Balakrishnan Judgment [2010] it indeed was held, ‘Substantive Due Process’ is a part of Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence. 5 years later, in Rajbala v. Haryana, (2016) 2 SCC […]

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The Discomfort of ADM Jabalpur I

ADM Jabalpur must be confined to the dustbin of history. Hon’ble Justices Aftab Alam and A.K. Ganguly in Rajnath Chauhan, (2010) 14 SCC 209 were clear on that conclusion. Two months after the pronouncement of Judgment, Times of India carried the following headline: ADM Jabalpur is a flop movie, only remembered fondly for the stellar […]

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