Free and Compulsory Primary Education in India Under the British Raj: A Tale of an Unfulfilled Dream by Ajit Mondal

“…The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act), 2009, came into force from April 1, 2010, pursuant to the Eighty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of India (2002), which guarantees elementary education as a fundamental right. …”
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La réservation de sièges dans les corps élus en Inde by David Annoussamy

“…The Constitution of India which came into force in 1950 provides for the reservation of seats in the lower house of the Union and the legislative assemblies of States in favour of Scheduled castes (ex -intouchables) and Scheduled tribes proportionately to their number in the total population. …”
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Elusive empowerment: characteristics of indirectly elected women chairpersons of district councils in Uttar Pradesh, India by Preety Choudhari, Trisha Roy, Khushboo Verma, Reena Bharti, Sonia Verma

“…The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India was introduced with a stated legislative intent of reserving not less than a third of seats for women in institutions of local self-government, the three-tier panchayati raj institutions. …”
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Death of a doctor - Ek Doctor Ki Maut—Time to boost the ailing and failing public health system in India by Raman Kumar

“…A new act cannot suspend fundamental rights guaranteed under the constitution of India. State has primary duty to protect the right to live with human dignity as fundamental rights of each citizen, both doctor/patients alike under article 21 of the constitution.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF LAW RELATING TO FACTORIES IN INDIA by M. K. Sahu

“…It was done by virtue of Art. 372 of the Constitution of India. However, the Constitutional Lawmakers created vacuum for the implementation of new statute in accordance with the demand of society by inserting scope under the Directive Principles of State Policies. …”
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Women and Poverty in India: Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment through Cooperatives by Bishnu Mohan Dash, Lokender Prashad, Kislay Kumar Singh, Mitu Dash

“…Additionally, they also bear the burden of unpaid domestic works and are even are denied from some fundamental rights that are enshrined in the constitution of India. In this backdrop, cooperatives are seen as an effective organization for women’s empowerment. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic and contagion laws and policies in international and national perspectives by M Z M. Nomani

“…The pre-constitution vintage of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, contradicts Entry 29 of the accompanying rundown of the Constitution of India, 1950, and fighting the bordering nature of COVID-19 in India. …”
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Monitoring and exposing tobacco industry tactics in implementation of 85 percent pictorial health warnings by Binoy Mathew

“…Intervention or response Right to Information Act (RTI) is a part of fundamental rights under Article 19(1) of the Constitution of India. This empowers citizens to question the Government, inspect their files. …”
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Improving Societal Values – The Role & Responsibilities of Corporates by C. Subramaniam

“…Therefore, the citizenship status is not given to the corporations in the Constitution of India and they cannot invoke the fundamental rights available to the citizens of India. …”
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Community rehabilitation of disabled with a focus on blind persons: Indian perspective by Jose R, Sachdeva Sandeep

“…It has been enshrined in the Constitution of India to ensure equality, freedom, justice, and dignity of all individuals and implicitly mandates an inclusive society. …”
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RIGHT TO ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN INDIA by Prabhpreet Singh

“…This is one such case which can be seen reflected in the constitution of India. Article 43 imposes a duty on the state to provide adequate standard of living but such a duty is not enforceable in court of law. …”
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Raid, rescue, and rehabilitation: An exploratory study of effective anti-trafficking interventions for the survivors of sex trafficking of brothel-based prostitution by Sonal Pandey

“…The Constitution of India criminalizes the trafficking of children for the sex trade and has established extensive provisions for their rescue and rehabilitation. …”
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The right to education and positive discrimination: a constitutional and legal analysis by A.R. Karapetian

“…It is established that: 1) positive discrimination in the field of higher education is prohibited in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia; 2) positive discrimination based on race in university admissions is prohibited in the USA; 3) positive discrimination is allowed and applied: in Canada to representatives of the indigenous population (indigenous peoples) when entering a university and when receiving special scholarships; in Bulgaria - only for one ethnic community - Gypsies when entering a university, in Hungary - for socially disadvantaged citizens and the ethnic community of Gypsies when entering a university, in Macedonia - for national minorities when entering a university; in Finland for applicants who speak Swedish when entering certain educational programs; in China - to representatives of ethnic minorities, in India - to representatives of classes and castes that, according to the Constitution of India, are disadvantaged; in New Zealand - to representatives of the indigenous Maori people and other Polynesians when entering higher education institutions and providing scholarships, in Sri Lanka - to applicants from areas with poor access to education, in Brazil - to representatives of racial and ethnic communities, people with low incomes and disabled people; 4) in Japan, in accordance with national legislation, it is forbidden to apply positive discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, social origin (but not citizenship) when entering a university, but in practice there is a policy of granting preferential treatment when entering a university to representatives of the Burakumin national minority; 5) The French Constitution of 1958 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion or sex, French legislation that develops provisions of the French Constitution prohibits direct and indirect discrimination in education based on race or ethnic origin, but allows positive discrimination in education that is based on signs of «belonging to a certain district of the city». …”
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The right to education and positive discrimination: a constitutional and legal analysis by A. Karapetian

“…It is established that: 1) positive discrimination in the field of higher education is prohibited in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia; 2) positive discrimination based on race in university admissions is prohibited in the USA; 3) positive discrimination is allowed and applied: in Canada to representatives of the indigenous population (indigenous peoples) when entering a university and when receiving special scholarships; in Bulgaria – only for one ethnic community – Gypsies when entering a university, in Hungary – for socially disadvantaged citizens and the ethnic community of Gypsies when entering a university, in Macedonia – for national minorities when entering a university; in Finland for applicants who speak Swedish when entering certain educational programs; in China – to representatives of ethnic minorities, in India – to representatives of classes and castes that, according to the Constitution of India, are disadvantaged; in New Zealand – to representatives of the indigenous Maori people and other Polynesians when entering higher education institutions and providing scholarships, in Sri Lanka – to applicants from areas with poor access to education, in Brazil – to representatives of racial and ethnic communities, people with low incomes and disabled people; 4) in Japan, in accordance with national legislation, it is forbidden to apply positive discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, social origin (but not citizenship) when entering a university, but in practice there is a policy of granting preferential treatment when entering a university to representatives of the Burakumin national minority; 5) The French Constitution of 1958 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion or sex, French legislation that develops provisions of the French Constitution prohibits direct and indirect discrimination in education based on race or ethnic origin, but allows positive discrimination in education that is based on signs of «belonging to a certain district of the city». …”
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International investments and environmental protection in India - Policy and implementation gaps in mitigating the carbon footprints by Nisha Yadav, Fincy Pallissery

“…Findings: The Constitution of India stipulates protection and improvement of public and environmental health of the country. …”
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Strengthening Rural Decentralisation: A Study on the Role of International Organisations by Sujit Kumar Paul

“…The 73rd and 74th Amendment Act, 1993 of the Constitution of India has made the Panchayat an institution of self-government. …”
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Strengthening Rural Decentralisation: A Study on the Role of International Organisations by Dr Sujit Kumar Paul

“…The 73rd and 74th Amendment Act, 1993 of the Constitution of India has made the Panchayat an institution of self-government. …”
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The Fabulous and the Fascist - LGBT Rights in Modi’s India by Saptarshi Mandal

“…The last ten years have witnessed the gradual collapse of democracy and constitutionalism in India. Where do LGBT rights figure in all this? …”
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Amending the Constitution Without Deliberation - The Contemporary Indian Constitutionalism Experience by Maansi Verma

“…In this blog post, I argue that the promise of deliberative democracy in India is coming undone, which sets back the project of constitutionalism in India.…”
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Gender, Equality, and the Predicaments of Faith by Ratna Kapur

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