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9 entries- 101st Constitutional Amendment Act (GST), 2016
- 101st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2016 (GST)
- 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act (EWS Reservation), 2019
- 106th Constitutional Amendment Act (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), 2023
- 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
- 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976
- 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978
- 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992
- 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992
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93 entries- A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950)
- Aadhaar Judgment (Puttaswamy II, 2018)
- Abrogation of Article 370 (2019)
- All India Services (Article 312)
- Amendability of Fundamental Rights
- Anocracy
- Article 1 — India, that is Bharat, Union of States
- Article 1 — Union of States
- Article 110 — Definition of a Money Bill
- Article 12 — Definition of 'State'
- Article 123 — Ordinance-Making Power of the President
- Article 13 — Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights
- Article 131 — Original Jurisdiction in Centre-State Disputes
- Article 131 (Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court)
- Article 14 (Equality Before Law)
- Article 14 and the Rule of Law
- Article 142 — Doing Complete Justice
- Article 142 (Power to do Complete Justice)
- Article 143 — Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
- Article 148 — Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Article 15 — Prohibition of Discrimination
- Article 16 — Equality of Opportunity in Public Employment
- Article 161 — Pardoning Power of the Governor
- Article 163 — Council of Ministers to Aid and Advise Governor
- Article 17 — Abolition of Untouchability
- Article 18 (Abolition of Titles)
- Article 19 (Protection of Six Freedoms)
- Article 19(1)(a) Freedom of Speech and Expression
- Article 20 — Protection in Respect of Conviction for Offences
- Article 200 — Assent to Bills by the Governor
- Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty)
- Article 21A (Right to Education)
- Article 22 — Protection Against Arrest and Preventive Detention
- Article 226 (Writ Jurisdiction of High Courts)
- Article 226 versus Article 32 — Scope of Writ Jurisdiction
- Article 23 — Prohibition of Traffic in Human Beings and Forced Labour
- Article 239AA — Special Provisions for Delhi
- Article 24 — Prohibition of Employment of Children in Factories
- Article 243 — Constitutional Status of Panchayati Raj
- Article 243G — Powers and Responsibilities of Panchayats
- Article 244 — Administration of Scheduled and Tribal Areas
- Article 246 Distribution of Legislative Powers
- Article 249 — Parliament's Power to Legislate on State List
- Article 25 — Freedom of Conscience and Free Profession of Religion
- Article 254 Repugnancy of Laws
- Article 262 — Disputes Relating to Inter-State Rivers
- Article 263 Inter-State Council
- Article 269A IGST Apportionment
- Article 28 (Freedom from Religious Instruction in State Institutions)
- Article 280 — Finance Commission
- Article 29 — Protection of Interests of Minorities
- Article 293 State Borrowing Powers
- Article 3 — Formation of New States and Alteration of Boundaries
- Article 3 Reorganisation of States
- Article 30 — Right of Minorities to Establish Educational Institutions
- Article 300A — No Person Deprived of Property Save by Law
- Article 300A (Right to Property)
- Article 301 Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse
- Article 310 (Doctrine of Pleasure)
- Article 311 (Safeguards for Civil Servants)
- Article 312 (Creation of All India Services)
- Article 315 — Public Service Commissions for Union and States
- Article 32 (Right to Constitutional Remedies)
- Article 32 as 'Heart and Soul' of the Constitution
- Article 324 — Superintendence of Elections by Election Commission
- Article 33 (Restriction of Fundamental Rights for Armed Forces)
- Article 330 — Reservation of Seats for SC/ST in Lok Sabha
- Article 338 — National Commission for Scheduled Castes
- Article 34 (Restriction of Rights under Martial Law)
- Article 341 (Scheduled Castes)
- Article 342 (Scheduled Tribes)
- Article 342A (Socially and Educationally Backward Classes)
- Article 35 (Power to Legislate to Give Effect to Fundamental Rights)
- Article 352 — Proclamation of National Emergency
- Article 356 — Provisions for State Emergency Beyond Presidents Rule
- Article 356 (President's Rule)
- Article 356 and the Floor Test Doctrine
- Article 360 — Financial Emergency
- Article 368 — Procedure for Amendment of the Constitution
- Article 368 (Power of Parliament to Amend the Constitution)
- Article 37 (Non-Justiciability of Directive Principles)
- Article 39(b) and 39(c) — Distribution of Material Resources
- Article 39A (Equal Justice and Free Legal Aid)
- Article 40 — Organisation of Village Panchayats
- Article 43B (Promotion of Co-operative Societies)
- Article 44 — Uniform Civil Code
- Article 46 (Promotion of Educational and Economic Interests of Weaker Sections)
- Article 48A (Protection and Improvement of Environment)
- Article 50 — Separation of Judiciary from Executive
- Article 51A — Fundamental Duties
- Article 72 — Pardoning Power of the President
- Articles 200 and 201 Governor's Assent to Bills
- Articles 256 and 257 Centre-State Administrative Relations
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9 entries- I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007)
- I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007)
- I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007)
- I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (2007)
- In re Berubari Union (1960)
- Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992)
- Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992)
- Informational Self-Determination
- institutional body
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9 entries- M. Nagaraj v. Union of India (2006)
- Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)
- Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)
- Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (1980)
- Minerva Mills v. Union of India (1980)
- Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985)
- Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985)
- Money Bill (Article 110)
- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
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8 entries- National Commission for Backward Classes (Article 338B)
- National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (Article 338A)
- Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018)
- Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018)
- Ninth Schedule and Judicial Review
- Ninth Schedule of the Constitution
- NJAC Judgment (Fourth Judges Case, 2015)
- North Eastern Council
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9 entries- Pardoning Power of the President (Article 72)
- Part III — Fundamental Rights
- Part IV — Directive Principles of State Policy
- Part IXA — The Municipalities
- Prakash Singh v. Union of India (Police Reforms)
- Preamble in Constitutional Interpretation
- Proportionality Test
- Prospective Overruling
- Public Account of India
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16 entries- S.R. Bommai case (1994)
- S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994)
- S.R. Bommai v. Union of India (1994)
- Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan (1965)
- Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan (1965)
- Section 125 CrPC Maintenance Provision
- Secularism as Basic Structure
- Seventh Schedule — Union, State and Concurrent Lists
- Seventh Schedule (Union, State, Concurrent Lists)
- Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 (POSH Act)
- Shankari Prasad v. Union of India (1951)
- Shankari Prasad v. Union of India (1951)
- Sixteenth Finance Commission
- Sixth Schedule — Administration of Tribal Areas
- State of West Bengal v. Union of India (1963)
- Swaran Singh Committee
