The court and the constitution of India : summits and shallows
by O Chinnappa Reddy
- New Delhi Oxford University Press 2008
- li, 337 p.
Table of contents:
1. The heritage 2. Building a castle, but not in the air : the making of the constitution -- 3. A brief outline of the constitution -- 4. Gopalan, preventive detention, and habeas corpus -- 5. Crossroads, Champakam Dorairajan and first amendment 6. The early struggles and peace at last : land reforms, Golaknath, Kesavananda, and articles 31-B and 31-C 7. The terms of the armistice : basic features of the constitution -- 8. Democracy denuded : the aftermath of Kesavananda, emergency, and supersession of judges 9. All this and heaven too : directive principles of state policy 10. Smoothening the creases : equality before law 11. Ladders to climb and bridges to cross : reservations, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and backward clauses -- 12. Reentry of Eve in the Garden of Eden : women and women's rights 13. The garden of fruits and flowers : right to life 14. EAch for all and all for each : socialism 15. 'May your religion be the welfare of humanity' : secularism -- 16. MInorities and minority institutions -- 17. Labour law -- 18. To speak or not to speak : freedom of expression 19. The sword of Damocles : contempt of court 20. The state, its instrumentalities and agencies 21. Each for all, all for each : federalism, the union, and the states -- 22. To be heard or not to be heard : natural justice and the Supreme Court -- 23. The taming of the shrew : administrative law 24. Whither has the magic of the flowers and fruits gone? Environmental law 25. Expanding the judicial universe : judicial activism 26. The garden is open to the public : public interest litigation -- 27. Choosing the ruler : elections -- 28. A contribution and not an exaction : taxation 29. The invasions and the defences : crime and criminal law 30. Conscience keepers of the law : judges and courts 31. Conclusion.