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One of the longest-running confrontations or battles in the history of India has now settled andthe Supreme Court gave its verdict and allotted the so-called disputed land of 2.77 acres to Ram Janmabhoomi and gave an alternative land of 5 acres to Sunni Waqf Board. But even after the verdict delivered by the court, certain questions remained unaddressed. The history of this case is about 500 years old that began in 1528. Now if we consider this land dispute, the question here is that from when it should be taken into consideration? Whether from 1528 when Babri Masjid was constructed or from 1949 when the idol of Ram was placed or from 1992 when Babri Masjid was finally demolished? The article is an attempt to analyze the Allahabad High Court judgment and why it was not accepted. What the Archaeological Survey of India report stated? Why mediation failed in resolving the dispute? Whether it was actually a land dispute or was a religious dispute? Whether the title of land was involved o...

WHAT IS BASIC STRUCTURE DOCTRINE? Although the doctrine of ‘Basic Structure’ is nowhere defined but is the foundation that lays down the basic features of our Indian Constitution such as its supremacy, sovereignty, republic nature of our country India and its polity, Rule of Law, Separation of Powers, liberty, judicial review, secularism and much more. It should be noted that our Indian Constitution empowers Parliament and State Legislatures to enact law for their respective jurisdictions but the power to amend any legislation so enacted vests only with the Parliament. However, this power of Parliament to amend the law is not absolute as judiciary on other hand has power to declare any such law void or unconstitutional that is vague or contrary to welfare of public or is inconsistent with the Indian Constitution. The doctrine was brought into the system for the following reasons- ·        To preserve and protect the spirit of Indian Constitution ·  ...

The National Council of Education Research & Training (NCERT) updated and revised the Political Science syllabi of Class 12 by removing the topic ‘ Separatism & Beyond’ and thereby adding into it the ‘ Scrapping of Article 370’ under the head ‘Regional Aspirations’ . The Article 370 and the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped in August 2019 and in less than a year the scrapping of the said article has been included. Further, the old map has been replaced with the new map of India. THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DECISION- The decision by the concerned authorities is taken with a view to ·        Make students familiar with diverse facets of Political Scientists ·        Make students understand the historical process which shaped the present political structure ·        Make students understand about the situation in which Indian Constitution has been drafted ·  ...