Instances of President's delay in commuting death sentences has come under public debate as denial of justice. Should there be a time limit specified for the President to accept/reject such petitions? Analyse.

The law as it stands now provides no time limit for the President to decide if he wishes to exercise his right to grant a pardon. However, a recent decision of the Supreme Court granted pardon to 15 persons on ..

What do you understand by the concept "freedom of speech and expression"? Does it cover hate speech also? Why do the films in India stand on a slightly different plane from other forms of expression? Discuss.

Freedom to express whatever they wish and state/speak their opinion is an important feature of any healthy democracy. Any person expressing his/her opinion must be able to do so without free of repercussion. So, freedom of speech and expression has ..

Though the federal principle is dominant in our Constitution and that principle is one of its basic features, but it is equally true that federalism under the Indian Constitution leans in favour of a strong Centre, a feature that militates against the concept of strong federalism. Discuss.

India is neither wholly federal nor unitary; it is quasi-federal with more of a federal leaning than a unitary one. The Indian constitution provides for devolution of powers to the states, by under the purview of a strong central entity, ..

The ‘Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and its Members’ as envisaged in Article 105 of the Constitution leave room for a large number of un-codified and un-enumerated privileges to continue. Assess the reasons for the absence of legal codification of the ‘parliamentary privileges’. How can this problem be addressed?

Article 105 of the Indian constitution broadly identifies two rights of parliamentary members and committees, namely their right to freely expressly themselves in Parliament and right to not be prosecuted for publication of comments/statements or vote made in Parliament. These ..

Starting from inventing the 'basic structure' doctrine, the judiciary has played a highly proactive role in ensuring that India develops into a thriving democracy. In light of the statement, evaluate the role played by judicial activism in achieving the ideals of democracy.

Historically, the Indian Judiciary has played a proactive role, stepping in when the other two branches of the government seem to have faltered. The linkage between Judicial activism and democracy is a complex one. One of the important characteristics of ..

Critically evaluate the various resources of the oceans which can be harnessed to meet the resource crisis in the world.

Oceans cover over 70% of the Earth’s surface and represent an enormous reserve of resources that can potentially help meet global resource needs. Key resources that oceans provide include: Food Resources: Fish stocks and aquaculture provide food and nutrition for ..

Bring out the relationship between the shrinking Himalayan glaciers and the symptoms of climate change in the Indian sub-continent.

The Himalayan region contains some of the world’s largest glaciers, many of which are shrinking rapidly due to climate change. The melting of these glaciers is causing a number of problems, including flooding, landslides, and reduced water availability for irrigation ..

Why are the world's fold mountain systems located along the margins of continents? Bring out the association between the global distribution of fold mountains and the earthquakes and volcanoes.

World’s fold mountains are located on the margins of the continents because fold mountains are formed from the folding of crust and uprising of the sediments accumulated by rivers along the margins of the continents by the collision of two ..

Most of the unusual climatic happenings are explained as an outcome of the El-Nino effect. Do you agree?

It is undeniable that the El Nino has been used to explain unusual climatic changes across the globe. But, modern climatology takes into account various other phenomena also. However, El-Nino has far-reaching and varied effect on climate across the world. The major ..

Whereas the British planters had developed tea gardens all along the Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh, in effect they did not succeed beyond the Darjeeling area. Explain.

Tea was not only planted in Assam but also many other sites. Tea gardens were developed all along Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas from Assam to Himachal Pradesh wherever the climatic conditions and terrain lent itself to plantation of tea shrubs. ..