Article 342 deals with the provisions related to Scheduled Tribes. It states that the President may, with respect to any State or Union... View Article
Article 256 deals with the obligation of States and the Union. It states that the executive power of every state shall be so exercised as to... View Article
Cess is a form of tax charged/levied over and above the base tax liability of a taxpayer. A cess is usually imposed additionally when the state... View Article
Article 280 of the Constitution mandates that each FC make recommendations about the distribution of net proceeds of taxes between the Union and... View Article
One of the core tasks of a Finance Commission as stipulated in Article 280 (3) (a) of the Constitution is to make recommendations regarding the... View Article
Article 148 of the Indian Constitution deals with provisions related to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. It states that there shall... View Article
The divisible pool is that portion of gross tax revenue which is distributed between the Centre and the States. The divisible pool consists of... View Article
The Terms of Reference of the Finance Commission require it to recommend grants-in-aid to the States. These grants include: Revenue deficit... View Article
Income distance is the distance of the state’s income from the state with the highest income. The income of a state has been computed as the... View Article
According to the Constitution (Article 280), the Finance Commission is appointed every five years and consists of a chairman and four other... View Article
The current Finance Commission is the Fifteenth Finance Commission, and it was constituted on 27 November 2017. It is led by Chairman Shri N K... View Article
In the literal sense, quo-warranto means ‘by what authority or warrant’. It is issued by the court to enquire into the legality of the claim of a... View Article
The writ of prohibition literally means ‘to forbid’. It is issued by a higher court to a lower court or tribunal to prevent the latter from... View Article
The writ of mandamus cannot be issued: Against a private individual or body To enforce departmental instruction that does not possess statutory... View Article
Mandamus literally means ‘we command’. It is a command issued by the court to a public official asking him/her to perform his/her official duties... View Article
The expression ‘martial law’ has not been defined anywhere in the Constitution. There is also no specific or express provision in the... View Article
The writ, Habeas Corpus is not issued in the following cases: Detention is lawful The proceeding is for the contempt of a legislature or a court... View Article
Certiorari is issued on the grounds of excess of jurisdiction or lack of jurisdiction or error of law. Further Reading: Types of Writs Right... View Article
