In the literal sense, Certiorari means ‘to be certified’ or ‘to be informed’. It is issued by a higher court to a lower court or tribunal either... View Article
The right to move the Supreme Court under Article 32 for the enforcement of fundamental rights is itself a fundamental right, while the right to... View Article
On April 27, 1861, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia to give military authorities the... View Article
The grounds stated for the grant of the habeas corpus are as follows: The applicant must be in custody. The application for the grant of the... View Article
Any prisoner, or another person acting on his or her behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus. One reason for the... View Article
Habeas Corpus is considered a bulwark of individual liberty against arbitrary detention. It would set the detained person free if the detention... View Article
Habeas Corpus is a Latin word meaning which literally means ‘to have the body of’. It is an order issued by the court to a person who has... View Article
In one year, at least two meetings of the Gram Sabha are held. In its first meeting, the Gram Sabha considers the budget of the Gram Panchayat.... View Article
The various sources of income of Zila Parishad are as follows: Income from taxes levied by Zila Parishad, license fees and market fees A share... View Article
The chairperson of a Zila Parishad, called Adhyaksha or President, is elected from among the directly elected members. The vice-chairperson is... View Article
A Gram Sabha or Village Assembly consists of all the adults i.e. voters (persons above the age of 18 years) living in the area of a Gram... View Article
The term of each Panchayat Samiti is five years in all States. Further Reading: Panchayati Raj Panchayat Finance Related Links Topic-wise... View Article
Article 273 deals with the Grants in lieu of export duty on jute and jute products. It further states that there shall be charged on the... View Article
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 extends to the following regions: Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh and... View Article
The Inner Line Permit is a document that allows an Indian citizen to visit or stay in a state that is protected under the ILP system. In other... View Article
Under Inner Line Permit (ILP), four north-eastern states such as Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram are protected, and lately, Manipur was... View Article
Humans are made of different types of cells such as red blood cells, white blood cells, stem cells, nerve cells, skin cells, bone cells, muscle... View Article
All cells are made of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. You can read about the Plant Tissues - Classification, Definition,... View Article
The thirteen parts of an animal cell are vacuoles, cytoplasm, vesicles, centrioles, ribosomes, nuclear membrane, cell membrane, cytoskeleton,... View Article
