The Court and the Constitution of India Summits and Shallows (Oxford India Paperbacks)/ O. Chinnappa Reddy

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 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 THE 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 CLASSES; 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 STATE; 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. EXPLAINING 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; CASE INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX