“The Vishaka judgment made it clear that gender equality and the right to a safe and secure working place is part of… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Gender equality Copy Share Image
“After all, a Constitution is what the judges say it is. This is bound to be so when a nation adopts a… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Human rights Copy Share Image
“Presidential Order under Article 359(1) could suspend, during Emergency, the right to move any court for the enforcement of fundamental rights mentioned… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“it was not until 1937 that Justice Curdozo of the US Supreme Court formulated for the first time the concept of fundamental… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly First time Copy Share Image
“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state.… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Freedom Copy Share Image
“This was the first time that the Supreme Court equated the right to vote with the fundamental right of speech and expression… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Communication Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court also held that the right to know is a facet of the fundamental right of freedom of speech and… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Communication Copy Share Image
“The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.’3” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Freedom Copy Share Image
“Therefore, judges have to reach beyond the apparently impenetrable sphere of meaning by adopting the strategy of unravelling meaning in the constitutional… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“Eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman very aptly describes it8: ‘Originally an English transplant with Anglo-Saxon roots, the legal system in India has… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Legal system Copy Share Image
“The judiciary, by its interpretation of the Constitution, plays a significant role in changing the destiny of the nation and which it… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“…the very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Bill of rights Copy Share Image
“This is a landmark step in internationalizing our laws by fostering the trend of a globalized human rights regime of shared values.” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Human rights Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court found that there was an absence of a domestic law protecting the rights of women in working places and… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Law Copy Share Image
“Though India has progressed further on per capita income than countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan, so far as… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Sri lanka Copy Share Image
“Even without Article 21, the state does not have the power to deprive a person of his life and liberty without the… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Freedom Copy Share Image
“While referring to the Bill of Rights in the Indian Constitution, Ivor Jennings pointed to these features, saying: ‘The Indian reaction (in… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Bill of rights Copy Share Image
“In a way, this judgment has taken forward the jurisprudential strategy in Vishaka of reading into our constitutional law the global concepts… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Constitutional law Copy Share Image
“Article 73 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that, subject to the Constitution, the executive power of the union shall extend to matters… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Respect Copy Share Image
“No authority under the Constitution is supreme: the Constitution is supreme and all the authorities function under the supreme law of the… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Law Copy Share Image
“Justice Khanna knew the consequence of his dissent and he said to his younger sister, about his dissenting judgment, ‘I have prepared… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Younger sister Copy Share Image
“the Constitution of a country is never completed in one go. Its development is a continuous process. Sidney” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“A legislation under the name of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012, was introduced in Parliament.… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Law Copy Share Image
“Our Constitution is based on three fundamentals, which form the core of constitutionalism. They are: (1)A written Constitution (2)A chapter on fundamental… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Limited government Copy Share Image
“These rights stand above the law of the land and, being universal in nature, are common to civilized society everywhere in the… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Civilized society Copy Share Image
