Writ is, however, not ousted. DETENTENTION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS The relevant legislation in this context would be The Mental Health Act 1987 (‘MHA’). Most Supreme Court litigation on the issue has tended to focus on the conditions of the medical facilities22 and not the admission. But recently due to upcoming cases including the charring to death of 25 inmates in TamilNadu, who were
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. 101083 July 30, 1993 JUAN ANTONIO, ANNA ROSARIO and JOSE ALFONSO, all surnamed OPOSA, minors, and represented by their parents ANTONIO and RIZALINA OPOSA, ROBERTA NICOLE SADIUA, minor, represented by her parents CALVIN and ROBERTA SADIUA, CARLO, AMANDA SALUD and PATRISHA, all surnamed FLORES, minors and represented by their parents ENRICO and NIDA FLORES, GIANINA DITA R. FORTUN, minor, represented by her parents SIGRID and
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1. The Stock market index of London Stock Market is referred as _____ (A) Sensex (B) Footsie (FTSE) (C) NIFTY (D) Bullish (E) None of these Ans (B) 2. As we all know Ministry of Finance every year prepare Union Budget and present it to the parliament . Which of the following is / are the elements of the Union Budget ? (1) Estimates of revenue and capital receipts. (2) Ways and MeAns to raise the revenue. (3) Estimates of expenditure.
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Historical Essay #1: Confederation and Constitution Anthony Snow DeVry University 08/01/2015 HISTORICAL ESSAY #1: CONFEDERATION AND CONSTITUTION As with anything in this world there are always strengths and weaknesses when people are comparing two different items, as no one item can be a perfect solution; there are always compromises. The same happens when we are comparing the Articles of Confederation and the New Constitution of 1787. Both of theses two solutions each have their own strengths
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personal opinions and make decisions based solely on the facts as they are presented in court. The Right to a Speedy Trial The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees a person accused of a crime the right to a speedy trial. The Founding Father of the United States added this amendment to the Constitution for two reasons, ("The Free Dictionary", 2014). First they wanted to prevent those accused but not yet convicted of crimes from spending a long period of time incarcerated
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Facts This writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, raising a question of public importance involving the interpretation of Articles 74 (pari materia to Article 163) and 156 of the Constitution, has been referred to this six-judge Constitution Bench. On August 7th, 2014, President Pranab Mukherjee issued a Presidential order removing Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal with barely four months left of her tenure. Ms. Beniwal, who had crossed swords with PM Narendra Modi as Gujarat governor
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of social life is a raging phenomenon, and today the constitution is being increasingly recognised as the institution upon which rests the burden of bringing about a change through provisions encouraging gender mainstreaming leading to a greater concern for, and protection for women. The Indian Constitution is in many ways accustomed to address the issues of gender equality which were consciously dealt with by the framers of the constitution. The judiciary, executive and legislature all have the
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DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY IN INDIA INTRODUCTION * The Directive Principles of State Policy, embodied in Part IV of the constitution, are directions given to the central and state governments to guide the establishment of a just society in the country. According to the constitution, the government should keep them in mind while framing laws, even though they are non-justiciable in nature. Directive Principles are classified under the following categories: Gandhian, social, economic
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| Historical Essay: | Confederation and Constitution | | Jason Sherman | | | The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, was adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. However, sanction of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, which resulted in most of the power residing with the state governments
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The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India . It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions, and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens. It is the longest[1] written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 448 [Note 1][2] articles in 25 [Note 2] parts, 12[Note 3] schedules, 5 appendices and 98[Note 4] amendments
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