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Equality Before the Law in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Subrata Roy Chowdhury
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Extract

The Constitution of the Republic of India came into operation on January 26, 1950. The doctrine of equality before the law is contained in Article 14 of the Constitution which declares:

“The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.”

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Research Article
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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , November 1961 , pp. 223 - 238
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 1961

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References

1 Journal of the Indian Law Institute (1960), Vol. 2, p. 182.Google Scholar

2 Ibid.

3 Douglas: Studies in American and Indian Constitutional Law, p. 309.

4 A.I.R. 1958 S.C. 538.

5 (1950) S.C.R. 869 = 1951 Supreme Court Reporter 234.

6 Douglas: Studies in American and Indian Constitutional Law, p. 317.

7 (1951) S.C.R. 683 = A.I.R. 1951 S.C. 318.

8 (1954) S.C.R. 30.

9 (1954) S.C.R. 1117.

10 310 U.S. 141.

11 (1955) 1 S.C.R. 1045.

12 118 U.S. 356.

13 A.I.R. 1960 S.C.I.

14 (1960) 1 S.C.A. 25.

15 A.I.R. 1954 S.C. 190.

16 (1953) S.C.R. 404.

17 (1953) S.C.R. 1129.

18 165 U.S. 150.

19 (1952) S.C.R. 284.

20 (1954) S.C.R. 803.

21 (1955) 1 S.C.R. 224.

22 (1952) S.C.R. 435.

22a Supra, p. 234.

23 346 U.S. 545.

23a Supra, p. 225.

24 A.I.R. 1959 Calcutta, 89.

24a Supra, p. 235.