Tagged “due-process”

2 articles on due-process.

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras: procedure without due process

The Supreme Court's first great rights case read 'procedure established by law' literally and siloed Articles 19, 21 and 22 — until Maneka Gandhi.

Valkya Editorial·15 Jun 2026·8 min

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India: the judgment that rebuilt Article 21

How a passport-impoundment order led a seven-judge Bench to overrule Gopalan, fuse Articles 14, 19 and 21 into the golden triangle, and import substantive fairness into Indian constitutional law — the most consequential constitutional ruling of the post-Emergency era.

Valkya Editorial·26 May 2026·9 min