Constitutional Developments — Landmark Events

Landmark Events

Federal Court of India's Role (Under GOI Act 1935)

1937-1950

While not a single 'judgment' in the post-independence sense, the establishment and functioning of the Federal Court of India under the Government of India Act, 1935, represented…

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras

1950

Though a post-independence case, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras is significant in the context of constitutional developments as it was one of the first major tests of the newly…