Constitutional Law: Project Topics

S.No. Topics
1. US Federalism vis a vis Indian Federalism
2. Canadian Federalism vis a vis Indian Federalism
3. Impact of Amendment Process of Constitution on Independence
of Judiciary
4. Role of Indian Judiciary to prevent the collapse of Indian Federal
Structure
5. Parliamentary System of Governance and its Challenges
6. Presidential Form of Governance and its Challenges
7. Swiss System of Governance and its Challenges
8. Jurisdiction and need of Territorial Nexus
9. Dilemmas of Fiscal Federalism
10. Role of rule of Pith and Substance in interpretation of Article 246
11. Role of rule of Colourable Legislation in interpretation of Article
246
12. Federalism vs Unitary System of Governance
13. Preserving Federalism through institutional mechanism
14. Inter-State Water Disputes: Legal Provisions and Judicial
Decisions
15. National Emergency as a threat to Democracy: An Analysis
16. Emergency Provisions: A Unitary Feature of Indian Constitution
17. Impact of National Emergency on Freedom of Press
18. Effects of National Emergency on governance of the country
19. President Rule: A Necessary Evil
20. Effects of President Rule on governance of State
21. Safeguards against National Emergency introduced by 44th
Amendment
22. Duty of Union Government towards State Government
23. Judicial Review: Meaning and Scope
24. Position of President in Parliamentary System of Governance
25. Controversies surrounding the post of Governor
26. Use and Misuse of Ordinance Making Power
27. Pardoning power of President vis a vis of the Governor
28. A Critical Analysis of Anti-Defection Law
29. The Conflict between Parliamentary Privileges and Freedom of
Press
30. Centre and State Legislature: Composition
31. Centre and State Legislature: Functions
32. Recent Developments in Respect to Judicial Appointments
33. Independence of Judiciary vis a vis Basic Structure Doctrine
34. Judicial Accountability
35. Supreme Court: Original Jurisdiction
36. Supreme Court: Appellate Jurisdiction
37. Analysis of Writ Powers of Supreme Court and High Courts
38. Analysis of Supervisory Jurisdiction of High Courts
39. Special Leave to Appeal: How Different is it from other kinds of
Appeals?
40. Writ of Mandamus
41. Writ of Certiorari and Prohibition
42. Writ of Habeas Corpus
43. Writ of Quo Warranto
44. Balancing Contempt of Court and Freedom of Speech
45. Court of Record: Meaning and Scope
46. Election Commission and its importance for vibrant Democracy
47. Unitary Features of the Constitution of India
48. Parliamentary Privileges
49. Doctrine of Pith and Substance differentiated from Doctrine of
Colourable Legislation
50. Status of Union Territories
51. Principle of Full Faith and Credit
52. Delegation of Union Powers to States
53. A note on Sarkaria Commission Report on Centre-State
Administrative Relations
54. Power of Parliament to Legislate on State Subjects
55. Doctrine of Repugnancy
56. Critical Analysis of Role of Financial Commission in fiscal
matters
57. Principle of Harmonious Construction in deciding the legislative
competency
58. Residuary Power of Legislation: Federal or Unitary Feature?
59. Governor’s Discretionary Powers
60. Impact of GST on Centre-State Fiscal Relation