Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 11:19 IST

Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 11:19 IST

England’s Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring his side’s 3rd goal. (AP Photo) England midfielder Jude Bellingham continued his remarkable rise on the international stage by becoming the youngest European player to feature in four major tournaments, capping the milestone with a goal in the Three Lions’ thrilling 4-2 victory over Croatia in their FIFA World Cup…

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Daveigh Chase Death News: Daveigh Chase passes away at 35; former manager claims boyfriend’s funding page is false |

Daveigh Chase Death News: Daveigh Chase passes away at 35; former manager claims boyfriend’s funding page is false |

Daveigh Chase passes away at 35; funding page set up by her alleged boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, was claimed to be false by her former manager. (Credit: YouTube) Trigger warning: This article contains mentions of death, reader’s discretion is advised.‘Lilo and Stitch’ actress Daveigh Chase passed away earlier this week because of complications arising from meningitis….

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Morris Chang, founder of world’s biggest chip company TSMC, on AI layoffs: Hidden Maths most CEOs miss in layoffs is that in a year …

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Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 10:48 IST

Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 10:48 IST

Cristiano Ronaldo faced criticism after Portugal’s draw against DR Congo, with Thierry Henry highlighting his movement as detrimental. Henry argued Ronaldo’s desire to score obstructed teammates like Bruno Fernandes, hindering team opportunities. Despite a stellar international career, Ronaldo’s performance lacked impact, with minimal shots and no chances created in the match. The Portuguese superstar Cristiano…

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India-US trade deal: PM Modi, Trump push for ‘balanced, commercially meaningful’ pact at earliest

India-US trade deal: PM Modi, Trump push for ‘balanced, commercially meaningful’ pact at earliest

Trade negotiations between India and the United States are set to gain momentum after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held wide-ranging talks on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. Seeking to advance discussions on the trade pact, the two leaders directed officials to work towards concluding a balanced, mutually beneficial and…

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Rakesh Bedi credits social media for ‘Dhurandhar’ love: ‘Poori duniya ka reaction ka guna multiply ho gaya hai’

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Is Akhilesh’s Samajwadi Party headed for a split? UP deputy CM Keshav Maurya claims 25-26 SP MPs ready to break away

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0 billion, sanctions relief, Hormuz reopening: What Tehran gets, what Washington gains from peace deal MoU

$300 billion, sanctions relief, Hormuz reopening: What Tehran gets, what Washington gains from peace deal MoU

The US-Iran peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlines a sweeping framework aimed at ending military confrontation, opening the Strait of Hormuz, releasing Iran’s frozen assets and providing $ 300 billion for reconstrction and opening the door for long-term negotiations. While the agreement still requires a final deal within 60 days, both sides stand to gain…

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Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 10:28 IST

Updated: Jun 18, 2026, 10:28 IST

Heartbroken and beaten, Leo Messi left Russia in 2018 after losing to France in the round of 16. He had just six goals from four campaigns. In danger of being judged as having underwhelmed on the biggest stage, Messi was light years away from Miroslav Klose’s Cup record of 16 goals. Eight years down the…

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‘Peddi’ gets new footage in week 3: Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor’s sports drama adds nearly six minutes

‘Peddi’ gets new footage in week 3: Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor’s sports drama adds nearly six minutes

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Father’s Day Wishes & Quotes: Happy Father’s Day 2026: 30+ emotional quotes, wishes, and messages to make your dad smile |

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Ram Mandir donations under scrutiny: RJD MP sends legal notice amid irregularity allegations

Ram Mandir donations under scrutiny: RJD MP sends legal notice amid irregularity allegations

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‘To be negotiated’: US–Iran interim deal defers final decision on Tehran’s nuclear future

‘To be negotiated’: US–Iran interim deal defers final decision on Tehran’s nuclear future

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AI generated image On June 18, 1951, the First Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force. Few constitutional changes have had a deeper impact on the Republic. Introduced less than 16 months after the Constitution’s adoption, it reshaped the relationship between the State, the judiciary and citizens at a formative moment in India’s democratic life.The amendment altered the scope of three fundamental rights: freedom of speech, equality and property rights. It also created a new constitutional mechanism through which certain laws could be protected from challenge on the ground that they violated fundamental rights. Significantly, these changes were enacted before independent India’s first general elections.The First Amendment expanded the grounds on which the State could impose reasonable restrictions on free speech under Article 19(2), including public order and friendly relations with foreign states. It enabled special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes under Article 15(4). It also inserted Articles 31A and 31B and created the Ninth Schedule, initially to protect land reform laws from being invalidated on fundamental-rights grounds.The amendment arose from a clash between constitutional rights and the social and political priorities of a newly independent nation. To its supporters, it was a pragmatic response to urgent demands of reform and nation-building. To its critics, it marked an early narrowing of the liberal promise of fundamental rights. Seventy-five years later, debates over speech, affirmative action, property, Parliament and judicial review still carry the imprint of choices made in 1951.When speech met public orderThe central question before the young Indian State and the Supreme Court was stark that how far could speech, especially press freedom, be restricted in the interest of public order?In Brij Bhushan v State of Delhi, the Supreme Court struck down a pre-censorship order against the Organiser under the East Punjab Public Safety Act, holding that prior restraint violated press freedom under Article 19(1)(a). In Romesh Thappar v State of Madras, it invalidated a ban on the magazine Cross Roads under the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, ruling that the restriction went beyond the then-existing limits under Article 19(2). Speech and the StateThese judgments prompted a constitutional response. The First Amendment expanded Article 19(2), giving the State wider grounds to impose reasonable restrictions on speech.The contrast with the United States is often noted. The American First Amendment is framed as a restriction on Congress’s power to abridge speech or press freedom. India’s First Amendment moved in a different direction: it recalibrated the balance between freedom and regulation, placing greater emphasis on constitutionally recognised grounds for restriction.Critics have long argued that this altered the liberal architecture of the original Constitution. Historian Tripurdaman Singh, in Sixteen Stormy Days, describes the First Amendment as a moment that narrowed individual liberty and civil rights. Others, including advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, have argued that the amendment must be understood against the anxieties of a newly independent country still dealing with Partition, communal violence and the challenge of maintaining order. Chandrachud has also noted that the insertion of the word “reasonable” gave courts a standard by which to test disproportionate restrictions.The legacy of this compromise remains visible. Modern disputes over speech, censorship, platform restrictions, films, books and public order continue to be argued within a framework in which free expression is constitutionally guaranteed but also subject to defined restrictions. The enduring question is whether that framework remains balanced in an age of instant communication, digital mobilisation and expanding State capacity.When reform was shielded from courtsThe most far-reaching provisions of the First Amendment related to land reform and judicial review. The abolition of the zamindari system was a major political and social project for governments at the Centre and in the states, but early land reform laws faced constitutional challenge.A key moment came when the Patna High Court struck down the Bihar Land Reforms Act in Kameshwar Singh. Concerned that similar laws could be vulnerable to judicial invalidation, the government introduced Articles 31A and 31B. Article 31B created the Ninth Schedule, which initially included 13 land reform laws. Land reform vs rightsThe stated purpose was to protect a major programme of agrarian reform from being stalled by litigation over property rights. Nehru expressed this concern in letters to chief ministers, writing that urgent social change could not be indefinitely delayed because the Constitution stood in the way, and that a remedy might require a constitutional change.The deeper constitutional question was larger than land reform. Could Parliament place certain laws beyond ordinary fundamental-rights scrutiny in pursuit of social and economic transformation? The First Amendment answered that question by creating a special shield for selected laws.A comparison is sometimes drawn with Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal struggle with the United States Supreme Court. Both Roosevelt and Nehru faced judicial resistance to transformative socio-economic programmes. But the constitutional routes differed. Roosevelt’s confrontation unfolded within the existing constitutional framework, while Nehru’s government amended the Constitution to reduce the vulnerability of land reform laws to rights-based challenge.Over time, the Ninth Schedule expanded far beyond its original land-reform setting. Laws relating to areas such as industrial regulation, reservations, electoral matters and taxation were also placed in it. This growth sharpened the tension between parliamentary power and constitutional supremacy.The Supreme Court addressed that tension in I.R. Coelho in 2007. A nine-judge bench held that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after the Kesavananda Bharati judgment could still be tested if they damaged or destroyed the basic structure of the Constitution. In effect, the Court restored a constitutional limit: the Ninth Schedule could not become a blanket route to avoid judicial review.When equality made room for social justiceThe First Amendment also inserted Article 15(4), allowing the State to make special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes, as well as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.This change followed the Supreme Court’s decision in State of Madras v Champakam Dorairajan, which struck down the Communal G.O. governing admissions in Madras on the ground that it violated the equality provisions of the Constitution. The case involved admissions to educational institutions and raised a foundational question: how should a constitutional promise of formal equality respond to deeply unequal social realities? Article 15(4) became the constitutional basis for affirmative action in education. It later shaped the broader trajectory of reservation policy, including debates that culminated in the Mandal Commission and the Supreme Court’s Indra Sawhney judgment.The larger debate has never disappeared. India continues to wrestle with how to reconcile equality of opportunity, historical disadvantage, representation and social mobility. The First Amendment did not settle that argument. It created the constitutional space in which the argument would unfold.The bargain that still governs IndiaThe First Amendment remains one of the most consequential moments in Indian constitutional history. Its critics see it as the point at which the Constitution’s promise of liberty was qualified by the imperatives of governance. Its supporters see it as a necessary adjustment by a fragile new democracy confronting social inequality, public disorder and urgent reform.Both readings contain a measure of truth. The amendment reminds us that constitutional democracies are sustained neither by rights alone nor by State power alone, but by a continuing negotiation between the two.As India marks 75 years of the First Amendment, the question is not simply whether the amendment was right or wrong in 1951. The more urgent question is whether the balance it struck between freedom and regulation, reform and rights, Parliament and courts, remains adequate for a twenty-first-century democracy.Avirup Bose is  Professor of Competition Law and Policy at Jindal Global Law SchoolGet the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorAvirup BoseAvirup Bose is Professor of Competition Law and Policy at Jindal Global Law School. He is a former expert consultant to the Competition Commission of India. 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AI generated image On June 18, 1951, the First Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force. Few constitutional changes have had a deeper impact on the Republic. Introduced less than 16 months after the Constitution’s adoption, it reshaped the relationship between the State, the judiciary and citizens at a formative moment in India’s democratic life.The amendment altered the scope of three fundamental rights: freedom of speech, equality and property rights. It also created a new constitutional mechanism through which certain laws could be protected from challenge on the ground that they violated fundamental rights. Significantly, these changes were enacted before independent India’s first general elections.The First Amendment expanded the grounds on which the State could impose reasonable restrictions on free speech under Article 19(2), including public order and friendly relations with foreign states. It enabled special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes under Article 15(4). It also inserted Articles 31A and 31B and created the Ninth Schedule, initially to protect land reform laws from being invalidated on fundamental-rights grounds.The amendment arose from a clash between constitutional rights and the social and political priorities of a newly independent nation. To its supporters, it was a pragmatic response to urgent demands of reform and nation-building. To its critics, it marked an early narrowing of the liberal promise of fundamental rights. Seventy-five years later, debates over speech, affirmative action, property, Parliament and judicial review still carry the imprint of choices made in 1951.When speech met public orderThe central question before the young Indian State and the Supreme Court was stark that how far could speech, especially press freedom, be restricted in the interest of public order?In Brij Bhushan v State of Delhi, the Supreme Court struck down a pre-censorship order against the Organiser under the East Punjab Public Safety Act, holding that prior restraint violated press freedom under Article 19(1)(a). In Romesh Thappar v State of Madras, it invalidated a ban on the magazine Cross Roads under the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, ruling that the restriction went beyond the then-existing limits under Article 19(2). Speech and the StateThese judgments prompted a constitutional response. The First Amendment expanded Article 19(2), giving the State wider grounds to impose reasonable restrictions on speech.The contrast with the United States is often noted. The American First Amendment is framed as a restriction on Congress’s power to abridge speech or press freedom. India’s First Amendment moved in a different direction: it recalibrated the balance between freedom and regulation, placing greater emphasis on constitutionally recognised grounds for restriction.Critics have long argued that this altered the liberal architecture of the original Constitution. Historian Tripurdaman Singh, in Sixteen Stormy Days, describes the First Amendment as a moment that narrowed individual liberty and civil rights. Others, including advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, have argued that the amendment must be understood against the anxieties of a newly independent country still dealing with Partition, communal violence and the challenge of maintaining order. Chandrachud has also noted that the insertion of the word “reasonable” gave courts a standard by which to test disproportionate restrictions.The legacy of this compromise remains visible. Modern disputes over speech, censorship, platform restrictions, films, books and public order continue to be argued within a framework in which free expression is constitutionally guaranteed but also subject to defined restrictions. The enduring question is whether that framework remains balanced in an age of instant communication, digital mobilisation and expanding State capacity.When reform was shielded from courtsThe most far-reaching provisions of the First Amendment related to land reform and judicial review. The abolition of the zamindari system was a major political and social project for governments at the Centre and in the states, but early land reform laws faced constitutional challenge.A key moment came when the Patna High Court struck down the Bihar Land Reforms Act in Kameshwar Singh. Concerned that similar laws could be vulnerable to judicial invalidation, the government introduced Articles 31A and 31B. Article 31B created the Ninth Schedule, which initially included 13 land reform laws. Land reform vs rightsThe stated purpose was to protect a major programme of agrarian reform from being stalled by litigation over property rights. Nehru expressed this concern in letters to chief ministers, writing that urgent social change could not be indefinitely delayed because the Constitution stood in the way, and that a remedy might require a constitutional change.The deeper constitutional question was larger than land reform. Could Parliament place certain laws beyond ordinary fundamental-rights scrutiny in pursuit of social and economic transformation? The First Amendment answered that question by creating a special shield for selected laws.A comparison is sometimes drawn with Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal struggle with the United States Supreme Court. Both Roosevelt and Nehru faced judicial resistance to transformative socio-economic programmes. But the constitutional routes differed. Roosevelt’s confrontation unfolded within the existing constitutional framework, while Nehru’s government amended the Constitution to reduce the vulnerability of land reform laws to rights-based challenge.Over time, the Ninth Schedule expanded far beyond its original land-reform setting. Laws relating to areas such as industrial regulation, reservations, electoral matters and taxation were also placed in it. This growth sharpened the tension between parliamentary power and constitutional supremacy.The Supreme Court addressed that tension in I.R. Coelho in 2007. A nine-judge bench held that laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after the Kesavananda Bharati judgment could still be tested if they damaged or destroyed the basic structure of the Constitution. In effect, the Court restored a constitutional limit: the Ninth Schedule could not become a blanket route to avoid judicial review.When equality made room for social justiceThe First Amendment also inserted Article 15(4), allowing the State to make special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes, as well as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.This change followed the Supreme Court’s decision in State of Madras v Champakam Dorairajan, which struck down the Communal G.O. governing admissions in Madras on the ground that it violated the equality provisions of the Constitution. The case involved admissions to educational institutions and raised a foundational question: how should a constitutional promise of formal equality respond to deeply unequal social realities? Article 15(4) became the constitutional basis for affirmative action in education. It later shaped the broader trajectory of reservation policy, including debates that culminated in the Mandal Commission and the Supreme Court’s Indra Sawhney judgment.The larger debate has never disappeared. India continues to wrestle with how to reconcile equality of opportunity, historical disadvantage, representation and social mobility. The First Amendment did not settle that argument. It created the constitutional space in which the argument would unfold.The bargain that still governs IndiaThe First Amendment remains one of the most consequential moments in Indian constitutional history. Its critics see it as the point at which the Constitution’s promise of liberty was qualified by the imperatives of governance. Its supporters see it as a necessary adjustment by a fragile new democracy confronting social inequality, public disorder and urgent reform.Both readings contain a measure of truth. The amendment reminds us that constitutional democracies are sustained neither by rights alone nor by State power alone, but by a continuing negotiation between the two.As India marks 75 years of the First Amendment, the question is not simply whether the amendment was right or wrong in 1951. The more urgent question is whether the balance it struck between freedom and regulation, reform and rights, Parliament and courts, remains adequate for a twenty-first-century democracy.Avirup Bose is Professor of Competition Law and Policy at Jindal Global Law SchoolGet the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorAvirup BoseAvirup Bose is Professor of Competition Law and Policy at Jindal Global Law School. He is a former expert consultant to the Competition Commission of India. Views are personal.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosRanchi Police Arrest 2 Accused In RSS Office Petrol Bomb Attack’Calculated Move To Isolate And Endanger Her’: TMC On Mamata Security RowPM Modi, Trump Hold Bilateral Talks On Hormuz, Seafarers, Defence, Trade TiesSpeaker to Hear TMC and Rebel Camps Before Deciding on Breakaway Faction’s Claim’If India Comes Under Attack And Modi Is The Leader, US Will Help’: Trump’It’s A Rough…’: Trump Reacts To Indian Seafarers’ Deaths As PM Modi Raises ConcernsAfter BJP Exit, Annamalai Eyes New Political Party With Growing Membership Base’We Are Prepared’: Akhilesh Yadav Rejects Split Buzz, Accuses BJP of Engineering Defections | WatchRevolt-Hit TMC Asked to Vacate Kolkata Headquarters Amid Lease DisputeIndia Blocks Telegram Ahead Of NEET Re-Exam, But It Remains Operational On VPN123Photostories6 localities of Nagpur attracting homebuyers and real estate investorsWhat would you do? 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On June 18, 1951, the First Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force. Few constitutional changes have had a deeper impact on the Republic. Introduced less than 16 months after the Constitution’s adoption, it reshaped the relationship between the State, the judiciary and citizens at a formative moment in India’s democratic life.The amendment altered…

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Jun 18, 2026, 10:24 IST

Jun 18, 2026, 10:24 IST

Colombia’s Luis Diaz (7) celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal. (AP Photo) Luis Diaz marked his FIFA World Cup debut in style with a goal and an assist as Colombia opened their 2026 campaign with a commanding 3-1 victory over debutants Uzbekistan, moving to the top of Group K ahead of Portugal.Back at the…

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WBJEE admit card 2026 to be released today at wbjeeb.nic.in: Check steps to download hall tickets

WBJEE admit card 2026 to be released today at wbjeeb.nic.in: Check steps to download hall tickets

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has declared the WBJEE 2026 results, bringing relief to thousands of aspirants seeking admission to professional degree programmes across the state. Rank cards are available online from 4 PM and will be used during the counselling process. Candidates can access their scores, merit ranks and other details…

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Angelina Jolie on working with son Maddox in ‘Couture’; credits six children for helping her reclaim ‘fighting spirit’

Angelina Jolie on working with son Maddox in ‘Couture’; credits six children for helping her reclaim ‘fighting spirit’

Angelina Jolie is opening up like never before, about the emotional experience of working alongside her son, Maddox Jolie, on her upcoming film ‘Couture’. The actress, who has been out and about promoting the new film, reflected on her emotional journey with the film and the subject it tackles, while also opening up about her…

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6 localities of Nagpur attracting homebuyers and real estate investors

6 localities of Nagpur attracting homebuyers and real estate investors

Dharampeth remains one of Nagpur’s most prestigious and established residential localities. Known for its prime location, excellent civic infrastructure, premium residential properties, and vibrant commercial activity, the area continues to attract affluent homebuyers. Strong demand, limited land availability, and proximity to educational institutions and business centres contribute to its long-term investment appeal. Nagpur’s evolving real…

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