{"id":354518,"date":"2026-01-21T17:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=354518"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:28:54","slug":"constitutional-tort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/constitutional-tort\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Tort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Prominent activists and religious leaders urged the Supreme Court to recognize hate speech as a constitutional tort due to its discriminatory impact on constitutional guarantees.<\/p>\n<h2>About Constitutional Tort<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354519\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-354519\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-DeFactoLaw.jpg?resize=487%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Constitutional Tort\" width=\"487\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-DeFactoLaw.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-DeFactoLaw.jpg?resize=1024%2C570&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-DeFactoLaw.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Source-DeFactoLaw.jpg?w=1466&amp;ssl=1 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; DeFactoLaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>constitutional tort<\/strong> is a <strong>legal remedy<\/strong> through which the <strong>State can be held vicariously liable<\/strong> for <strong>violation of constitutional rights by its officials<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Constitutional basis<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 294(b)<\/strong> makes the <strong>Union or State government liable<\/strong> for <strong>contractual obligations<\/strong> inherited from <strong>previous governments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Article 300(1)<\/strong> provides that the <strong>Union and State governments<\/strong> may <strong>sue or be sued<\/strong> in their respective names, forming the <strong>constitutional foundation of State tortious liability.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Law Jurisdiction: <\/strong>Redress is usually sought through writ petitions under <strong>Article 32 before the Supreme Court or Article 226 before the High Courts<\/strong> for enforcement of fundamental rights.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>holds the State responsible<\/strong> for <strong>wrongful acts committed by its officials during official duties.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It applies when violations occur <strong>under the colour of State law<\/strong>, meaning misuse of official authority.<\/li>\n<li>It provides <strong>compensation<\/strong> for infringement of fundamental rights, especially under <strong>Articles 19, 20, and 21<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It strengthens <strong>accountability of State<\/strong> power through continuous judicial oversight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Prominent activists and religious leaders urged the Supreme Court to recognize hate speech as a constitutional tort due to its discriminatory impact on constitutional guarantees. About Constitutional Tort A constitutional tort is a legal remedy through which the State can be held vicariously liable for violation of constitutional rights by its officials. Constitutional basis&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/constitutional-tort\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Constitutional Tort<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-354518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}