Author: Yashi Sharma Introduction: Right to life and personal liberty was considered as a natural right in traditional times, but with the evolution of human society its definition and interpretation started changing. This right has been described as ‘Heart of Fundamental Rights’ by the Supreme court of India. According to Article 21 of Indian Constitution,”
Author: Reny Chauhan INTRODUCTION Prisoners have the right to be non-transferable under international treaties and treaties, have the right to medical services, and most certainly have the right not to get sick from prison. Prison law recognizes that prisoners must not lose all rights due to detention. However, there is a loss of rights within
Author: Saksham Anand Sections 177 to 189 contained in Chapter XIII of Criminal Procedure Code 1973 (CrPC) defines the general principles for determining which shall be the proper court to inquire into or try an offence. The basic rule in the context of local Jurisdiction is contained in Section 177 which provides ordinarily ever offence
Author: Yug Pratik (The ICFAI University, Dehradun) Introduction It is the foremost responsibility of the authorities of the state to keep its citizenry informed regarding the mechanisms devised and enforced for their welfare and for the better administration of the state. Further, they should also keep a check on several prevalent and possible malpractices, and
Author: Harpriya WHAT IS UNTOUCHABILITY? Untouchability, in its literal sense, is the practice of ostracizing a minority group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate. The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered polluting. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY
Author: Vidit Pratap Singh WIPO stands for World Intellectual Property Organisation. It is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation. It has 193 members and they are self-funding agency of United Nations. The mandate, governing bodies and procedures are set out in the WIPO Convention, which established WIPO in 1967. WIPO – Dispute
Author: Riya Singh Chauhan India presented the Minimum Wages Act in 1948, giving both the Central government and State government ward in fixing compensation. The demonstration is legitimately non-official, yet legal. Installment of wages underneath the lowest pay permitted by law rate adds up to constrained work. Pay Boards are set up to survey the
Author: Niharika Kalyan “With changing social norms of legitimacy in every society, including ours, what was illegitimate in the past may be legitimate today.” Honourable Justice A.K. Ganguly in Revanasiddappa v. Mallikarjun[1] INTRODUCTION ‘Globalisation’ had had both positive and negative influence. Taking the positive aspect into consideration, evil practices such as taking dowry have been abolished. Decriminalization of
Author: Siddharth Anand Introduction The topic is very crucial to have a clear understanding of it. Before delving into the topic, we must have a brief idea about what exactly CrPC is. CrPC or Code of Criminal Procedure, also called Criminal Procedure Code is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law
Author: Rahul Verma (Calcutta University) Abstract It is a fundamental duty of a man to maintain his wife, children and parents so long as they are not able to maintain themselves. Even Atharva Veda says that a husband should always love and care his wife and give her the required respect. Even at the difficult
