Category: Legal Articles

Local Jurisdictions of Court and Police

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

Legality of Sting Operations in India

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

Article 17: Abolition of Untouchability

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

All About WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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

LIVE- IN RELATIONSHIPS: REALITY CHECK ON LEGAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS

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

OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILITY

Author: Sushma Narayan ABSTRACT India is a democratic and peaceful country in the world. This article analysis the provisions related to public tranquility, which was dealt under CHAPTER VIII, Sections 141 to 160 of IPC, 1872. And it discuss about classifications of offences, and its punishment accordingly prescribed under law. The article concludes public order