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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: Ishita Arora Case Name: Bhagwan Singh v. The State of Haryana Citation: 1976 AIR 202, 1976 SCR (2) 921 Bench: Justice P.K. Goswami, Justice P.N. Bhagwati and Justice N.L. Untwalia. Introduction In the present case, a special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution of India by the appellant against the order of
Author: Ishita Arora Case Name: Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi) Citation: (2011) 6 SCC 396. Bench: Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra. Introduction The present case is of honor killing. The Supreme Court in this case held that honor killings due to any reason come under the category of rarest of
The Madhya Pradesh government founded the School of Good Governance and Policy Analysis (AIGGPA) in September 2007. In October 2014, the School of Good Governance and Policy Analysis was renamed the “Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis” in order to pursue broader goals. The institute is a recognised society that receives
Project 39 A is a formal part of NLU Delhi that is inspired by Article 39A of the Constitution of India, a provision that furthers the intertwined values of equal justice and equal opportunity by removing economic and social barriers. They are engaged in providing pro bono legal assistance to prisoners sentenced to death across
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
