Category: Students Corner

Juvenile Criminal Process In India

Juvenile Criminal Process In India Author : Mrinal Kedar Introduction: When you think about children, all it comes to mind are innocent smiling faces or some naughty tricks and children playing in the playground. But the idea that children could commit any crime let alone any heinous crime doesn’t even cross the back of your

PENALTY FOR PROSTITUTION IN INDIA

PENALTY FOR PROSTITUTION IN INDIA Author : Tanvi Gupta  “It is a matter of bitter and sorrow and deep humiliation that a number of women have to sell their chastity for men’s lust. Man, the law giver, will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so-called weaker sex.”        

CAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BE JUSTIFIED?

CAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BE JUSTIFIED? INTRODUCTION: “Punishment is justice for the unjust” Since time immemorial, death penalty has been used to punish the most heinous crimes in existence. Also known as capital punishment, it has been observed as an institutionalized practice introduced for the purpose of deliberately executing persons, following actual or supposed misconduct from

Indira Nehru Gandhi vs Raj Narain

Case Name : Indira Nehru Gandhi vs Raj Narain Author : Ishita Arora Citation: 1975 AIR 2299, 1976 (2) SCR 347, 1975 Suppl. SCC 1 Bench: ChiefJusticeA.N. Ray, Justice H.R. Khanna, Justice K.K. Mathew, Justice M.H. Beg, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud. Introduction The present case is a landmark case for the following reasons; It was the

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors

Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors. Author : Ishita Arora Citation:  AIR 1993 SC 412, 1992 SCR (1) 686, 1992 SCC Supl. (2) 651 Bench: Justice L.M. Sharma, Justice M.N. Venkatachalliah, Justice Jagdish SaranVerma, Justice K. Jayachandra Reddy, Justice S.C. Agrawal. Introduction In the present case of Kihoto Hollohon vs Zachilhu and Ors, multiple petitions

Common cause vs Union of India

Common cause vs Union of India Author : Ishita Arora Citation: (2018) 5 SCC Bench: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A. Bhushan, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.SIkri. Introduction The present case Common cause vs Union of India is a landmark case in which the Supreme Court recognized and gave