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Understanding Right to Sleep as a Fundamental Right in India
By Sarvesh Kumar Shabhi, Asst. Professor, Amity Law School, Lucknow The state of sleep has been described by Homer in the famous epic Iliad as “sleep is the twin of death”. Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher has said that all men are alike when asleep. Sleep is a biological and essential ingredient of the basic…
NJAC Act, 2014 — Did the NJAC Act, 2014 Ensure the Independence of Judiciary
By Mohd. Imran The Supreme Court has recently struck down the NJAC Act 2014. The present article had however been written when the Supreme Court ruling had still not come. The article assumes significance, as the Supreme Court is inviting suggestions for refining/tweaking the Collegium System. Thus, the article would give the reader an insight…
Non-Human Beings — Time to Endow with Inalienable Rights
By Bhumika Sharma and Dr. Jaswant Singh The basis of granting non-human beings with rights can be traced in culture, tradition, religion and ethology. The need to show compassion to all living creatures can be seen even in one of the most sacred Hindu scriptures. He is a perfect yogi who, by comparison to his…
Terrorism v/s Democratic Sovereignty
By L.K. Garg, Advocate No doubt grant or not to grant the pardon, is a sovereign function, be it in any form i.e. monarchy, democracy, or even mobocracy to which we may be heading for but for the judicial activism. This is so as these authorities are in possession of data, information and other material…
Defamation
By Sindhu Shree The essence of the offence of defamation is consisted in its tendency to cause distress and damage to a person who knows himself to be the object of the unfavorable sentiments of his fellows, and those inconveniences to which a person who is the object of such unfavorable sentiments is exposed. The…
DNA Fingerprinting and Indian Evidence Act
By Abhijeet Sharma Recently the Indian Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2003 has been proposed with the recommendation of the 185th Law Commission Report. The Bill provides for DNA statutes. DNA fingerprinting is a forensic evidence which can help identify individuals positively. DNA is the latest form of evidence for establishing identity with virtually 100 percent certainty.…
Human Genome and Patent Law in India
By Smita Chaudhry Biotechnology is a rapidly growing field in which new products and services are developed from an increasingly complex and cumulative set of underlying technologies. The sequencing of genes, identifying their functions and mutations, creating systems to selectively express, regulating or silencing genes, predicting protein structures and expressions, mapping the influence of genetic…
Use of Internet in Legal Practice
By Prof. Harish Suryavanshi The past decade has seen a revolution in information systems, which has affected the entire business world. Legal practice is no exception. The immediate and constant flow of relevant information to the right legal users at the right time has become the backbone of legal practice. Technology has enabled legal users…
India’s Maritime History
By Capt. A.K. Bansal Indian Teakwood ships were stitched with coir yarn. Indians have been competent mariners for over 5 thousand years. They first sailed in primitive rafts, then on Katamarans made with logs or planks bound together with coir yarn. Such rafts are still in use along our coast. Indian maritime history began when…
Factory in the Factories Act, 1948
By Aniruddh Shastree The definition of ‘Factory’ is given in section 2(m) of the Factories Act, 1948. According to Section 2(m), the term ‘Factory’ means: (i) whereon 10 or more workers are working, or were working, on any day of the preceding 12 months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being…