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Environmental Rights and Judicial Response In India
By Bhumika Sharma & Vibhanshu Thakur In modern India, Environmental Jurisprudence has gone a long way in acquiring a very seminal importance leaving behind the engraved British Juristic notions as out dated and insufficient. There are Vedic invocations which declare that the earth is our mother and we are its children. Truly speaking, it is…
The Impact of Mediation on India
By Shashank Tyagi Resources are spent in achieving personal vendetta’s, time is wasted, and most of all, the judiciary becomes burdened with frivolous lawsuits. It is worth considering the possibility of mandatory mediation so as to discourage such lawsuits. Clash of ego’s also have some emotions behind them and mediation uses the power of empathy…
Freedom of Press in India
By Shashank Tyagi The press which is called media nowadays obtains its powers from the Constitution. Freedom of speech and expression is an integral part of democracy. A democratic country in the world cannot deny freedom of speech and expression. If we focus on the Indian Constitution, Article 19(1)(a) is freedom of speech and expression…
Surrogacy — An Artificial Way of Procreation
By Manjunatha N G Parenthood in the postmodern era has become an integral pillar of most relationships. This is because the main motto of the present society is survival and continuing the generations. Surrogacy is in a way a boon for infertile couples to procreate. Surrogacy is an arrangement between a woman and a couple…
Legislative Control on Misleading Advertisements
By Dr. Sailaja Petikam Since advertisements are basically meant to promote a product or a service one does see some exaggeration in the way they extol the virtues of the product. But when it goes beyond that and deliberately utters a falsehood or tries to misrepresent facts thereby misleading the consumer, then it becomes objectionable.…
Legal Aid — A Myth or Reality
By Ritesh Thusu & Twinky Rampal “To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or Justice.” — King John Providing equal justice under the law is one of India’s widely declared principles albeit one of the most widely contravened principles, too. Promotion of justice through equal opportunity and…
Cyber Law in India
By Pavan Duggal In India, there has been a lot of controversy over Section 66A of the Indian Cyber law, being the amended Indian Information Technology Act, 2000, on different occasions. In Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra case, Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested on account of forwarding of caricature/cartoons on Facebook. Further, Ravi Srinivasan Twitter case showed…
An Era of Mafia-Ism
By Rishabh Shrivastava “There is enormous and large scale multi-state illegal mining of iron ore and manganese ore running into thousands of crores every year, having several pernicious and evil effects on the national economy, good governance, public functionaries, bureaucracy, public order, law and order. It has encouraged huge corruption at all different levels in…
Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Criminal Justice System
By Mohammed Bengali and Nikunj Rana While the prime objective of the judiciary is to safeguard the rights and duties of the citizens and deliver unbiased justice, the ever increasing population and the unprecedented rise in conflicts and crime has disabled them to perform up to their optimum level. The criminal judicial systems of the…
The Removal of a Judge — Theory & Practice
By Manjunatha N G The Constitution of India accords the Judiciary a very dignified and crucial position. The Indian Judicial machinery consists of the Supreme Court as the apex court, the High Courts and the lower courts together constituting a single, unified judiciary and not a dual system of courts as in the U.S.A., thus…