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Nationalism in Music
By Anoop Bose, Advocate, Supreme Court of India The monumental Greek philosopher Plato once aptly remarked – ‘Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to…
Family Welfare Committee – Section 498-A of I.P.C.
By Dr. Sailaja Petikam Recently the Supreme Court of India issued new guidelines to prevent the misuse of Section 498A of the IPC in Rajesh Sharma Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh on 27-07-2017. In this case, the two-judge bench namely Justice A. K. Goel and U. U. Lalit stated that automatic arrest is not allowed…
Interviewing Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay
Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay is the founder of legal website Knowledge Steez. He has done his LLM from WBNUJS, Kolkata and is a recipient of various scholarships including Hague Academy Scholarship, GAJE Turkey, GAJE Mexico, ILEC New York, RENE CASIN France etc. He was awarded with the title of Social Change Maker 2015, Young Humanitarian Award…
Legal Aid in Criminal Justice
BY Periya Vaishnav. “We can end the existing denial of justice to the poor if we can secure an administration of justice which shall be accessible to every no matter how humble.” – Reginald Heber Smith Social justice is the primary objective of the Indian constitution. Where the vast majority of population is socially and…
Leather Wallet to Mobile Wallet: Legal Challenges
BY Ashish R. Aggarwal. Banking to Payment banking is gaining pace. And except for the elite class of politicians and alike (who do not like change), people are embracing the idea gradually. But there is a saying (which, incidentally, is an eternal truth as well) after every bright morning, follows a dark night. On one…
Live-in Relationships
BY Dr. Shubham Sharma. The Supreme Court threw its weight behind live in relationships on 22.03.2010, observing that for a man and woman in love, to live together is part of the right to life, and not a “criminal offence”. “If two people, man and woman, want to live together, who can oppose them? What…
Marital Rape Law in India: Need to Change the Law
BY Dr. Sidhra Ram Sharma. Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai approved a marriage Bill for Shias (thereby making it a law) that gave husbands absolute sexual control over their wife. As per this law, wives cannot refuse if their husband demands sex. In other words, they can be legally raped by husbands. In October 2006, India…
Interdependence Among Animals & Role of Various Organisations in India
BY Bhumika Sharma. INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG ANIMALS AND HUMANS: ROLE OF VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN INDIA Earth is home to a marvelous presence of animals. Due to the unexhausted resources, modern human beings had and still have the wherewithal to use nature and its resources for their benefits. But, human beings in the 20th century have highly…
Corporate Tax Responsibility of Directors
BY Mohit Singhvi. The world is moving from acknowledged risks to unacknowledged or almost unknown risks. Some absolutely unforeseen and unprecedented events have recently occurred leading to totally ironic concern as to how the directors of a private company can be made personally liable for the losses. In contrast to the well-established rule of limited…
Environmental Pollution: A Socio-Legal Study
By Revti Rani Roy Environment is the creation of the supernatural. Though the presence of the supernatural is contradicted, this fact cannot be negated that a conception coined as environment has been bestowed upon all the living beings as a legacy, whose origin is known to none. Environment is a mixture of both living and…