The Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on July 8, 2019. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 received the President's assent on 9 August 2019 which has replaced the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The act came into force on 20... Continue Reading →
LIFE-SAVING GOLDEN HOUR
The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) points to India as one of the leading countries in terms of road accident fatalities. There are many reasons for road accidents like nonchalance of the drivers, pedestrians, and even vehicle-related failures. Among the reasons is also the post-accident scenario... Continue Reading →
LAWS PERTAINING TO MENTAL HEALTH IN INDIA
Mental health refers to the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being of people. It is responsible for overt behavior. It determines our actions, how we talk, think, feel, handle situations, and make choices. While one may feel fine with how their mind has been working, a few need aids to resort to good mental health. There... Continue Reading →
THE EVOLUTION OF INDIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
India attained independence in 1947 and since then its foreign policy has been evolving through the years. During the cold war period, post disintegration of USSR and now in today’s world, it has become one of the important strategic partners in the world. India was born in a very challenging world that was grappling with... Continue Reading →
SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE: TIMELINE
The South China Sea is considered to be one of the busiest waterways in the world and is a significant gateway for trade and merchant shipping. The South China Sea disputes are maritime and island claims between different sovereign states in the region. The countries party to these disputes are China, Brunei, Taiwan, the Philippines,... Continue Reading →
ZERO-SUM GAME
Zero-sum is a situation in game theory in which one person’s gain is equivalent to another’s loss, so the net change in wealth or benefit is zero. A zero-sum game may have as few as two players or as many as millions of participants. In financial markets, options and futures are examples of zero-sum games,... Continue Reading →
HOW DOES THE JUDICIARY HELP A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY IN ITS DEVELOPMENT?
The Constitution of India provides for three main organs upon which the democratic functions. These three organs are the legislature, executive, and judiciary. The legislature is the law-making body. The executive is the law enforcement body. Judiciary interprets the Constitution and provides justice. This unique three-tier system is the basis that makes our Democracy the... Continue Reading →
STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS THAT MIGHT PREVENT IT
Structural Violence: Introduced in 1969 by Johan Galtung, structural violence refers to the form of violence wherein social structures or institutions may harm or otherwise disadvantage individuals by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. Structural inequalities are harmful to women due to the intersection of gender with existing conditions such as poor health, inadequate education, and... Continue Reading →
ARTICLE 12 OF THE CONSTITUTION
Fundamental rights are a group of rights which are guaranteed to all the citizens of the nation by the Constitution of India under Part III. These rights apply universally to all citizens residing in the nation, irrespective of their race, place of birth, religion, caste or gender. They are recognized by law as rights requiring... Continue Reading →
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: IMPACT ON WOMEN’S EDUCATION
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed... Continue Reading →
BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR ACTION
The field of law is manifesting itself through diverse ways on the international front, thus impacting all humans in some way or the other. Since the last World War, the world has been focusing on health, education, environment, animal rights, human rights, minority rights, etc. It has recognized numerous issues and countries are trying to... Continue Reading →
FOUNDATION FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES INDIA: AN INTERVIEW
NAME AND POSITION OF THE PERSON I INTERVIEWED FROM THE ORGANIZATION: Debanjana Choudhuri, Asia Advocacy, and Partnerships Advisor. Check LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debanjana-choudhuri/ HOW DID I INTERVIEW THIS PERSON? : Due to the pandemic, the interview was online. Everything posted here is with due permission from the organization. The main objective was to find out an organization that works... Continue Reading →
EUTHANASIA IN INDIA (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND and LEGAL ASPECTS)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Euthanasia has deep historical roots that go way before the ascendency of Christianity. Before Hippocrates, euthanasia was a “routine practice” and physicians assumed that they had the authority to kill those patients for whom there was no hope for recovery or survival. They accepted it as a part of their medical practice. In... Continue Reading →
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA AND LAWS RELATED TO IT
According to the United Nations, violence can be defined as "behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something". Violence against women can be defined as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of... Continue Reading →
LAWS RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND ABORTION IN INDIA
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 gave women a right to safe and legal abortion. In 2021, the amended act was put forth and passed including unmarried women being allowed to seek safe abortion services on grounds of contraceptive failure, increase in gestation limit to 24 weeks for special categories of women, and... Continue Reading →
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
"Female Genital Mutilation" (FGM) is a term that is currently being used by UN agencies, including the WHO. The WHO defines it as "Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all the procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injuries to the female genital organs for non - medical reasons."... Continue Reading →
IS IT INEVITABLE THAT CONFLICT RESULTS IN INCREASED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
Conflicts and situations of instability exacerbate pre-existing patterns of discrimination against women and girls, exposing them to heightened risks of violations of their human rights. Conflict can result in higher levels of gender-based violence against women and girls, including arbitrary killings, torture, sexual violence, and forced marriage. Women and girls are primarily and increasingly targeted by the... Continue Reading →
AGING AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES THAT WOMEN FACE
INTRODUCTION: According to WHO (World Health Organization), aging "at the biological level, results from the impact of the accumulation of a wide variety of molecular and cellular damage over time. This leads to a gradual decrease in physical and mental capacity, a growing risk of disease, and ultimately, death. But these changes are neither linear... Continue Reading →
WHITE COLLAR CRIMES IN INDIA
The most influential criminologist of the 20th century and a sociologist, Edwin Hardin Sutherland, for the first time in 1939, defined white collar crimes as “crimes committed by people who enjoy the high social status, great repute, and respectability in their occupation”. The five attributes of the given definition are: It is a crime.That is... Continue Reading →
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE – 1 (INTRODUCTION)
Uniform Civil Code means that all sections of the society, irrespective of their religion, shall be treated equally according to a national civil code, which shall apply to all uniformly. It shall cover marriage, divorce, maintenance, inheritance and adoption, and succession of the property. It is on the premise that there is no connection between religion... Continue Reading →
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