Today, as people from every nook and corner of the globe are on the screens, enhancing provisions of cyber laws can be surely determined as the need of an hour to protect all global citizens and fabricate legal provisions the same way as are provided to them in person. Horizons of services and commodities available... Continue Reading →
Conversion from Hinduism to Islam
India is a country that made itself a secular state and ensures every citizen a right to profess any religion through article 25 that says – “all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion subject to public order, morality and health”. But some religious matters... Continue Reading →
Who is an Amicus Curiae?
There are many situations when neither we are able to help ourselves nor our parents who usually make decisions for us. In such cases, sometimes there comes some outsider who help us with our problems to resolve them. So, something same goes around in the legal world too, where an outsider gets himself/herself involved in... Continue Reading →
Customs and requirements of a valid custom
In simplest words, customs can be defined as rules or practices that are habitual in nature and are performed by certain castes or communities. For every caste, community, etc customs are different according to their beliefs and cultural histories. As per section 3 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, “custom” and “usage” signify any rule which... Continue Reading →
Who are Hindus?
Hinduism is one the oldest religion of Indian land and therefore its followers –‘ Hindus’ constitutes the majority of India. But still the constitution of India doesn’t mentions any specified definition of who are Hindus. However, there exists some legislations that were fabricated to govern only Hindus and their conduct. Thus, all those who mentioned... Continue Reading →
False Rape allegations : a threat to menfolk
“Even the false accusations of a person of dubious morality can taint the reputation of an upright man.” In this growing world where rights of a women are being discussed at every nook and corner, let’s take a moment to talk a bit about other side of the coin i.e., of a man who is... Continue Reading →
Consumer Rights in India and some related provisions
Consumer is any person who buys a good or avails or hires any service for a consideration that is paid or promised or partly paid or partly promised under the system of deferred payment and includes any user of such good who uses it by approval of first person or the beneficiary who avails service... Continue Reading →
Trade union rights
Trade unions are a kind of representative bodies that are found in each trade, offices or companies, such bodies are there to represent the employees of the companies so that their needs could be highlighted and a gap between employee and employer get abridged and to settle industrial disputes with communal bargaining. These trade union... Continue Reading →
Who is an Amicus Curiae?
There are many situations when neither we are able to help ourselves nor our parents who usually make decisions for us. In such cases, sometimes there comes some outsider who help us with our problems to resolve them. So, something same goes around in the legal world too, where an outsider gets himself/herself involved in... Continue Reading →
OFFER AND INVITATION TO TREAT
Offer and invitation to offer or invitation to treat are two completely different aspects of a contract. However, many a times, people do mistake of considering them as one which gives rise to many futile cases that are considered void ab initio. There are many instances where initially invitation to offer exists and offer goes... Continue Reading →
Conversion from Hinduism to Islam
India is a country that made itself a secular state and ensures every citizen a right to profess any religion through article 25 that says – “all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion subject to public order, morality and health”. But some religious matters... Continue Reading →
Cyber laws is a need as whole world is on screen
Today, as people from every nook and corner of the globe are on the screens, enhancing provisions of cyber laws can be surely determined as the need of an hour to protect all global citizens and fabricate legal provisions the same way as are provided to them in person. Horizons of services and commodities available... Continue Reading →
CEDAW and India’s progress towards – discrimination against women
“ There is really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced or the preferably unheard” – Arundhati Roy Yes, women have brains as that of men, yes women have hands as that of men. So when a men can think and imply so can a women. But still the voices... Continue Reading →
PIL – A double edged sword
Public interest litigation (PIL) is a snowball concept that was introduced in India by Justice P.N Bhagwati. Essentially, PIL is a litigation that can be filed by anyone from the society for the purpose of securing justice for those who aren’t able to the same for themselves. The concept leaps the rule of Locus Standi... Continue Reading →
Custodial Rape
Rapes have been a cruel reality of our society from a very long time. But what if you get bruises from the hands you thought would protect you? Your psychological trauma is inexplicable at such incidents. And custodial rapes are one such incidents where a women in police custody gets raped by the officials whose... Continue Reading →
Marital rape : a reflection of Indian jurisprudence
‘Rape’ is an unlawful sexual activity or sexual intercourse that is performed forcibly and by keeping victim under a threat i.e., against the will. But according to Indian jurisprudence, rape is not an unlawful sexual activity if done by a husband to his wife. Whereas in many other countries like United States, Nepal, Britain etc... Continue Reading →
Section 124 A of IPC and question of its constitutionality
The act of sedition is when usage of words or actions that can encourage masses to act against a government or highest authority is done. However, it totally depends upon the government how it decides the extent of word usage or act done to criminalise the same. At one edge the presence of section 124A... Continue Reading →
Claims Tribunal : Powers and Procedure
Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 1988 is an act that was passed by parliament of India in July 1989. The act deals with all aspects of road transport vehicles, however it got replaced recently by Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019, one of the most salient features of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was it’s provision of... Continue Reading →