Month: January 2015

  • POCSO Act: An Analysis

    By Anjali Rawat, RMLNLU, Lucknow. 53% of the children in India had been sexually abused as per the 2007 survey by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. In the light of such circumstances Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act, 2012 also known as POCSO Act was passed by both the houses of Parliament…

  • Swachh Bharat Mission: A boon to India’s GDP

    By Trishala Sanyal, AKK New Law Academy. 2nd October 2014, the day gave us the real meaning to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. Our honourable Prime Minister Shri  Narendra Modi initiated the mission of “Swachh Bharat” with the two fold intention. Firstly, to create awareness amongst the public about GDP of the nation being affected because of…

  • The Sunburn Scam

    By Apoorva Mandhani, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Sunburn, as is common knowledge, is India’s premier electronic music brand hosting Asia’s largest 3-day Electronic Music Festival in Goa. It has been a success since its inception, with the Festival being a part of the bucket list of the Indian youth. However, the dark side of the…

  • Mumbai Mirror: A Case in Contempt?

    By Navishta Qureshi, NLIU, Bhopal. The contempt case against Mumbai Mirror is one of the few cases which have been instituted against a newspaper alleging that the report published therein is contemptuous. What makes this case one of a kind is that proceedings here have been initiated by the court suo moto.

  • Unrecognised Schools: Are they really a problem?

    By Siddhant Sharma, Amity Law School, Jaipur. A school is deemed to be unrecognised when it does not fulfill the unrealistic infrastructure requirements and teacher salary scales that the government demands as a prerequisite for recognition. Such schools are unaided by the government but might get donations from private donors or organisations.[i] These low cost private schools…

  • Horrors of Rape Examination in India: The Controversial Two Finger Test

    By Neelanjana Paul, KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore. A lot of things can be done with two fingers. Eat, Whistle, Write, even the sign for Victory.  But what definitely should not be done is to test someone for rape. For a rape survivor, it is a never ending nightmare which entails as the investigation is carried on.…

  • Anti-Conversion Laws in India: A Critical Analysis

    By Chandan Mohanty, KIIT Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. India, the largest democratic country in the world, inhabits people from different religions. The majority population in India is Hindu. Muslims, Christians and few other religions also have a significant number of followers. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution says that India is a secular country. The…

  • Being Tough on Terrorism or Respecting Human Rights Laws

    By Sneha Baul, CLC, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. INTRODUCTION: Human Rights are the inherent rights, which are basic, fundamental and pervasive in nature. With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 and a series of other multilateral treaties and other declarations concluded through the United Nations, the human rights had been recognized universally beyond the peripheries…

  • Legal Literacy in India

    By Tarunika Rajesh, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University. The Need to Transform India at the Ground Level via Legal Awareness and Education Legal awareness and knowledge are an indispensable part of a citizen’s education program which will enlighten and empower him to scale new heights of progression and free himself from the excesses of the executive or any existing authority.…

  • Foreign Direct Investment in Retail: II

    By Aashna Jain, National Law University, Jodhpur. SEGMENT 2 This write-up seeks to examine the economic progress made by the country in the field of FDI in retail. This article seeks to examine the socio-economic constraints in introducing FDI in Retail in India. Also the impact that FDI has on the Indian Sub-continent particularly its markets will be…