Month: March 2015

  • Vicky Tyagi Murder Case: An Analysis

    By Anmol Sinha, Symbiosis Law School. Murder is one of the most gruesome crimes which can be committed by a human being. It is putting an end to the life of other person and is a display of how callous a person could be. It is the most heinous crime which law of the country…

  • National Adaptation Fund: An Analysis

    By Sagarika Chandel, KIIT School Of Law, Bhubaneswar. The Adaptation Fund is a financial instrument under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol that has been established with an objective to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are party to the Kyoto Protocol. This is an…

  • Whether Secularism is leaning towards Religious Tolerance in India?

    By Shayamvar Deb, MATS Law School, Raipur. The Constitution of India prescribes that the nation is a secular state where each and every citizens are bound to follow this declaration. But many a times, the question arose that are we secular? The heat of communal conflagrations are the demanding questions as far as India is still…

  • Censorship of Media in India

    By Dewal Nath Tripathi, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, New Delhi. Censorship of media, which involves the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues of freedom of speech, which is nominally protected by the Indian constitution. This plays a very pivotal role in Indian media and we are bound to follow the rules set…

  • Dowry: The Present Scenario

    By Swastika Goel, Amity Law School, Lucknow. The Supreme Court of India held in a recent case that a demand for dowry can be made at any time and thus will be penalised accordingly. The ruling was made in the case of State of Uttarakhand v. Bhim Singh and Anr. where the accused (Bhim Singh) and…

  • Dependence of the Independent Judiciary

    By Anmol Sinha, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Our society is supported by three different pillars, Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Legislature enacts the law which governs us; Executive executes and implements the laws and Judiciary is the body which takes into account the violations of such laws. It is this clear cut demarcation of various organs of…

  • Orchestra of “Women Apathy”

    By Debayan Roy, Legal Practitioner, Law Graduate (AKK New Law Academy- 2009-2014). As the ‘nukkad natak’ of government officials continued, Leslee Udwin’s riveting tale of a girl shredded into pieces of mortified horror received a standing ovation at New York. Is it just the West who celebrates every form of creativity throttled within India or…

  • Political Corruption: An Insight

    By Sania Siddiqui, Amity Law School, Jaipur. “The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on…

  • Advance Ruling under Income Tax Act, 1961

    By Aakanksha Mishra, Gujarat National Law University. In this era of liberalized international trade and increasing globalization, the need for good tax laws and good tax administration is increasingly felt by modern economies. The Government of India has entered into several DTAAs to resolve taxation related problems arising out of cross border trade and investment.…

  • India’s bid for Permanent Membership to UNSC

    By Mahak Vijay, Raffles University, Rajasthan. Now read about the issue with the help of this Power Point Presentation prepared by our Research Intern.