Month: June 2015

  • Lalit Modi and the Controversies

    By Anjali Bisht, Law College Dehradun. I wouldn’t be wrong in saying that Lalit Modi and controversies go hand in hand. One after another the name has attracted a number of controversies and the year 2015 is no different. The former Indian Premier League Commissioner has been battling with allegations throughout his career and his current…

  • Regulation of Online Sale of Drugs

    By Saif Rasul Khan, Government Law College, Mumbai. In this era of online shopping, one can buy medicines with a click of the mouse from the comfort of their home without going to a pharmacy. This trend of online sale of drugs is making life easier for people and can provide tremendous benefit to the consumers, including…

  • Child Abduction: Is there a need for Reformation?

    By Tanya Shrivastava, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. The past generation of India, our parents, to be more specific, have seen development like none has ever. During the short span of their childhood to becoming parents, a lot changed. The world suddenly had computers, mobile phones, television, which literally left no distance between the nations.…

  • Goods and Services Tax: Recent Developments

    By Piyush Jain, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is considered the most significant tax reform since independence, proposes to subsume a majority of the indirect taxes prevailing in India and will change the way business is done. It will bring about a structural change in the current indirect taxation…

  • The Rohingya Refugee Crisis

    By Afreen Hashmi, National Law University, Jodhpur. Rohingya are one of the world’s largest and most prominent groups of stateless people, trapped not only in a protracted refugee situation, but also in a protracted situation of statelessness. In 2015, to escape systemic violence and persecution from the Burma government, thousands of Rohingyas migrated from Burma and Bangladesh,…

  • Theological Peace Movement warped into an International Conflict: Saudi Arabia-Iran Rivalry

    By Anaida Kuthiala, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. A reminiscent of the “Great Game”1 played out in Afghanistan, between the Great Britain and Russia which was a strategic rivalry and conflict for attaining supremacy in central Asia, more than a thousand years ago, was the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran engaged in their own decade-long strategic…

  • Quem retenemento-Reservation For Whom?

    By Mohammad Anas, Aligarh Muslim University, Kerala. Reservation! A debatable topic that has always been and shall always be an issue of concern in our country. This number game is harming the society more than it is benefiting us. The idea of caste based reservation system was envisioned by William Hunter and Jyotirao Phule in various forms…

  • Delhi-Dhaka Agreement Pact: A Triumphant Scenario?

    By Surbhi Agrawal, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. With the recent Agreements, India has embarked upon a mission to maintain peace with its neighbor country, Bangladesh. This step of the countries will help improve ties and will boost trade between both the countries. Bangladesh and India are not just neighbors, but the nations are bound…

  • Understanding the concept of ‘Hot Pursuit’

    By Saif Rasul Khan, Government Law College, Mumbai. The term ‘Hot Pursuit’ refers to the urgent and direct pursuit of a criminal suspect by law enforcement officers, or by belligerents under international rules of engagement for military forces.  It is termed as fresh or immediate pursuit. Such hot pursuit grants special powers to the officers in command, which otherwise they do…

  • Integrated Child Development Scheme: An Analysis

    By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. ICDS is one of the most successful welfare schemes established by the Ministry of Women and Child Development under the sole guidance of Government of India. ICDS, an integrated community and family welfare scheme had its inception on 2nd October 1975 with 33 projects all over the country. Since Independence,…