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Implications of Iran’s Nuclear Agreement on India
By Deepti Purwar, Law College, Dehradun. The Geneva Interim Agreement, officially titled the Joint Plan of Action, was a pact signed between Iran and the P5+1 countries in Geneva, Switzerland. The agreement sought to impose injunction on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for decreased economic sanctions on Iran. The comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme is a topic of the final phase…
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Annulment of the Section 66A of IT Act
By Ravi Boolchandani, Amity Law School, Delhi. The common presumption for Section 66A is that, it is grossly negative in nature. Many people including learned legal professionals and people from various other professions argue that Section 66A was the murderer of the fundamental right to speech and expression while others say that it acted as an…
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Water Supply and Pricing in India: An Analysis
By Suhasini Srinivasan, Army Institute Of Law, Mohali. Water Supply and price problems: Depleting groundwater table and deteriorating groundwater quality are threatening the sustainability of both urban and rural water supply in many parts of India. The supply of cities that depend on surface water is threatened by pollution, increasing water scarcity and conflicts among users. For…
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Water Pollution: An Overview
By Amrita Dasgupta, South Calcutta Law College. In today’s world of practicality, pollution free water is a global crisis. As the world started developing with escalation of industries, agriculture, and trade and commerce, the water throughout the world turned poisonous with the dumping of garbage, industrial chemicals, oil pollutions, etc. Not only the living organisms in water…
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The Immorality of Child Labour
By Sonali Bhatnagar, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Everything has been said already; but as No one listens, we must always begin again. …
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Train Commute in Mumbai: Issues Galore
By Nayanika Tiwari, NMIMS School of Law. Local trains form the most essential part of travel for millions. However, the train commuters in Mumbai have to face a lot of problems on a daily basis. This study attempts to understand two of these problems along with cases in detail. Overcrowding: Currently the Mumbai Suburban Railway is suffering…
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Net Neutrality: An Analysis
By Sania Siddiqui, Amity Law School, Jaipur. What’s net neutrality? It is the principle that all traffic on the Internet must be treated equally by Internet service providers. Net Neutrality is a terrible, technical sounding phrase, and suffers for the lack of an easy definition. Until now, you and I could use the internet data we paid…
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Creation of Autonomy
By Shreyan Acharya,Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Delhi. “All Censorships exists to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” George Bernard Shaw The year 1997 was a landmark year, which saw far reaching measures to free the broadcast media from the shackles…
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Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867: An Analysis
By Suhasini Srinivasan, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 is the oldest of the existing Press Laws in India. One has to take his mind back to the second half of the 19th century to understand that the foreign government wanted to put a curb on the Press…
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Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain: Case Analysis
By Pooja Meena, National Law University, Jodhpur. EQUIVALENT CITATION – AIR 1975 SC 2299 JUDGES INVOLVED IN THE CASE – A.N. Ray (CJ) H.R. Khanna M.H. Beg K.K. Mathew