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Month: February 2015

  • Right to Education in the context of Child Labor: An Analysis

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    By Rohin Bhansali, Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat. Child labor is widespread and bad for development, both that of the individual child and of the society and economy in which she or he lives. If allowed to persist to the current extent, child labor will prevent the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty…

  • Corporate Sustainability: A New Kid on the Corporate Block

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    By Aashna Jain, National Law University, Jodhpur. The objective of this write-up is to examine the concept of sustainable growth as the characteristic of the phenomenon called Corporate Social Responsibility. The researcher is not indulging in examining the widely discussed aspect of the features and the outcomes of the corporate social responsibility. The focus will primarily…

  • Use of Scientific Methods for Collection of Evidence

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    By Archit Gupta, National Law Institute University, Bhopal. The Aarushi-Hemraj Murder Case and Nithari Killings Case has brought into limelight the scientific methods of investigation used in India and across the world. The three of them are lie detector or polygraph test, narco-analysis and brain-mapping. They have been in use for quite a time and their…

  • The Draconian Law of Sedition

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    By Anjali Rawat, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National University (RMLNLU), Lucknow. Lord Macaulay while framing the rough draft for Indian Penal Code, 1860 added a provision to give effect to sedition but due to some unaccountable reasons when it was enforced in 1860 this particular provision was not included in the Code. In 1870 the British…

  • Constructing Indoor-Management: A Critical Analysis of the Doctrine of Constructive Notice

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    By Sudipta Bhowmick, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar. “When there are persons conducting the affairs of the company in a manner which appears to be perfectly consonant with the articles of association, those so dealing with them externally are not to be affected by irregularities which may take place in the internal management of the company.”[1] –…

  • Child Trafficking in India: A lucrative conglomerate of illegal activities

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    By Puja Kaushal, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” In general sense, if a child is sexually exploited and any person gains out of…

  • Advance Pricing Regime in India

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    By Siddhant Sharma, Amity Law School, Jaipur. India being a developing country and one of the biggest economies, has seen an increasing participation of multinational group in economic activities which has resulted in a substantial increase in issues related to transactions entered between two or more enterprises belonging to the same group. This is when the need…

  • Bitcoins: The Gen Next Revolution or Disaster

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    By Sanya Darakhshan Kishwar, Central University of Bihar, Gaya. A Critical Analysis of viability of Bitcoins as Currency Bitcoins is a peer-to-peer payment system introduced as open-source software in 2009 by developer Satoshi Nakamoto.[1] The payments in the system are recorded in a public ledger using its own unit of account,[2] which is also called Bitcoins. The US Treasury calls Bitcoins a decentralized virtual currency as the…

  • Human Trade: A Loathsome Business

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    By Prerana Tara, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. No less than 20.9 million children and adults are purchased and sold worldwide into business sexual servitude, constrained work and bonded work. Around 2 million kids are abused consistently in the worldwide business sex exchange. Just about 6 in 10 recognized trafficking survivors were trafficked for sexual…

  • Child Custody: The best interest dilemma

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    by Devita Shah from K.L.E Society Law College, Bangalore. “Anyone can have a child and call themselves ‘a parent’. But a real parent is someone who keeps aside their selfish need and puts the child above all.” One of the most crucial issues that surface due to the dissolution of marriage is the matter of…