Month: March 2018
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General Tips for attempting CLAT
By Jhalak Nandwani, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “It is not enough to aim, you must hit.” -ITALIAN PROVERB Many young minds aim to score well in the Common Law Admission Test and get an admission in one of the top ranked National Law Universities of our Country. However, merely aiming isn’t enough. What will help…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part III
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Second Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in cases of legislative action: “Doctrine of Parliamentary Supremacy” Another distinct exception to the otherwise mandatory application of Principles of Natural Justice is that of Legislative action. An interesting query arises here-…
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LexQuest’s Online Certificate Course on Research Methodology
LexQuest is pleased to bring to you the first of its kind, Online Certificate Course on Research Methodology, which aims to make the student community, the professionals and the general public aware and well versed with the varied methods of Research, in the most comprehensible manner. Research is ubiquitous and an essential feature for disciplines…
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Special Category Status under the Indian Constitution: Emerging Thorns from a Murky Past
By Pranav Vaidya, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. After sustaining under centuries of British rule, when India took its first breath as a free democratic and secular republic, by ratifying a written Constitution in 1950, it was in a state of turmoil, as the British Rule on India virtually halted the political and economic development of…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part II
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in Emergency: Hurry versus Hearing Whether it is for public safety, public interest, public health or public morality- the action, preventive or remedial, that is needed, is the requirement of notice and where a hearing may be obviated, would be exceptional…
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Article 324(2): The Legal Tug of War?
By Anmol Kaur Bawa, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India, Ministry of Law and Justice Secretary (Writ Petitions Civil Case no. 104/2015), is the recent PIL case, filed in the Supreme Court, which has managed to sprout a new series of debate between the Judiciary and other wings of the Government. The…
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Reshaping Education: The BRICS Way
By Sandeep G., SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. GDP is the indicator of the economic strength of every Country. Presently, all nations compete with each other to increase their economic strength, by domestically formulating highly feasible economic policies and entering into treaties with various other nations. However, an encounter against the prevalent illiteracy rate in India has, since…
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Of Law and Policy…
By Tanya Chandra, Founder, LexQuest Foundation. At LexQuest, we have come to believe that thus far, our most well received articles are the ones which are purely legal in nature, and delve deeper into various facets of a certain aspect of law alone. Now, we know fully well that the dearth of good legal literature…
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Prison Reforms: Constant Deliberations Short of Actions
By Devansh Saraswat, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.” –Elizabeth Fry John Locke believed that men are fundamentally good but laws are still required to keep down ‘the few desperate men in society’ and thus arises the need for prisons. A prison is…
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A New Era for the Supreme Court Proceedings?
By Jhalak Nandwani, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. We all have watched the live streaming of sessions of the Parliament on Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV since the past 10 years. It has brought awareness amongst the common people about the functioning of Parliament, all State Assemblies and of our elected representatives as well.…