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  • Zero Hunger Programme: A Step to Remove Nutritional Deficiency in India

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    By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Every day, men and women across the globe struggle to feed their children a nutritious meal. In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, one in nine – still goes to bed on an empty stomach each night. The second most populous country…

  • Surrogacy in India: An Analysis

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    By Rabia Mohamed Ismail Abdul Rahim, NUALS, Kochi. The surrogacy scenario is India is ironic. When on one hand celebrities, ranging from Sharukh Khan to Karan Johar have enthusiastically adopted this Artificial Reproductive Technology, the Government on the other hand, displeased, drafts a bill banning commercial surrogacy as a whole, which is a $400 million industry.…

  • Journalism: A Brave Affair?

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    By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. -Henry Anatole Grunwald Journalism is a…

  • The Google Tax in India: An Analysis

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    By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech in 2016, announced the imposition of an equalisation levy or the Indian version of a ‘google tax’ to be enforced from the 1st of June, 2016. In furtherance of the same, the Equalisation Levy Rules, 2016 were published in the…

  • Trafficking as Modern Slavery and the Youth of Today: A Socio-Legal Study

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    By Minakshi Goswami, Research Fellow, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Assam. Human trafficking refers to a process wherein individuals are placed or maintained in an exploitative situation for monetary gain. Trafficking can occur within a country or may involve movement across borders. Anyone anytime may become a victim of trafficking. Whether women, men or children. The motive…

  • Cashless India: Utopia or Reality?

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    By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad. India’s Dependence on Cash India’s cash to GDP ratio indicating the dependence of an economy on cash stands at 12.2% as per the data revealed by the International Labour Organisation. India is considered to be one of the most cash intensive economies in the world with its cash to…

  • The DU Photocopying Case: Opening the Floodgates of Open Access in Indian Education

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    By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad Within the premises of the Delhi School of Economics, is situated Rameshwari Photocopy Services, owned by Dharam Pal Singh. To the unassuming eye, it is an ordinary photocopy shop but over the past few months, it found itself at the centre of a watershed legal tussle involving Indian copyright…

  • LexQuest 3rd National Essay Writing Competition, 2017

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    After successfully organising the LexQuest 1st and 2nd National Essay Writing Competitions, 2014 and 2015 respectively, we proudly bring to you the LexQuest 3rd National Essay Writing Competition, 2017. One of the most diverse, populous and underdeveloped regions of the world, South Asia, constantly struggles with grotesque social and complex economic issues. The augmentation and…

  • Real Estate Regulatory Agency: The Need of the Hour?

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    By Vibishnavi P., Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. The word “real” has been derived from the old French word “reel”, which means actual. The term ‘estate’ has been derived from the Middle English word ‘estat’, which means property. Altogether, it means actual property or real property. The term real property has been in use since 1666.…

  • Balamrutham Programme: An Overview

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    By Anjana Mohan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. A country is born and brought up by its citizens. These citizens are the ones that rule the country and endow upon themselves the burden and struggles of keeping the country perfect for human civilization. Yet, many a times, the protection and provision of basic amenities for its people…