Author: LexQuest Foundation
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Much Ado About Taxing: A Legal Scrutiny Of Amazon’s Dispute With Tax Authorities In Karnataka
By Archishman Chakraborty, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. In September, 2014, the Tax authorities in Karnataka barred Amazon India from selling electronics and several other products from its warehouse in the State, by cancelling the licences of third-party merchants who were working with the local unit of the world’s largest online retailer. Notice was served to more than…
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Role of Local Self Government
Local Self-government is the management and governance of local affairs by a local body or authority. These local bodies may be municipal corporations or panchayats. According to D. Lockard, local government may be loosely defined as a public organization, authorized to decide and administer a limited range of public policies within relatively small territory which…
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Development Redefined: Analysis of Kerala Development Model
By Yashika Jain, National Law University, Delhi. “To achieve as much as Kerala has done for a population of its size is no mean record in world history.” —Amartya Sen The debate on economic policy has never been as riveting as it is today, based on the choice between the two ideal models of growth…
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Is the Evidence Law in India all set to be overhauled?
By Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai. The Indian Evidence Act was originally passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1872 and contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in Indian Courts, an area of law of unparalleled importance in advocacy and litigation. The enactment and adoption of this code of law…
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Domestic Surveillance and Right to Privacy
By Anshika Juneja, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Domestic Surveillance is the close observation of someone, often in order to catch them in wrongdoings. As defined by the government authorities, it is, “information that meets the stated or understood needs of policy makers and been collected, processed and narrowed to meet those ends which hold value to protect…
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To Die or Not to Die, is the Question
By Pragya Dhoundiyal, Law Center-1, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. Right to Life is a right of wide import. This right has always been a bone of contention because defining its limits and the ingredients of this particular right depends on the interpretation and understanding of life of the person who is analyzing it.
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Would India be justified in doing away with the Death Penalty?-Decoding the 262nd Law Commission Report
By Vershika Sharma, National Law University, Jodhpur. India is one of the 59 countries in the world that still retain death penalty even after the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 62/149 on 18-12-2007. 262nd Law Commission Report is the outcome of references made by the Supreme Court in death penalty matters to discuss and re-examine its…
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Cyber Stalking: Development and Need for Law Reforms
By Shrutika Garg, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith. The technological era has led to so many changes in the lifestyle of people. But it has also opened doors for criminal offenders. Earlier, there was a crime called stalking, which meant following someone, or annoying them to cause trouble. This stalking was seen in the…
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Distinction between Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity
By Ranjana Maharda, National Law University, Jodhpur. Introduction: Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity are offences in criminal law affecting the property of a person, defined in Sections 378 to 402 of the Indian Penal Code. On a prima facie basis they seem to be very much similar to each other, but on a closer look…
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Perusing Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code 1973
By Swarnalee Halder, Department of Law, Calcutta University. What is the provision under Cr.P.C. regarding maintenance? Under Section 125 Cr.P.C, the following persons are entitled to claim maintenance: Wife (From husband), Minor children (From father), Children with mental or physical disability (From father), Parents (From son).