Author: LexQuest Foundation
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Child Rights in India: The Ground Reality
By Gautam Adusumalli, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. Did you know that children constitute over a third of India’s 1.2 billion population, and that India has the largest population of children in the world? In fact, over 17% of the world’s children live in India, which means that every sixth child in the world today refers…
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Where is the Honour in Honour Killings?
By Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai. Since time immemorial, the two most influential institutions of the Indian society, namely, traditions and customs, and law have been at loggerheads with each other. Several of the traditionally deep-rooted Indian customs have come under the scrutiny of human rights law and constitutional law, be it sati or the caste…
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Importance of law firm internships in the life of a law student
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.-William Shakespeare As rightly pointed out by the legend of literature that with the power of knowledge, one can have access to the doors of heaven. It is not only he, who recognised the importance and…
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LexQuest 2nd National Essay Writing Competition, 2015
After successfully organising our 1st National Essay Writing Competition, 2014, we proudly present to you our 2nd National Essay Writing Competition, 2015. The world is increasingly getting dependent on technology, and like any other pillar of the Government, it is indispensable for the judicial machinery to keep up with the changed/changing circumstances, to improve its efficiency.Therefore, this year, the…
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The Debacle on Special Category: The Curious case of the State of Andhra Pradesh
By Saurav Das, School of Law, Christ University. A political party before coming to power usually makes lots of promises to the people of the state so that they can acquire majority of votes at the Center and also in the State Legislative assemblies. We will trace the same story in this piece of article.
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Inherent Powers of a Civil Court under C.P.C.
By Priyanka Agarwal, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. The word “Inherent” is very wide in itself. It means existing and inseparable from something, a permanent attribute or quality, an essential element, something intrinsic, or essential, vested in or attached to a person or office as a right of privilege1. Hence, inherent powers are such powers which…
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Tips for Internships in India
By Amit Agrawal, IMS School of Law, Dehradun. Internships, the first thing we strive to do in order to know the practical aspects of our legal field, to fulfill the mandate of our Law schools and also to improve our curriculum vitae. This article is, in particular, with respect to my experience of internship with an…
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Universal Recognition of Seafarers’ Identity: An Astute Development
By Yukti Makan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. The International Labor Organization (ILO) is a specialized Agency of the United Nations, established in 1919. It is a tripartite organization, in which representatives of governments, employers and workers take part with equal status. The Seafarers’ Identity Convention was originally formed in 1958, but was later revised in 2003…
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Death caused by Negligence
By Saurav Das, School of Law, Christ University. Humans, by their nature itself, often divert from the boundaries of righteousness that they have set up for themselves. These diversions can be caused due to mistake, or they may even be deliberate and intentional. These acts invite various penalties, which too are the yielding of our mind.…
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Condonation of Delay
By Ranjana Meharda, National Law University, Jodhpur. One of the most vexed and worrying problems in the administration of civil justice is of delay.[1] Delay in disposal of cases can cause severe problems in the justice delivery system of the country, including blurring of memory and difficulty in presentation of evidence.[2]