Author: LexQuest Foundation
-
The Skeleton in HSBC’s Closet
By Darshi Mehta, Government Law College, Mumbai. Black money has been the centre of every anti-corruption movement in the world and it comes as no surprise that it is the main facet of the world’s biggest ever banking system breach. Switzerland is known for its world class banking system. In fact, banks represent 59.4% of the…
-
Indo-European Ties: Relationship between India and European Union
By Juš Černovšek, Lawyer, Slovenia. In the words of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: “The European Union (EU) and India share both aspirations and fundamental values, notably a commitment to multilateralism in world affairs. We should bolster our relationship not as an end in itself, but with…
-
The Quota System: Is it abiding by the Ideals of Equality?
By Prerna Tara, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. India is the main vote based system on the planet that made unequivocal protected also legitimate procurements for compensatory separation, famously known as reservations, for the progression of the truly discouraged and socially retrogressive areas of the general public. It has been striving to strike a harmony…
-
Juvenile Delinquency: The Indian Scenario
By Kshitiz Sharma, Delhi Institute of Rural Development, GGSIPU, Delhi. More than a century ago, Abraham Lincoln said “A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things you think are important. You may…
-
WTO’s response to the Trade-Environment Nexus
By Aakanksha Mishra, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. The World Trade Organization was fashioned by the international order to promote free trade: to remove barriers between countries, to allow them to concentrate on products with a comparative advantage, leading to maximum international productivity. This, however, often challenges rules protecting the environment. Even though the WTO has shown…
-
Irom Sharmila and her struggle to repeal AFSPA
By Chandan Mohanty, KIIT Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. On 2nd November 2000, in Malcom, a town in Imphal Valley of Manipur, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at a bus stop, by the Assam Rifles, one of the Indian Paramilitary forces operating in the state. This incident became famous as the ‘Malcom Massacre’ which…
-
Censorious assay to the Recommendations regarding United Nations, 2015
By Puja Kaushal, RMLNLU, Lucknow. The United Nation was founded in 1945 to save succeeding generations from the courage of war. But still too many people in this world and few places are beginning the year in grief, suffering and miserable conditions caused by conflict and deliberate violence. In short, human beings are far from…
-
Human Trafficking: An Analysis
By Monika Dilip Banode, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. The major focus of the article is the status and conditions of the victims of human trafficking and Legal framework for combating and preventing human trafficking. Human trafficking, as we all know, is one of the most serious crimes in the world. Despite increasing global attention and significant…
-
Bendable Laws for the Elite?
By Darshi Mehta, Government Law College, Mumbai. Parole, the word has been doing rounds of the front page and even the page 3 of our newspapers these days, leaving the readers puzzled. Why Sanjay Dutt was granted parole this time? How can convicts like Manu Sharma be given parole? What is the filter process for conferring…
-
Freedom of Speech: Curtailed yet again?
By Monika Dilip Banode, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory body under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952. Films can be publicly exhibited in India only after they have been certified by the Central Board of…