Category: Blog
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A glance through National Judicial Appointments Commission
By Sonal Srivastava, Amity Law School, Lucknow. The Supreme Court on 16th October, 2015 unanimously declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission as unconstitutional and ordered the revival of the Supreme Court scripted two decade old ‘judges selecting judges’ collegium system. However, Supreme Court agreed that the present collegium system needs reforms and asked for suggestions from the…
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Uniform Civil Code: Time to bring it into force?
By Kanishka Mishra, University of Delhi. When Uniform Civil Code will get its flesh and blood, it will be a unified legislation combining personal laws of various communities of India and forming a singular law which would include provisions for marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, maintenance, property, succession and so on. As of now, Hindus and Muslims are…
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Judicial Accountability in the Indian Legal System
By Shalvi Singh, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the judiciary generally does not make the law (which is the responsibility of the legislature) or enforce the law (which is the responsibility of the executive), rather it interprets the law. Judicial independence is one of the features of ‘Rule of Law’ as popularised by…
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Judicial Review over Presidential Pardon: Analysing the case of Epuru Sudhakar v. State of Andhra Pradesh
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” – Abraham Lincoln Since time immemorial, the principles of Justice and Mercy have seemed incompatible. After all, the notion of justice involves dispensing of deserved punishment befitting the crime whereas Mercy is all about pardon and compassion for the…
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Sheena Bora Murder Case: The elite society murder mystery
By Shrutika Garg, Jamnalal Bajaj School of Legal Studies, Banasthali Vidyapith. Also known as the mother of all murder mysteries, the infamous Sheena Bora murder case came in the media’s glare and has eventually become one of the most mysterious cases in Indian history. Sheena’s alleged mother Indrani Mukherji, an Indian HR consultant and media executive, her…
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Should there be minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections in India?
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. In a recent case, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India stayed the New Haryana Panchayat Law i.e. Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, which prescribed the minimum educational and other qualifications for the candidates contesting local body elections in Haryana which were scheduled to be held on 4th October, 2015.…
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Indigenous Ranking Framework for Higher Education
By Anshika Juneja, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Higher Education is defined as, ‘education at universities or similar educational establishments, especially upto the degree level’. The government has unveiled an indigenous ranking framework for higher educational institutions that it believes will give Indian institutions a competitive platform free of any international bias. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry…
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New Government’s hold on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
By Yashika Jain, National Law University, Delhi. Under the Ministry of Urban Development, UPA government launched a massive city modernisation scheme, named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The scheme was launched in December 2005. Initially, the scheme was launched for a period of 7 years, but later…
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Flouting the Flag Code
By Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai. The national flag of a country represents the hopes and aspirations of its citizens and this holds especially true for a sovereign democracy like India. The final revision of the specifications of the Indian flag was completed in 1968; the saffron was to represent renunciation; the white was to denote…
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Progression at the Cost of Alienation?
By Gautam Adusumalli, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. On the 7th of September, the Haryana State Assembly passed the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015. By virtue of this, Haryana became only the second state in the country, after Rajasthan, to fix educational and certain other qualifications as eligibility criteria for the candidates to contest elections…