Category: Blog
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Endorsing Partisan Agenda in disguise of Public Awareness?
By Anaida Kuthiala, Army Institute of Law, Mohali. The grundnorm of India provides for the constitution of a public fund known as the Consolidated Fund of India1 meant for setting off the expenditure incurred by the government. In the largest democracy of the world, the law requires that there is no arbitrary use, misuse or ‘disguised use’…
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Lifting of AFSPA in Tripura hailed as “Victory for Sanity”
By Surbhi Agrawal, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. It all started when Terrorism was at its peak in the State. AFSPA, i.e., Armed Force (Special Powers) Act, is a controversial law which gives sweeping emergency powers to the Army in troubled areas. This power is not only an inadequate power but an unlimited power which…
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The curious case of Delhi
By Deepshi, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. It all started after Chief Secretary of Delhi, Mr K.K Sharma went on a leave for 10 days on may 13th 2013; little known Shakuntala Gamlin was suddenly in the news. A 1984 batch IAS officer, she was given the charge of Chief Secretary by the LG Najeeb…
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Disproportionate Assets Case: Acquittal of Jayalalitha
By Ashish, Faculty of Law, The ICFAI University. APPELLANT/ACCUSED is convicted for the offences as under: Offences punishable under Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act. Offences punishable under Section 120-B of Indian Penal Code read with Section 13(1)(e) with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
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In need of Privacy Laws in case of State Surveillance?
By Amrita Dasgupta, South Calcutta Law College. The historic landmarks, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and 9/11 attack, induced the governments of both the countries, India and America, to implement the state surveillance programmes. They brought with them the perks of interception of emails, text and multimedia messages, video calls, phone calls, fax messages, website visits, vehicle…
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Transparency in political party funding: The Debate
By Nayanika Tiwari, NMIMS School of Law. Should the details of party funding be made public? Political funding, especially corporate donations, is one of the primary causes of cronyism and corruption in the country and requires urgent reform. In light of this, there has been increasing focus on principles of transparency and accountability in corporate funding.…
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Violating FDA regulations: Sellers in trouble?
By Sanjay Kumar Negi, Marketing Manager, Akosha. Have you ever tried to buy medicines from an e-commerce portal? If yes, then those drugs may not available anymore on that site. Why so? The most probable reason could be that the portal may have violated the terms set by the ‘Food and Drug Administration’ authorities and…
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Euthanasia: The Legal Aspect
By Deepshi, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “Her death was the best thing that could happen to her,” cried the nation as Aruna Shanbaug finally breathed her last. It was one rare occasion where death became a reason to rejoice. Such irony described the life of this woman who spent over four decades in vegetative…
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Supreme Court Judgement on Government Advertisements
By Ravi Boolchandani, Amity Law School, Delhi. NGOs Common Cause and the Centre for Public Interest Litigation had approached the Supreme Court in 2003 regarding the matter of “photos of politicians, ministers in government ads”. Renowned Indian lawyer Prashant Bhushan represented the Petitioners in the Supreme Court. These two NGO requested the court’s intervention to restrain the…
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Amendment in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
By Pooja Meena, National law University, Jodhpur. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 amends the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Act covers the offence of giving a bribe to a public servant under abetment. The Bill makes specific provisions related to giving a bribe to a public servant, and giving a bribe by a…