Category: Blog
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Cohabitation as a Legal Controversy in India
By Pratiksha Yadav, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Traditionally, in India, there existed only one kind of relationship between an unrelated male and female and that was “Marriage”. Marriage legally entitles both the persons involved, to co-habit; the children born out of a legal wedlock are legitimate; the wife is entitled to maintenance during the subsistence of marriage…
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The Bharat Mala Project: A Messiah for the Indian Roads
By Rabia Mohamed Ismail Abdul Rahim, NUALS, Kochi. One of the major drawbacks of our Incredible India’s infrastructure is the poor quality of roads. But that is about to change! On the 24th of October, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced an umbrella programme for roads, The Bharat Mala Project. The programme is scheduled to hit…
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Tax Reformation in India: An Analysis
By Syashu Pesswani, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. President Pranab Mukherjee, with the press of a button at the midnight of July 1, 2017 in the Parliament’s Central Hall of India, switched to GST, the single biggest reform undertaken by the country in its 70 years of independence. It is basically established to subsume various…
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Essential Services Maintenance Act: A Summary
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Here’s a Power Point Presentation on the ESMA, laying forth a summary of the same. Read it and get an insight on the Act.
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From Swaraj to “Poorna” Swaraj: Celebrating Gandhi
By Rabia Mohamed Ismail Abdul Rahim, NUALS, Kochi. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” It was on the 6th of July, 1944, that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as “Mahatma” Gandhi was addressed as the “Father of the Nation” for the first time. Subhash Chandra Bose was the first to…
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Judiciary, Media and Public Opinion: An Overview
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The media is regarded as the fourth pillar of any democracy. An independent media is necessary for keeping a check on the government and its organs. But with the increasing corporatisation of media and the race to grab more eyeballs for higher numbers, the media…
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Journalism: A Brave Affair?
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. -Henry Anatole Grunwald Journalism is a…
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Cashless India: Utopia or Reality?
By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad. India’s Dependence on Cash India’s cash to GDP ratio indicating the dependence of an economy on cash stands at 12.2% as per the data revealed by the International Labour Organisation. India is considered to be one of the most cash intensive economies in the world with its cash to…
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Real Estate Regulatory Agency: The Need of the Hour?
By Vibishnavi P., Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. The word “real” has been derived from the old French word “reel”, which means actual. The term ‘estate’ has been derived from the Middle English word ‘estat’, which means property. Altogether, it means actual property or real property. The term real property has been in use since 1666.…