Category: Human Rights
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An Unmitigated Look at Death Penalty
By Swarnalee Halder, Calcutta University, Department of Law. Yakub Memon’s execution has reignited debate on death penalty in India. There has been a huge debate around the world over the use of death penalty; whether it should exist or not. Every man has a right to live. Article 21 of the Indian constitution provides to its citizens…
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Mounting clamour for Inner Line Permit in Manipur
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. In the law few days, there has been a major outcry, by the people of Manipur, for the introduction of the Inner Line Permit and for the withdrawal of Manipur Regulation of Visitors, Tenants and Migrant Workers Bill, 2015. Manipur witnessed widespread protests, which subsequently resulted in withdrawal of the…
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Net Neutrality: The Free Choice Conundrum
By Rashmi Singh, ILS Law College, Pune. ‘Net Neutrality’ is the word of the hour. There has been a lot of debate on the said topic in recent times. It has probably been so much in the news that one might believe that India has had internet since at least from its independence. Online campaigns,…
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Capital Punishment: A Crime for a Crime?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. The killing of a human being by another human being is generally known as Homicide. But not all killings of human beings are Homicidal or rather illegal. Some killings are absolutely legal and enforceable and are better known as Capital Punishments, i.e., execution of the offender. The term Capital…
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India’s Abstention at UNHRC: A shift without compassion
By Mohammad Anas, Aligarh Muslim University, Kerala. India’s so-called neutrality from voting in the recent UN Human Rights Council meeting on the question of forwarding the “Davis Report” to International Criminal Court has created an instant outrage among the National Councils and people all over the world. Various assumptions are being made as to why India did…
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Boko Haram: A life-threatening challenge in Nigeria
By Yukti Makan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Although, Nigeria has ever faced security challenges, but the one caused by the activities of Boko Haram, the Islamist Sect, remains the most significant. This Islamist group has killed at least 3500 people since 2009 when it first started the preaching of Islamic religion to promote Shia law all…
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Manual Scavenging: Has the social stigma ended?
By Rashmi Singh, ILS Law College, Pune. Employment is a basic need for every person. It is the objective which comes next to education in a person’s life. Obtaining an employment in our country is a difficult task for many people. Even if a person gets employed , the questions which would be dealt with here…
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Censoring the Awareness Stretch of the Press
By Anaida Kuthiala, Army Institute of Law, Mohali Since the very incarnation and inception and thereafter the enforcement of the Constitution of India, and in many of the Constitutions of the world, the free citizens have been given the right to freedom of speech, which, though not specifically mentioned in the Constitution of India, is…
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Digital India: Dawn of a New Era
By Pratishtha Sharma, Law College Dehradun. While flipping through the messages my mobile was bombarded with, I underwent a light bulb moment when I bent my eye towards a message which confirmed my train reservation. The neurons inside my brain went back to the long standing lines we used to undergo to get the reservation till the…