Tag: Article 14
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Roshni Act: Understanding the Contours of the Land Development Scheme of J&K
The Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 was enacted to vest the ownership rights to the occupants of the State Land with an ambitious objective of meeting the chronic power crisis of Jammu and Kashmir. Since the object of the Act was to use the proceeds of the…
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Legal Journey of Section 377- A Relentless Battle of Expression and Recognition
By Abhiudaya Verma, Research Associate, Policy The legal fight in Singapore against Section 377A of Singapore Penal Code, which can be called a close counterpart of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), is set to go further. On March 30th, 2020 the High Court of Singapore dismissed the plea to declare section…
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Contradiction of Reservations under the Indian Constitution
By Jhalak Nandwani, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. Indian Constitution gives us the right of equality, and the freedom to exercise this right. However, in today’s time, one of the major hindrances to this equality is the Reservation System. This reservation system was worked on, at the time of the drafting of our Constitution, and…
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Juvenile Justice Act 2015: A Ground-breaking Adoption or a Dicey Alteration
By Anjana Mohan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. After years of constant discussion and arguments on whether to replace the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and giving an apt description to who is a child and how can a child in conflict be tried under different scenarios of committing heinous crimes after the…
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Struggle for Dignity: The Voice of Queer Peripheral
By Ankit Sharma, Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun. “Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” –Ernest Gaines Should the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender collectively known as ‘THE LGBT’ community in India continue to remain in the shadow of criminality? The de-criminalisation of homosexuality…