Posted on: January 22, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

COVID-19 AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: DOUBLE PANDEMIC FOR WOMEN by Shaijal Shekhar & Aradhaya Singh

Author: Shaijal Shekhar, Student at Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Co-Author: Aradhaya Singh, Student at Indraprastha Law College, Greater Noida. ABSTRACT Domestic Violence is a public health issue at both the international and national levels. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic, there is rapid increase in gender-based violence cases. In this paper, we will discuss the link between Covid 19 and domestic violence and will try to find out…

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Posted on: January 22, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

WOMENS RIGHTS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES by Abhaya Mohan

Author:  Abhaya Mohan, Student at Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum, Kerala. INTRODUCTION Forced marriage happens is when one or both spouses do not give valid consent to the marriage. Those marriages occur solely by the will of parents or any other family members. In India, Marriages are solemnized by personal laws which means, believers of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity have their Laws regarding marriage, divorce maintenance, and property apart…

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Posted on: January 20, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

CASE COMMENT : KAMIL SIEDCZYNSKI V UNION OF INDIA by Ritik Dhankhar

Author: Ritik Dhankhar, Student at Army Institute of Law, Mohali, Punjab. INTRODUCTION India is one of the largest democracies in the world which is backed up by the most detailed Constitution. Our Constitution lays down various duties and functions of the Central and State Governments and also guarantees every citizen some basic fundamental rights which no entity or institution can take away. It not only focuses on the rights of the…

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Posted on: January 20, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

ANDA AND ORS. V. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN [AIR 1966 SC 148]: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS by Hardik Bansal & Srajan Tyagi

Author: Hardik Bansal, Student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Co-Author: Srajan Tyagi, Student at National Law Institute University, Bhopal. NAME OF THE CASE  Anda and Ors. v. The State of Rajasthan DATE OF THE JUDGEMENT  9th March, 1965 CITATION OF THE JUDGEMENT  AIR 1966 SC 148 TYPE OF BENCH  It was an appeal before A Full Bench of the Supreme Court. NAME OF THE JUDGES  Justice K.N.…

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Posted on: January 18, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

WHY INDECENT REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN ACT STANDS DYSFUNCTIONAL by Soumya Sakshi Mishra

Author: Soumya Sakshi Mishra, Law Student at Christ University, Bengaluru. ABSTRACT We can see so many songs, videos and films that represent women in an immoral and indecent manner, leaving a wrong impact on the viewer about a woman, as well as, it tends to impede the process of gender equality pushing the whole womankind lower. It is observed that the media, censorship board and other bodies have violated the…

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Posted on: January 16, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

BACHAN SINGH V. STATE OF PUNJAB (AIR 1980 SC 898) by Lakshmi S

Author: Lakshmi S, Student at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. FACTS The appellant was charged and tried for the offence of murder under Section 302 of IPC[1] by the court of Sessions and he was convicted with a sentence of the death penalty as per section 353(3)[2] of CrPC. He appealed before High Court of Punjab, where the appeal was dismissed and confirmed the Trial Court’s sentence. The appellant filed an appeal…

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Posted on: January 16, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

RAPE AND HOW TO TACKLE IT by Abhay Saxena & Rucha Joshi

Author: Abhay Saxena, Student at Rizvi Law College, Mumbai. Co-Author: Rucha Joshi, Student at Rizvi Law College, Mumbai. ABSTRACT Women, be it occupational and of course biologically right from ancient times have been regarded as a weaker gender[1] that needed protection, the need of protection of course came from the male superiority that existed and through this show of masculinity, violence against women seems to be existed from the start…

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Posted on: January 16, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

SUPREME COURT AND JUDICIAL INTERVENTION TO ENSURE EFFECTIVENESS IN CASES OF CUSTODIAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSES by Smriti Jha

Author: Smriti Jha, Student at National University Of Study And Research In Law, Ranchi. Custody in simpler terms means that a suspect may be kept safe by the police authorities, in prison while waiting for his/ her trial in the stipulated court to continue. Yet, we witness time and on the flagrant violation of the personal rights of the suspects while in custody. They are more often being tortured believing them…

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Posted on: January 16, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF CHOICE : UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL CONTOURS OF UNLAWFUL RELIGIOUS CONVERSION (PROHIBITION) ORDINANCE 2020 OF UTTAR PRADESH by Smriti Jha

Author: Smriti Jha, Student at National University Of Study And Research In Law, Ranchi. INTRODUCTION The term Love Jihad under which it is allegedly believed that Muslim men mostly target the women of the majority community in India for conversion and allure them for love and marriage in order to satisfy their religious demographic edge. This very term rose to national prominence in 2009 while referring to alleged conversions in Kerala…

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Posted on: January 14, 2021 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU- POWERS AND FUNCTIONS by Ritik Dhankhar

Author: Ritik Dhankhar, Student at Army Institute of Law, Mohali. ABOUT NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was constituted in 1986 on 17th March to enforce the new Narcotics Law known as the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 which was passed by the Parliament in 1985. The power to form the Narcotics Control Bureau by the Central Government is vested under Section 4(3) of the Act…

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