Parul Thadani Introduction Since 1958 the government of Mysore tried a handful number of times to issue an appropriate order to make a special provision for the advancement of the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens in the state of Mysore, under Article 15(4) of the constitution. Unfortunately, the previous four orders passed on … Continue reading Case Comment – M. R. Balaji And Others Vs. State Of Mysore
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The Enablement Of Custodial Atrocities Through Section 197 Of The Code Of Criminal Procedure.
Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure makes it so that a public servant cannot be prosecuted without a government sanction. The intention behind including this section was the protection of public servants against frivolous and ill-intentioned criminal proceedings; however, it also works to protect the police from facing the consequences of custodial torture. This article attempts to explore how Section 197 creates an environment that protects the police and facilitates custodial atrocities.
Judgment Analysis of Case Nandini Sundar v. the State of Chhattisgarh
Nandini Sundar v. State of Chhattisgarh is a noted landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India, wherein several key aspects of Preamble and specifically the principle of fraternity were discussed.
Can technology defuse the ticking pendency bomb for the Indian Judiciary system?
Mr Sunil Khandbahale, MIT Sloan Fellow Boston, Technologist, Impact Innovator and Grass-root Indian Entrepreneur As per the recent National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), with over 44 million pending court cases, India has the largest number of cases pending in the world as of early 2022. According to PRS Legislative Research, 41% of the cases in … Continue reading Can technology defuse the ticking pendency bomb for the Indian Judiciary system?
India – The rule of one law or many?
Uniform civil code is enshrined in part IV of our Constitution under article 44, which is Directive Principles of State Policy. It states that “The State shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India”. A one country one law system, where general and similar codes are formalized for the entire nation.
Case Commentary: Self Prominence of Alphabet on Android
Google LLC is believed to be one of the most dominant search engines, and it provides several other services to customers. As Worldwide Google provides around 90% of Android Mobiles with a Google Play Store facility. Recently in India Google launched a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payment-based application known as Google Pay which was alleged by the Informant to enjoy a favouring position as compared to the other Unified Payment Interface payment-based applications.
MARITAL RAPE: THE NEWEST BRANCH OF THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
The criminalization of Marital Rape in India has been a highly contentious and controversial topic of debate in recent times. Its reverberating uproar in recent times led to the hashtag #MarriageStrike, which trend went viral on social media. This was so because recently, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court agreed to hear the petitions filed by certain NGOs and individuals challenging the exception to section 375 of the IPC which keeps sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife (wife not being under fifteen years of age) out of the purview of the definition of Rape...