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Justice for Victims: A tussle between Classes

Prachi Bhardwaj — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:51:39 +0000

Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free? Yes. ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend is blowing in the wind. - Bob Dylan In our society today the term Human Rights is widely acknowledged and most [...]

Representation of Homosexuals (LGBT) in Indian Literature, Media and Cinema

Harshita S.Chaudhary — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:26:19 +0000

Introduction This article is aimed at the socio-legal study of the representation of Homosexuals (LGBT) in the literature, media, and cinema with respect to Indian society. Homosexuality became very much contentious because of the representation it got through media and because of media’s attention given to this issue, people got inspirations and started showing their [...]

Forcing Doctors to Return to India after Higher Studies: Violation of Fundamental Rights

Abdullah Karuthedakam — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:44:41 +0000

On 23rd April 2012, the Union ministers Gulam Nabi Azad (Union Health minister) and V.Narayanaswamy (Minister of state) in a press meet at Delhi declared that any doctor traveling to the United States for higher medical studies from this year onwards would have to sign a bond to the government, promising to return to India [...]

Compulsory Licencing of Patents : A Critical Evaluation

Jos Antony Koppanalil — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:21:18 +0000

[Editor's Note: A packet containing 120 tablets (to be consumed within a month) of the Cancer Treatment Drug ('Nexavar') cost Rs. 2.84 Lakhs previously. But after a recent decision by Indian Patents Office, the price has got reduced to Rs. 8800 per month. This article by Jos Anthony explains how the Application of Patent Law [...]

Is the Indian Criminal Justice System more Inclined towards the Accused?

Monika Verma — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:15:18 +0000

There was no criminal law in uncivilized society. Every man was liable to be attacked on his person or property at any time by any one. The person attacked either succumbed or over-powered his opponent. “A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, a life for a life” was the forerunner of criminal [...]

Chained Women: Life Behind Bars

Bhumika Indolia — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:38:40 +0000

“While women weep, as they do now, I’ll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now I’ll fight; while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I’ll fight, I’ll fight to the very end!” - William Booth Introduction Everyday everybody is [...]

Election Reforms in India and Challenges before the Election Commission

Sia Shruti — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:05:07 +0000

Introduction India is often referred as a vibrant and vigorous democracy. But just because we have elections regularly, or rather far too often, does not necessarily mean that we have an effective democracy. Election can be defined as a system by which voters or electors, select their representatives by casting of votes. It is a [...]

Status of a Private Company which is a Subsidiary of a Public Company

Saumya Sharma — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:21:25 +0000

Introduction: Public company is defined under Section 3 (iv) of the Companies Act, 1956 (“Act”) as a company which is “not a private company; has a minimum paid-up capital of five lakh rupees or higher paid-up capital, as may be prescribed; is a private company which is a subsidiary of a company which is not [...]

SOPA and PIPA: What the Layman and the Learned should know

Atul V. Mohan — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:00:32 +0000

Introduction SOPA and PIPA is all the rage in Internet these days. You must have come across them at least once in a while. Even for a newbie, it was hard to miss because some of the biggest and the most popular websites showed their protest by blacking out their websites for a whole day. Yes, [...]