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Plea Bargaining in India: A Critical Evaluation of its Scope, Challenges, and Efficacy

Abstract: This research paper sought to analyse the concept of plea bargaining in India with a critical lens, evaluating its legal framework, scope, effectiveness, and inherent challenges. This concept was introduced through Criminal law (Amendment) Act, 2005 with the objective to to alleviate burden of courts and provide a mechanism for accelerating justice. Despite such …

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SUB-CLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN SCHEDULED CASTES: A CONSTITUTIONAL NECESSITY OR A VIOLATION OF EQUALITY?

BY SHREYA BANSAL Research Paper Submitted to : Amikus Qrie In Fullfillment of the requirements For Internship This article investigates whether intra-group sub-classification within Scheduled Castes (SCs) represents a constitutional necessity or infringes upon equality. In State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh (2024), the seven-judge Supreme Court panel (6:1) overturned the E.V. Chinnaiah precedent, confirming …

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MINERAL AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY v. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA (2024): A CONSTITUTIONAL WATERSHED IN MINING TAXATION

INTRODUCTION: The Supreme Court’s decision in Mineral Area Development Authority v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. (2024) & SCC 1, represents a landmark constitutional adjudication that fundamentally reshapes India’s mining taxation landscape. This nine-judge Constitution Bench ruling delivered by an 8:1 majority addresses a decade-old question relating to the federal distribution of the taxation powers …

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Need For The Protection Of Personal Data In Today’s Digital Age: An Analysis With Regard To DPDP Act, 2023 And Rules 2025 

ABSTRACT  In today’s digital world, the protection of an individual’s digital personal data is of paramount importance. Various factors have contributed to this situation. The increasing digital population is one of the major reasons for this, as the availability of an individual’s personal data in the digital arena is increasing day by day. These data …

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THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2023: A CONSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY ANALYSIS

Abstract Recognizing privacy as a fundamental right by the Supreme Court in K.S. Puttaswamy, the DPDP Act aims to be the main regulation controlling digital personal data in India. Union of India (published in 2017). This work examines the DPDP Act through a constitutional analysis, looks at the growth of privacy law in India, explains …

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SHILPA SAILESH v. VARUN SREENIVASAN

BACKGROUND  Case Name: Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan Acts Involved: Constitution of India; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Important Provisions: Article 142, Section 13B  Court: Supreme Court  Bench: Justices S.K. Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S. Oka, Vikram Nath, and J.K. Maheshwari. Petitioner: Shilpa Sreenivasan Respondent: Varun Srinivasan   Date of Judgement: 1 May 2023  INTRODUCTION Shilpa Sailesh …

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Entertainment Industry

-Mahek Shah -UPES, Dehradun Table of contents Abstract                                                                                                3 Introduction                                                                                         3 Keywords                                                                                              4 Research Methodology                                                                        4 Method                                                                                                  5 Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the Entertainment Industry                                                                    5 Historical Perspective                                                                      5 Trends in the entertainment industry                                               6 Current Landscape of IPR in Entertainment                                   7 Challenges and Controversies                                                         8 Strategies to resolve disputes                                                              9 Case …

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justice, right, legal

CONSEQUENCES OF TRUST AND DISTRUST IN E-COMMERCE

     Table of content  Abstract The most important component in deciding the achievement of e-commerce is trust. Trust is the most important ingredient for viable transactions. In the construct of trust, the trustor i.e buyer trusts the trustees i.e intermediaries and different sellers. Intermediaries/sellers provide a web-based infrastructure that enables buyers and sellers to make transactions. …

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entrepreneur, idea, competence

DOES LAW PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS?”

ABSTRACT The Role of Law and Regulation in Sustaining Financial Markets is an inevitable and important part of social structure. This paper addresses the connection between law, financial development, and economic growth. It also deals with the role of financial laws and regulation, which can be used to correct market failures, such as negative externalities, …

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Paid Legal Internship Opportunity at the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Anand [Stipend Rs 10K]: Apply Now!

The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Anand, is inviting applications from law students for a paid legal internship opportunity with the organization in Gujarat. About FES (Foundation for Ecological Security)The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) was set up in 2001 to reinforce the country’s massive and critical task of ecological restoration. FES enables rural communities …

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Environment Impact Assessment in India – A critique

Abstract With the Environmental Impact Assessment process (EIA), it is possible to guarantee that environmental issues are taken into account when making decisions about initiatives that may have an impact on the environment. This research paper contains the study of the concept and goal of Environmental Impact Assessment in India. An outline of international environmental legislation …

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Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil  V.  The Chief Minister and Ors.

Facts of the Case : The Maratha is a Hindu community which mainly resides in the State of Maharashtra. On July 9th 2014 Maharashtra Government promulgated an ordinance which provide 16% reservation to Maratha community in education and public employment. On 14th November 2014, the Bombay High Court issued an interim order staying the implementation …

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justice, law, court

PRENUPTIAL COHABITATION

( AN ANALYSIS FROM LEGAL PERSPECTIVE ) Table of Contents Title 1 Table of contents 2 Abstract 3 Key Words 3 Introduction 3 Research Methodology 4 Literature Review 4 Objectives 5 Analysis 5 Suggestions 9 Conclusion 10 Bibliography And References 11 Abstract In India, live-in relationships are on the rise as a convenient alternative to …

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love, romance, animation

Increased Legal Age of Women for Marriage in India – A Possible Disastrous Move

Abstract Marriage is one of the key relationships in our Indian society which is given the utmost respect. Society believes it to be a necessary part of our lives. Parents in India believe that marrying their daughters off as soon as possible, is their responsibility and after doing so, their shoulders will be free from …

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cyber, security, internet

PRIVACY: THE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION BILL, 2019

Abstract “I can’t in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building”.  -Edward Snowden Privacy is the interest that individuals have in sustaining ‘personal space’, free from interference by other people and organizations. While no brief …

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Paid Online Internship Opportunity at Adv. Abha Singh’s Rann Samar Foundation: Applications Open!

About Adv. Abha SinghAbha Singh is a former civil servant and an advocate practicing currently in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. She is also a renowned social activist and has contributed considerably in the realm of women’s rights, gender equality and Justice She launched her book Stree – Dasha aur Disha which promotes …

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india, coolie, labor

Labour Code Bill

The Union Cabinet formalized the Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2019, that proposes to amalgamate The Trade Unions Act, 1926, the economic Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, and also the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

GENDER BIASED LAWS IN THE FEMINIST INDIA

The Concept of Compensatory Justice

Compensation is the remuneration awarded to an employee in exchange for their services or individual contributions to your business. The contributions can be their time, knowledge, skills, abilities and commitment to your company or a project.

hindu, india, woman

Daayan Pratha –A Gendercide?

In India, being born and growing up as a boy can mean many things, one of them is, privilege. A hierarchy that continuously puts men on top is male privilege. Special privileges and status are granted to the male section of society

RAPE OUGHT TO ESCAPE

Needless to say what is RAPE. It is a callous deed of some sort of devils existing unfortunately on earth just to show their fake manliness on guiltless bairns and leave them with a scar of guilt on their adorable faces.

RYLANDS v FLETCHER

Fletcher (plaintiff) established numerous underground coal mines on land adjacent to land on which Rylands (defendant) had built a reservoir for supplying water to his mill.

Criminal Law Amendment Act,2013

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013, more popularly called the Anti-Rape Bill, is now law. The Act came into force on 3rd February, 2013 following the outrage of the entire nation behind the homicidal gang rape that took place in New Delhi on the night of 16th December 2012

Thappad

Thappad is a story about a woman called Amrita whose life seems perfect. She seemed to have everything a regular married woman could have hoped for: a loving husband, caring parents-in-law, and a decent lifestyle.

RAPE OUGHT TO ESCAPE

Needless to say what is RAPE. It is a callous deed of some sort of devils existing unfortunately on earth just to show their fake manliness on guiltless bairns and leave them with a scar of guilt on their adorable faces. RAPE has become a kind of culture just like the culture of India

Essentials of valid contract

Contract is an essential part of human life. Contract is made between people every day. While renting a house, a book or while selling a car, property, there are some rules that a person has to abide by. If there is loan to pay off the individual has contract with the bank for the repayment. For a contract to be valid there are some conditions that are to be fulfilled. This article tries to cover and explain all of those.

Building Back Better Together for Everyone: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Stateless admits the COVID – 19 Pandemic

As the above definition, life security and satisfaction for everyone in the world is essential. It is an important process that should be undertaken by both individual and state governments. It is the maxim of human morality and morality. The analysis revealed a clear distinction between refugees and asylum seekers mentioned in the issue, namely that being a refugee must be recognized under the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees, Asylum seekers which requires international protection, but the right to asylum has not

Free Consent below the Indian Contract Act

In Section ten of the Indian Contract Act it’s mentioned that the consent of the parties stepping into the contract ought to be free.
According to Section fourteen of the Indian Contract Act “Consent is claimed to be free once it’s not caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud, untruth and mistake.”

AN ANALYSIS ON DIGITAL ACTIVISM AS A TOOL FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Digital activism is a form of activism that uses the internet and digital media as essential platforms for mass mobilization and political action. It is also called cyberactivism. Another way to explain digital activism is, the use of social media, SMS, blogs, vlogs, online petitions, etc, to bring about some kind of social change in the society. India has a vast population of 1.34 billion people and according to reports released by TRAI, the number of telephone subscribers is 1.2 billion and the number of internet users is 32% that is, 432 million. With such a huge user base in India, the Internet is a workable medium for bringing

I NEVER SIGNED A CONTRACT TO RAPE ME.

The world’s Largest Democracy is unfortunately lacking when it comes to development in legislation and amendments as per the changing needs of the society. The delayed disposal of cases is one of the reasons behind the same. Same is in the case of Marital Rape Legislation.

CHOICE OR COMPULSION

Have you ever wondered, a young servant boy ‘CHOTU’ being slapped because he is late with a customer’s chai order or a young girl dressed in old, torn, rags weaving her way among the dense and chaotic traffic of India’s city streets to sell balloons, flowers for few rupees, if these children have rights to good healthcare, nutrition, adequate schooling, freedom of expression, protection from anything that may be harmful?

Need and Significance of Rules of Interpretation

The law is laid down in the statutes by the legislative makers. These laws employ different characteristics, wordings, sentences and thus, accordingly, the meaning might differ in regard to the common parlance. That is why there is a need for the courts, who apply those laws given in the statute, to form the correct meaning and find out the true intention of the legislature in regard to that particular provision, law and statute.

Sexual Harassment of Men

Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.[1] Sexual harassment includes a range of actions from verbal transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. Harassment can occur in many different social settings such as the workplace, the home, school, churches, etc. Harassers or victims may be of any gender.

AIR A MAJOR PART OF LIFE: BENEFICIARY POINTS

Air pollution is one of the world’s largest health and environmental problems. It consists of chemicals or particles in the air that can harm the health of humans, animals, and plants. It also damages buildings. Pollutants in the air take many forms. They can be gases, solid particles, or liquid droplets.

False Confession- under Indian evidence act and study of false confessions in few other countries

Securing and creating adequate evidentiary material under the steady gaze of the court is without a doubt the most basic fragment of a proceeding. Confession is one of the methods through which an individual’s blame is set up in a courtroom, and conviction is as a rule the result of it. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 which is the brief, codified version of the English law of Evidence, except for a couple of adjustments, possibly sets down guidelines in regards to when an admission can be allowed. The term confession has not been defined anywhere under the act; it makes its first appearance in Section 24 that

HANGING

Hanging is that type of rough asphyxia passing, which is brought about by the suspension of the body by a ligature which encompasses the neck, the tightening power being the weight. It is a typical practice in India and in different nations, to slaughter a casualty and afterward to suspend the body from tree or some other item to reproduces antemortem hanging with suicidal hanging. It is therefore,

Child labour in Indian society

Each child he has the right to have a youth that is fun and instructive, however everywhere on over the world countless youngsters are denied of even the most essential of rights.
Nearly 33% of the total populace comprises of youngsters. Presently the question emerges, who is a kid? Or then again who can be considered as a kid? Finding a solitary definition to depict a “kid” is turning into a tough assignment. The plain word reference importance of the word ‘child’ is that, a youngster particularly among early stages and youth.

Animal cruelty and Laws for protection of animal rights

One must have probably observed individuals shooting fowls, harming lost canines and leaving innocuous and blameless creatures to famishment and death or seen associations improperly testing their items on creatures, creatures being abused in zoos, circus or parks for amusement and thought about whether there is an end to this merciless routine.

Should India revise the age of marriage?

On the occasion of 74th Independence Day, while addressing the nation Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his speech that the centre has set a 10 member board of trustees who are revaluating the base time of marriage for women. Before 1978 the lawful marriage age for a women was 15 years which was changed in 1978 after amending the archaic Sarda Act of 1929.

TRADEMARK IN INDIA

Intellectual property is a class of property that incorporates elusive manifestations of the human mind. Licensed innovation (IP) has been customarily ordered into Industrial property and Copyright. The term Industrial Property incorporates licenses, trademarks, mechanical plans, and geographic signs of source. Copyright insurance is conceded to secure scholarly, imaginative and melodic works. Licensed innovation rights are for the most part supposed to be a heap of selective rights allowed to the legal proprietor.

INDIA’S MYSTERIOUS CASE: AYODHYA VERDICT (DISPUTE OF RAM MANDIR AND BABRI-MASJID)

India is one of the most diverse nations in terms of religion, it is also the birthplace of 4 major religions Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Several other small religions are also co-existing in Indian society. Religion diversity is a feature of Indian Social Culture which creates a dispute between different religious people on a large scale since many years ago. India is very well known for its Hindu and Muslim religious disputes, like the major dispute of Ram Janmabhoomi between the Hindu and Muslim communities.

JUSTICE FOR A PREVENTION OF OUR LIFE PART: WATER

Water Pollution is a serious problem in the global world. The world environmental problems include loss of species and biodiversity, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste, ozone depletion, trans boundary air pollution and climate change. It happens when toxic substances enter into water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them which degrades the quality of water.

Police Brutality during COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic created social upheaval and altered norms for all members of society, but its effects on first responders have been particularly profound. Law enforcement officers have been expected to coordinate local shutdowns, encourage social distancing, and enforce stay-at-home mandates all while completing the responsibilities for which they are already understaffed and underfunded.

Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining and The regulatory framework for Environmental Management

Utilization and exploitation of any fuel resources, be it coal, uranium, natural gas or oil, needs proper measures, safeguards and regulations. Extraction of coal was primarily used for generating electricity. Coal mining in India was strictly under the private sectors. Coal Mining under private ownership suffered to a great extent due to lack of scientific methods, undiscriminating mining practices and poor living standards of the miners.

DRUGS LEGALIZATION

A drug is any substance (except for food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be legal (e.g. alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco) or illegal (e.g. cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, and heroin).

RIGHTS OF SENIOR CITIZENS

Old age is an indispensable stage of life of a human being that a man cannot avoid except untimely death. The conditions of old age people are miserable care and protection of parents is ignored and they are denied basic amenities of life. Their social, economic, and health securities are threatened to affect their right to live with dignity guaranteed under various laws.