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Introduction India is one of the largest countries in the world in terms of area. And the housing sector has remained one of the largest contributors in its GDP. Still, there was no central law or legislation till 2016 to govern the real estate sector and it remained largely unregulated. Even today, the Real Estate … Read more Prior registration of real estate project With Rera ( Section 3 of RERA act)
INTRODUCTION The exchange of sexual activity for money is prostitution. How sex is advertised and procured encompasses a variety of acts, people and places, but its significance is often ignored in society as a whole. Although often associated with women selling sex to men, men can, of course, sell sex to other men and women. … Read more Should prostitution be legalized? Past and present of its law and Philosophy
Introduction In traditional Hindu society, the successful attainment of sixteen samskaras is considered of paramount importance in the course of one’s natural human life. According to the celebrated Hindu thinker Manu, the Vivaha Samskara is one of the most essential ones. According to Manu, marriage completes a man as an individual and perhaps this is … Read more Essentials of Hindu Marriage
Who are the Naxalites? The term ‘Naxal’ derives its name from the Naxalbari village in West Bengal. Their origin can be traced back to the division of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which lead to the formation of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).i The movement moved from West Bengal to less developed areas of … Read more What are the Indian government’s policy towards Naxalites
The maxim ‘Volenti non fit injuria means defence of consent. In the law of torts, if any person commits any wrongful act which causes injury to another person, he is held liable and has to pay damages or provide some other remedies. In simple words, the plaintiff voluntarily agrees to suffer harm, he is not … Read more Volenti Non-Fit Injuria
Meaning: Jurisprudence Different jurists have assigned different meanings to the word ‘jurisprudence’. To some jurists it means something, to some other, it means something else. The word jurisprudence finds its root in the Latin term ‘ Juris Prudentia’ which means the” study, knowledge, or science of law.”[1] According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, Jurisprudence means … Read more Jurisprudence of the death penalty
The freedom of speech enjoys a historical legacy in India, as can be seen in the way the country obtained freedom from its erstwhile British overlords. The struggle for freedom, in this sense, was a struggle for basic civil rights held inalienable in other countries[i], the absence of which led to widespread, well-documented oppression[ii]. In … Read more Right to Access Internet as a Fundamental Right in India
Colloquially, a start-up is a company or a project in its nascent stages, brainchild of a single or a set of entrepreneurs. Start-ups usually seek to innovate and tap into the unexplored sectors of the market, holding the potential to host a scalable business venture. Start-up India Scheme It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra … Read more Start your start-up the right way – A step by step guide to register under Start-up India Scheme
In India, there are multiple laws that have been enforced to ensure the safety of women and their protection from violence. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 have incorporated various punishable offences against women. Section 354 – Outraging the Modesty of a Woman If any person does any act with the intention to cause disgrace to … Read more Special Provisions for Protection of Women from Violence
India is facing one of its major and massive water crisis. For two consecutive years, India is facing weak monsoon affecting nearly 330 million population by a severe drought. With almost 50 percent of India thinking about a dry season like conditions, the circumstance has been especially inauspicious this year in western and southern states … Read more Time to Run Around with Tickling Down of Clock: WATER CRISES AT ITS PEAK!
“It’s not about the 30 pesos, it’s about 30 years”. This statement is a line echoing from a video montage produced by Ana Tijoux. It reflects the current situation of the Southern American Country Chile. This country of 18 million people, until recently, has been often known as ‘the Latin American tiger’ mostly because of … Read more The Chile Protests- Beginning or the End
“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.” Michele Obama Imagining a nation deprived of the potential ideas and hard work of what comprises fifty percent of the population will be a catastrophe as it can never run … Read more VISHAKA GUIDELINES: A Step Towards Safer Workplace
Parliament passed the Special Protection (Amendment) Bill recently, the reason it made to the headlines was clear amended the SPG Act of 1988. The main aim of the legislature doing this was to reduce state expenditure on VIP security. This will also help to eliminate the state symbol attached to it. Special Protection Act of … Read more Special Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2019
The current political and legal scenarios have seemed to instill fear in the mind of the common Indian citizen. We have witnessed a rise in vigilante crimes against the minorities in the form of mob lynchings, with men being beaten to death or burnt alive as it streamed live on social media, we have witnessed … Read more Is India moving towards lawlessness?
In present-day India, rape has become of the worst evils of society. Every village, district, town, and the city is plagued with this crime. No one is spared when it comes to rape, whether it is a young woman, an old nun or even a two-year-old child. Among these, rapes of children are the most … Read more Parliament approves a bill providing the death penalty for sexual assault against children
What is Death Penalty? Death Penalty is a legal procedure of putting an offender to death through execution of him/her for a crime committed by them for which they are convicted by a court of law. It is judicial execution which is done keeping in mind of due process of law. What happened in Shatrughan … Read more Supreme Court’s Guidelines for Execution of Death Penalty
What is Climate Emergency? To understand what climate emergency is we should be aware of two terms climate crisis and emergency. Climate crisis is another name for global warming and emergency is a serious and dangerous situation requiring immediate action. Climate emergency is often referred to as the rising rate of global warming or climate … Read more Climate Emergency: Issue to be Concerned About
Mortgage Under the Transfer of Property Act In simple words, we can define mortgage as a legal agreement by which a bank, building society (creditor), etc lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor’s property, with the condition that the conveyance of title by the debtor to the creditor becomes void … Read more Mortgage Under the Transfer of Property Act
Case Name: Indian Young Lawyers Association & Ors vs. The State of Kerala & Ors. Citation: Writ Petition(Civil) No 373 of 2006 Parties name: Indian Young Lawyers Association (petitioner) Travancore Devaswom Board (respondent) State of Kerala (respondent) Pandalam Royal Family (respondent) Chief Thanthri (respondent) Bench: Deepak Mishra, A.N. Khanwilkar, Rohintan Nariman, Indu Malhotra, D.Y. … Read more Sabarimala Case Summary
Corporate Social Responsibility is an idea which requires corporations and organizations to consider and work towards the welfare and the interests of society at large by taking up such responsibilities that impact their customer bases, employees, shareholders, communities and the environment at large in all respects of their working. Corporate Social Responsibility or as it … Read more All you need to know about Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)
