The Villainy Saga of Identity Theft – Prevention of Identity Theft in the Post Internet Era
May 23, 2022Identity theft is when one uses another’s unique identification factors such as name, Aadhar card number, credit card information, and other government-recognized identification to commit fraud. The information gathered by fraudsters can be used for various types of crimes such as taking money out of the individual’s credit card or bank account without their knowledge, using the information to benefit from the individual’s medical care services, and receiving the tax return amount of the individual to name a few common ones. The earliest form of identity theft was murder, the information gathered from the deceased individual was then used by…
Death behind Imprisonment in India – A Deadly Conundrum
Imprisonment is defined as the “act of putting or confining a man in prison; the restraint of a man’s personal liberty; coercion exercised upon a person to prevent the free exercise of his powers of locomotion”. It…
Anti-Dumping Law and Practice in India – A Critical Study
Dumping is defined as a situation of international price discrimination, where the price of a product when sold in the importing country is less than the price of that product in the market of the exporting country.…
The Dark Web Conundrum – The Need for Anonymity and Policing Mechanism – A Socio-Legal Analysis
The Dark Web: its very name infers pictures of shadowy back streets, malicious, hard-confronted people, and socially harming actions. The Dark Web is a piece of the Internet that the vast majority likely don’t have the foggiest…
Transgender Marriage and Adoption in India – A Socio-Legal Analysis
Human nature is a mesmerizing concept. The divergence in our community proves that no two people are ever the same. They may be similar but the experiences, choices, and decisions that one takes may be different at…
Testimony of a Child Witness – Admissibility and Relevance
Testifying by a witness is considered prime evidence in any proceeding, supporting the court to hold the final matter. But, for a witness to testify, there is a general condition that he/she must obey, i.e., to be…
Critical analysis of Extrajudicial Killings in India
Whenever we talk about killings or death we are usually focused on what is happening around in the area in which we live because life is something where we are more exaggerated about talking and hearing about…
Status of Muslim Women in India – A Critical Study
Stating the obvious, the world has been swept over by a wave of polarization and tensions everywhere; and riding on these waves triumphantly are the people endorsing communal ideologies and divisive policies for their benefit. India is…
Bhanwari Devi Gang Rape Case – Birthing of the Vishakha Guidelines
Sexual harassment under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is the unwelcoming physical contact, requests for favors of a sexual nature, showing of pornographic or otherwise inappropriate material, or remarks of a sexual nature. The provisions…
Comprehensive and Futuristic Civil Aviation Policy – Getting off to a Flying Start
During the year 2016, only 2% of India’s population used to travel by air, but with the inclusion of the new Civil Aviation Policy, higher amounts of regional connectivity in lower-tier cities were expected. The Civil Aviation…
Virus Patents in India – A Techno-Legal Analysis
The National Human Genome Research Institute elaborates on the meaning of a virus in great biological detail. It states that a virus is a small collection of genetic code, either DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid),…
Regulating Competition in the Telecom Sector – An International Perspective
Over the years, the telecommunications sector has been viewed as a natural monopoly, with the state as the primary player. It has been controlled to assure universal services. However, new regulatory policies and regimes have altered the…
DNA Profiling and Right to Privacy – A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Conundrum
On 27 September 2016, the draft Bill of Identification of Missing Persons and Human Remains Bill, 2016 was sent to the Law Commission of India for assessment and modification, whenever required. DNA profiling technology, which depends on…
International Human Rights Law and Judicial Enforcement in India
Human Rights are those rights that are inherent in our nature and without which we would be unable to live as humans. The fact that we are human beings allows us to make claims. The concept of…
Looking at Abortion Laws through a Prism of Reproductive Autonomy and Privacy
Abortion means ending a pregnancy by removing the embryo from the mother’s womb. Abortion is usually done by consuming medicines or through a surgical procedure. When pregnancy is ended without any deliberate involvement, it is called a…
A Socio-Legal Analysis on Communal Violence in India – Can we Bridge the Communal Divide?
“Be it caste or communal violence; they stall the growth of the nation. So let us affirm that we will be free from these tensions.” Narendra Modi Communal riots, enormous scope pogroms, and progressively successive bomb assaults…