Divyang – Disabled, and Disenfranchised
May 18, 2021Concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you from doing well and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically. Stephen Hawking The above lines were said by the cosmologist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, author, and professor – Stephen Hawking. In the 1960s, when he was only 21, he contracted an incurable degenerative neuromuscular disease, but he continued to work despite its disabling effects and explained the origin of the universe and the black hole for which he is best known. He is one of the many people with disabilities who beat the challenges…
Mercy Plea vis-a-vis Power of Pardon
Mercy plea, pardons, and all communications for acts of mercy to and from the state executive, which is the President of India and governors of states in India’s case. It is the most common route opted by…
The Law of Seas
One of the primary generators of revenue for a state is through the sea. Seas facilitate fishing, maritime research and development, export and import of goods, and provide an abundant supply of important natural resources. With the…
Police Reforms in India – A Dire Need
The police system is a system of colonial legacy and is considered as a vital organ of the state rather than the active arm through which the state derives its power and authority. The first Police commission…
Slavery And Serfdom – A Violation Of Human Rights
Slavery was, in a very real sense, the first international human rights issue to come to the fore. It led to the adoption of the first human rights laws and to the creation of the first human…
Speedy Trial shouldn’t bury the cause of Justice
As the Judiciary is the supreme defender of human rights and the last resort for the dispensation of justice, with great reverence and everlasting hope, the people of India look up to this institution. It puts a…
Money Laundering and Terror Financing – A Threat to the World
The high profit yielding criminal activities have elevated the global problem of Money laundering and terror financing. Although these two phenomena differ from each other in many aspects, they often exploit the same financial systems vulnerabilities in…
Contempt of Court
Contempt of the Court is an offense of disobeying or disrespecting a court of law and its officials in a manner that is contrary to or violates the justice, dignity of the court, and authority. Anything that…
Mera Paani, Meri Virasat – Water Conservation Laws in India
Water is one of the essential components which makes life possible on earth and the entire flora and fauna depend on water for their survival. Hence, there is an unavoidable correlation with the availability, utility, and management…
One Nation, One Election
India has cemented its position on an international stage as one of the largest democracies that at the same time is diverse and bustling with culture. India is a vibrant democracy with elections holding a special position…
Dowry - A Blemish on Society and the Law
In a democracy like India, the freedom to protest is a right constitutionally available to its people, upholding the hallmark of justice and equality based on which the development and progress of a nation are adjudged at…
Not for Sale, Not for Rent – Comparative Analysis of Surrogacy Laws
Surrogacy, a term that finds its roots in the Latin word surrogatus which means to substitute. It is an agreement, usually backed by the law, wherein a woman agrees to conceive, bear and deliver a child, who…
Uniform Civil Code – Laying the Bedrock
India is a diverse country and is one of the most culturally rich countries as well. Boasting the second spot as the most populous country (As per the 2011 census), India is and was culturally rich. With…
Gaps and Abeyances in the Human Rights Law – Together we Stand!
Man is a social animal, from birth to one’s death, every human being has the right to live with dignity and is as well entitled to certain rights necessary to live such life with due respect, utmost…
Patenting Lifeforms – Should a novel creation be made patentable?
Relevant distinction is not between animate and inanimate things but whether living products could be seen as human-made inventions. Chief Justice Warren Burger in the case of Diamond v. Chakrabarty (1980) wherein the US Supreme Court declared…
Digital Copyright and the Issues in tackling Unauthorized Digital Copying
The advent of cyberspace is broadening the aspect of digital copyright extensively attracting many users at the global level. With this progressive use of the digital world as a creative outlet for producing and displaying copyrighted work,…
