The Saga of Judicial Overreach – Is Indian Judiciary overstepping its Boundary?
October 26, 2021The Indian Judiciary has been playing an active role and is no longer a silent spectator. When the legislature and the executive fail in their duties, the Judiciary takes action in the guise of judicial review. However, judicial activism has always been a controversial and heated debatable topic, due to the recent developments in this regard. The phrase judicial review refers to a court’s authority to review and potentially quash a legislative act as unconstitutional. The courts investigate or scrutinize the actions of other organs of the government to make sure everything is running within the bounds of the Indian Constitution. Countries having written…
Online Streaming of Web Series – Issues of Copyright and Digital Defamation
The common man’s access to the internet has revolutionized everyone’s lives. The internet’s platform has made human interaction easier than it has ever been. Nowadays, online streaming is increasingly popular. On the internet, there are different platforms…
War-Torn Afghanistan – Fighting an Uphill Battle?
Donald J. Trump strikes a deal with the Taliban, that USA will withdraw its forces from Afghanistan soil. On 14 April, Joe Biden who inherited the deal from Trump, announced from the White House, Washington DC, “It’s…
Shah Bano to Shayara Bano – Timeline of Triple Talaq and Three Decades of a Brawl
What was started by Shah Bano three decades ago in 1985, to give Muslim women their constitutional right to gender equality and dignity, found fruition in 2017 when the controversial instant Triple Talaq was challenged for the…
Contextualizing NRC and the CAA – Exorcism, Xenophobia, or Protecting Borders?
India is a country home to four major religions globally- Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Sikhism, along with Jainism, Buddhism, etc. In addition to the religious division, there are further factions among them from the caste system to…
International Labour Organization and Labour Welfare – A Critical Analysis
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency that the Treaty of Versailles established in 1919. In 1947, it laid down the frameworks of labor welfare as services, amenities, and facilities which can be established…
In Conversation with Jayant Bhatt, Advocate at Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court
We, at KnowLaw, got into a conversation with Adv. Jayant Bhatt. He is an independent legal practitioner and an alumnus of the National University of Singapore and the New York University USA from where he completed his…
Prostitution, Slavery and Human Trafficking – The Odious face of India and the World
Trafficking in Oxford Dictionary means the activity of buying and selling something illegally. Human trafficking refers to the criminal practice of exploitation of human beings where they are treated as commodities for profit and after being trafficked,…
Patenting Life Forms and GMO – Scope and Challenges for Patent and other Intellectual Properties
Bollworm caterpillars are the worst enemies of cotton crops. Their infestations at the ball or the fruition stage can pave the way for complete economic devastation for the farmer. Over the years, bollworms have been destroying cotton…
Workplace Harassment and the Domino Effect – A Socio-Legal Analysis
The #MeToo movement that gave voice to the sufferings of many women who in any phase of their lives have been victims of harassment. But why was a movement needed for these ladies to openly talk about…
Giving thought to Social Justice to Divyangs & the Indian Legal Perspectives
India is the world’s largest democracy. It covers citizens’ rights in all aspects of life. In this context, the term “citizen” refers to everyone who was born in India. Persons with disabilities are also included in this…
Energy Laws in India – Hunky Dory or Humpty Dumpty?
India has been a constant supplier of energy resources in the contemporary scenario. Still, the sector is shadowed in the absence of proper regulations to recognize the rights of government, public and private stakeholders. The Electricity Act,…
Corporal Punishment in Educational Institutions – A Human Rights Paradigm
The Right to Education is a fundamental right that is provided to every citizen of a nation, and it is the duty of a nation or a state to make sure that each and every child gets…
The Tattoo Conundrum – Copyright and Publicity Rights at Crossroads
The history of tattoos is as fascinating as the art form itself; Europeans first saw locals with these permanent tattoos on their bodies while on expeditions to find new countries. These eventually became fashionable in Europe and…
Faking Narratives through Cyber Space and Influencing People’s Opinion – Curbing the Menace
Cyber Space has advanced to every sector of human need in a very short time. With the advent of the internet, cyberspace became the biggest arena for free and transparent speeches and interactions through online newspapers, articles,…
(De)Criminalization of Suicide in India – A Socio-Legal Analysis
In today’s era, suicide has become a big problem in India. The act of Suicide may be defined as taking one’s own life. It is death that occurs when a person has lost all his will to…
