Law School Articles
Navigating The Jurisprudence Of Obscenity Laws In And Around India: An Examination Of Legal Interpretations
In a recent ruling by the Bombay High Court, dated October 12, 2023, it was held that provocative dance performances and suggestive gestures by women do not constitute "obscene" or "immoral" acts. This decision came almost a year after the Delhi High Court's order, dated November 30, 2022, which restrained social media platforms from circulating an explicit video involving a judicial officer. In a related incident, popular actor Ranveer Singh faced questioning by the Mumbai Police due to...
Harmonizing Justice: A New Mediation Law For India
Mediation has historically played a pivotal role in addressing conflicts within our diverse Indian society. Given the inevitability of disputes in a multifaceted culture like ours, mediation has stood as a testament to the faith people place in its effectiveness.However, an intriguing transformation is underway, as this ancient practice evolves into more than just a customary approach. The introduction of a new Mediation Act marks a significant departure from tradition, ushering in a genuine...
The Indian Space Program
The space community has been at the forefront of groundbreaking ideas, and the discussions have become larger, better, and more rigorous with each iteration of the space dialogue. The Indian space research programme stretches back to the 1960s, but it has rose to prominence in the twenty-first century with successful missions to the Moon and Mars. Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) reflect on previous accomplishments and outline their future objectives.The launch...
Jeffery Dahmer Under The Glasses Of Criminology
Jeffrey Dahmer was born in 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents worked as a teletype machine instructor and a chemist. As per the documentary it is evident that Dahmer was a psychologically challenged individual which could also have been because of the household he was in as a child. It has been stated that he was neglected as a child. His mother suffered from depression and had attempted suicide, he had noticed for most of his childhood violence at his house as a normalcy. Later,...
Emerging Technologies And Their Impact On Women Reproductive Rights And Healthcare
Reproductive healthcare is an essential part of women's health and rights, and technological advancements have the potential to completely transform the industry. Reproductive rights and healthcare are becoming more complex and nuanced, raising serious ethical and security issues that need to be properly explored. Gene editing, which enables scientists to tweak genes to eliminate hereditary illnesses or increase particular qualities, is one of the most important advancements in...
Role Of Lok Adalats In Promoting Access To Justice
Cases drag on for prolonged periods of time because of the long queue and backlog of pending cases that have clogged the Court System. In this situation, the classical phrase ‘Justice deferred is justice undone’ applies. As a result, the idea of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) was developed.ADR seeks to offer people with alternate methods of pursuing justice, like the title itself implies. Under Section 89 of the ‘Code of Civil Procedure’ (CPC), some methods of dispute resolution...
Advocates Protection Act – A Much Needed Safeguard To Protect The Beacon Of Rule Of Law
The recent case of brutal murder of an advocate Virendra Kumar in Delhi has once again ignited a question of security of advocates in India. In recent years, there has been an alarming increase in crimes against advocates in India. There are many instances like murder of Jugraj Chauhan in Jodhpur; murder of Darvesh Yadav, the first woman president of Agra bar council; murder of Devji Maheshwari, a lawyer from Dalit community, in his office in Kutch, Gujarat; murder of high court advocate...
Evolving Dimensions of Federalism in India: An Appraisal
Federalism requires the division of constitutional and political power, i.e. the ability to govern at two levels; however, a state may also contain local governments. Every federal system requires a division of powers between the federal and state governments, each of which is autonomous and not subservient to the other. Power has been divided between the centre and the states to avoid anarchy and conflict between the two competing jurisdictions, and the division of power is one of the most...
The Rise Of Data Centres In India: Exploring The Growth And Challenges
During recent years, the Indian Data Centre(DC) industry is expanding rapidly. India has become a fast-growing DC hub pursuant to a massive and growing internet userbase, explosion of data, and establishment of a favourable environment through the government's Digital India initiative. A Data Centre is a dedicated secure space within a building/ centralized location where computing and networking equipment is concentrated for the purpose of collecting, storing, processing, distributing, or...
The Marvel Civil War Dichotomy: Revisiting Morality Of Law
To make the world safer, there was an idea to bring together extraordinary people, to fight the battles that ordinary people never could. MCU calls them Avengers; they were the first line of defence. The Avengers fought unprecedented wars, but after the death of tens of thousands of people following the events of the New York battle in 2012, these people were subjected to restrictions under the newly passed law by the United Nations with the help of the king of Wakanda; T'Chaka, i.e. The...
RBI's De Minimis Regulatory Safeguards: Inherent Enigma Surrounding Regulation of Cryptocurrencies
Proliferation of technology and emergence of digital payment services herald ushering of virtual currencies. Internet Technology has revolutionized the conventional conception of currency and financial transactions by begetting a phenomenon known as Bitcoin as the first form of cryptocurrency in the year 2009 by a developer having pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Virtual currencies elude a comprehensive and a precise definition, grappled with semantic vagaries ranging from a property to means...
What's The Lakshman Rekha For 124A?
The recent action of filing an FIR on charges of sedition by the Andhra Pradesh government against MP Raghurama Krishna Raju and also on news networks for airing such information reminds us of colonial period rule. The country that takes pride in being the biggest democracy ranks 142/180 in the World Press Freedom Index, and the fundamental right to seek and disseminate information through an independent press is under attack, and one of the perpetrators is unexpected – our very own leaders....