Balaji Raghavan v. UOI (1995) – A Case for the Abolishment of Civilian Awards
The case of ‘Balaji Raghavan v. UOI (1995)’ is an important and interesting case, It challenged the conferment of Civilian Awards like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bushans to Indian…
Intellectual Property Rights and Gaming in India: Protecting Creativity and Innovation
What is gaming Industry? The gaming industry is a dynamic and diverse industry that includes the production, development, publishing, and distribution of video games. It involves a wide range of…
The rights of women as expended through Court’s Rulings
The rights of women were noticed by Supreme Court in a large number of judgments, some important judgments we are referring here- Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India ,…
Supreme Court’s Sixteen Guidelines on Encounters
“This Court has repeatedly admonished trigger-happy police personnel, who liquidate criminals and project the incident as an encounter. Such killings must be deprecated. They are not recognised as legal by…
Sheela Barse v. Union of India (1983)- A case on custodial violence on women and legal assistance
The case arose when journalist Sheela Barse wrote a letter to Supreme Court complaining the custodial violence to women prisoners whilst confined in the police lock up in the city…
Air India v. Nargesh Mirza (1981) – A Complete Analysis
The case of ‘Air India v. Nargesh Mirza (1981)’ is an important case on Article 14 when the court laid down a broad perspective of equality. The Institution of the…
Laws to Curb Drug Menace in India and a Way Forward
“Drugs take you to hell, disguised as heaven.” – Donald Frost (Drug therapist) Drug addiction is one of the alarming challenges that India is facing today. Incidents of families slipping…
When Permission to conduct prosecution can be granted under Section 302 CrPC? – An analysis
Section 302 of the Code is similar to Section 495 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. Section 302 of the Code reads as under: “Permission to conduct prosecution. –…
Assam Delimitation: Redrawing Boundaries for Political Representation
The distribution of Lok Sabha seats to the states and each state's division into territorial constituencies must be revised after every census by the authority that Parliament may specify by…
Does a ‘Commercial advertisement’ come under the purview of Article 19(1) (a)?
Advertising is considered to be the cornerstone of our economic system. Low prices for consumers are dependent upon mass production, mass production is dependent upon volume sales, and volume sales…