The Judge’s Discretion to Give Death Penalty – Supreme Court’s View
Under Indian Penal Code, death is the punishment that must be awarded for murder by a person under sentence of imprisonment for life (Sec. 303). This apart, the Penal Code…
Does the Death Penalty work as a deterrent to offenders?
The truth is that some crimes are so outrageous that society insists on adequate punishment, because the wrongdoer deserves it. Whether or not death penalty in actual practice acts as…
The Debate on Death Penalty- Abolitionists and Retentionists
The death penalty is provided under section 302 of Indian penal code, which provides the offence for murder. The Indian Penal Code was drafted by the First Indian Law Commission…
Government Contracts: Application of Article 299
A contract entered into by or with the Central or State Government has to fulfill certain formalities as prescribed by Article 299
Right to Hawk – Supreme court’s Decisions
Hawking on the streets of Delhi, whose municipal limits have expanded over the years, has been the subject matter of several proceedings in Supreme Court. Initially in the early sixties,…
Ajay Makan v. Union of India (2019) – An Analysis
“A simple vote, without food, shelter and health care is to use first generation rights as a smokescreen to obscure the deep underlying forces which dehumanise people. It is to…
Sudama Singh v. Government of Delhi (2010)- An analysis
Sudama Singh case is an important case in relation to demolition of jhuggis in Delhi. The decision was delivered by Delhi High Court which was further affirmed by Supreme Court.…
Right to housing under Indian Constitution
In the Constitution of India, there is no specific right to housing spelt out separately. The Preamble highlights the guarantee of social justice, and of the right to dignity. A…
Right to the City
“The RTTC is a ‘right’ to struggle for maintaining critical social solidarities. And, accordingly, such a right presupposes the respect for freedom of speech and expression, advocacy and dissent, movement…
Challenge to Constitutional Validity of Section 364A of IPC- Vikram Singh vs UOI (2015)
Section 364A of IPC provides punishment in the offence of kidnapping for ransom. It was inserted in IPC in 1993. The said section reads as follows- “Whoever kidnaps or abducts…