By Riya Jain, UILS Panjab University Editor’s Note: It is very evident that the judiciary has evolved from an positivist institution to an activist on in the 20th century. However, when it comes to Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the judiciary has not only been involved in judicial […]
Separation of Powers and Judicial Activism in India
By Aishwarya Talwar, Amity University Editor’s Note: The Indian judiciary had gone through several phased changes since its inception. From the positivist era to the golden era of judicial activism the disposition of the jusiciary towards the government can be carefully graphed by means of caselaw and its analysis. This […]
Marital Rape: A Crime Undefined
By Ayush Choudhary, Amity Law School Centre-2 Noida Editor’s Note: The aftermath of the Nirbhaya Rape case in December 2012 was an overaching amendement to s. 376 of the Indian Penal Code, which failed to include marital rape even after the Justice Verma Committee recommeded that it be made a crime. The […]
Multidisciplinary Research
By Ayush Choudhary, Amity Law School Centre-2, Noida Editor’s Note: In an era of incerasing academic engagement that includes several disciplines under one subject, it is imperative to understand the nuances of multidiciplinary research to engage with academia. This paper explores the meaning of research, the meeting of several disciplines under […]
Separation of Powers: A Comparative Analysis of the Doctrine India, United States of America and England
By Yashmita Editors Note: The doctrine of separation of powers is essentially what fortifies the three pillars of democracy. Without such a demarcation, the point of such offices and such pillars is redundant, and the nation might as well be a dictatorial state, with all three pillars working in collusion. This paper […]
Conflict, Refugee Situation and Human Rights: A Case Study of Tamil Refugees in the Sri Lankan Conflict
By Anonymous Editor’s Note: Refugee situations and statelessness are two of the most pertinent issues today in International Law. There are millions of displaced persons who live in the most inhumane conditions all over the world including India, Iran and Pakistan and their only intention was to avoid conflict. As […]
Victimology and Emerging Trends of Compensation
By Gurratan Wander, RGNUL and Harsimrat Kaur, Army Institute of Law, Mohali “Editor’s Note: More often than not, most discourses pertaining to criminal law, or the commission of mass crimes involve the element of criminology, and the principles of criminal law, including basic concepts such as mens rea or actus reus. However, […]