By Nimisha Jha, NLIU, Bhopal Editor’s Note: Media plays a vital role in moulding the opinion of the society and it is capable of changing the whole viewpoint through which people perceive various events. Heinous crimes must be condemned and the media would be justified in calling for the … [Read more...]
Fair Trial, Judiciary and Media: Need for Balance
By A Gowri Nair & Saipooja, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT "Editor's Note: The media is regarded as the fourth pillar of any democracy. An independent media is necessary for keeping a check on the government and its organs. But with the increasing corporatisation of media and the race to grab … [Read more...]
Law On Phone-tapping In India
By Priyan Garg, Amity Law School, Noida "EDITOR'S NOTE:- The recent times have exposed the diabolic methods used by government agencies all over the world for the greater good of national security. Deployment of such techniques is invasive of the fundamental right to privacy that citizens are … [Read more...]
Cyber Sharing (In terms of Peer-to-Peer networks): Opportunity or Challenge to Entertainment Industry
By Sudhanshu Prakash, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi “Editor’s Note: In the era of technological advancement, cyber crimes are rampant, and forever on the rise. Internet piracy violates a large number of copyrights and leads to IPR controversies. … [Read more...]
Media Trials And The Rights Of The Accused
By Isha Tyagi and Nivedita Grover, Symbiosis Law School Noida "EDITOR'S NOTE:- Media is rightly called the fourth estate. In today's time, media is certainly the most powerful instrument for transmission of information as well as opinion. Media trials, a concept that gained popularity in the … [Read more...]
Offences Under IT Act, 2000
by Rahul Deo, CNLU Patna Editors Note: The high and speedier connectivity to the world from any place has developed many crimes and these increased offences led to the need of law for protection. The IT Act was the result of such a need and this paper analyzes the offences under this … [Read more...]
Freedom Of Press: Pillar Of Democracy
Rahul Deo, CNLU Patna Editor's Note: Freedom of speech and expression is the blood of democracy, palpitation of democracy, control of the government and creates awareness among the people. Blood removes the dead cell in the same manner freedom of speech and expression removes the arbitrary … [Read more...]
Freedom of Press- From 1950 to 1970
by Soumik Chakraborty Editor's Note: Freedom of speech and of the press lay at the foundation of all democratic organisations, for without free political discussion no public education, so essential for the proper functioning of the process of popular government, is possible. This paper seeks … [Read more...]
Abuse of Social Media
By Pranav Gupta, Symbiosis Law School, Pune Editor's Note: This research paper emphasizes on several attributes of violence that prevails in India and which provokes the aggression and crime. It also includes numerous issues related to religion and community violence, also the present date … [Read more...]
Protection of Confidential Information: The Reality
By Akshay Maheshwari & Anjali Bhatt, UPES Editors Note: After an extensive comparative analysis, the paper tries to throw light on the law as developed by English Court and also evaluates the protection afforded to confidential information in India by way of equitable relief in the absence … [Read more...]