Revisit the most popular and primal cases that mark the field of contract law in India, Lalman Shukla v. Gauri Dutt. Neha Mohanty in a short case note lays out the important details of the case and the relevant sections of the Indian Contract Act.
The last time a military coup happened in Myanmar it lasted over fifty years under three different military heads until the military junta eventually dissolved in the year 2011. A decade after, the coup has once again tossed the country back into a long spell of uncertainty and instability. Himani Baid spells out the important details about the Myanmar Coup 2021, reflecting on its historical context.
The recent pronouncement by the Supreme Court in Union of India v. K.A. Najeeb is being touted as a ray of justice for several accused arrested under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Shivangi Banerjee analyses the judgement and highlights the implications it might have for future cases. She further elucidates the timeline of UAPA and narrates the story of its permanence.
The New Education Policy released last year is touted as forward-looking and changing the face of education and learning in India. While most of the recommendations focus on the holistic development of students, their implementation will only speak of their efficacy. Kriti Mishra sums up the most important aspects of the Policy, breaking down its advantages and shortcomings.
While there is no straight line that connects the Indian caste system with the racial segregation in the U.S., both these system are telling of histories of struggle and violence. Gunjan Bahety explains what’s Black History Month and how it came about. And even though it is a foreign concept, how certain aspects of Black History Month can be imbibed by India to recognise Dalit history and narratives.
Women and other marginalised sections occupy a precarious place in India, often outcasted and annihilated as subjugated beings. Astha Soni details out how the loss of livelihood is innately connected to everyday discrimination and the State’s misplaced priorities.
Over the past few years, mainstream media has given to itself the right to investigate, adjudicate and pronounce verdict over high-profile cases. In 2020, the Sushant Singh Rajput death took a vile turn as the media crossed all bounds, conducting a parallel trial and a witchhunt of the accused. Yashdeep Lakra analyses this trial by media, questioning, what it does to the dispensation of justice and the rights of the accused?
Right to Information Act has witnessed a rapid downsizing of its potency. The 2019 Amendment, together with recent developments of 2020, ripped the Act off its salient objectives. In this article, Masoom Reza discusses the impact of the waning efficacy of the Act and answers as to how it can still be resurrected.
While the year was defined by the Supreme Court’s complacency and its deference towards the executive, the subordinate courts set a relatively higher benchmark. Varun Ahuja decodes through a series of judgements as to what went wrong with the Indian Judiciary.
PM CARES Fund has come under fire as the government chose to steer clear from the RTI Act. The need and existence of the Fund have now come into question. In this piece, Harshvardhan and Anubhav question the lack of accountability and transparency donned by the PM CARES Fund.
State of North Carolina V. Marcus Robinson brought to light the impending racism within the process of Jury selection. Gaurav Puri and Raina Mahapatra analyse the role of the Racial Justice Act in Robinson’s hearing and how the effective legislation soon died down.
By Nihal Raj, pursuing Law from IFIM Law School Bangalore
By Prerna Murarka, fourth-year law student, ILS Law College, Pune.
By Krishna Sharma, B.A. L.L.B. from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Krishna is currently serving as Advocacy Consultant at Justice Ventures International INTRODUCTION: Fake
By Deepak Kumar, Research Scholar at Centre for the Study of Law and Governance in Jawaharlal Nehru University. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people
By: Nitya, ICFAI Law School, Dehradun Introduction Granting ‘Marriage rights’ to the LGBTQ+ community has been a widely debated topic and has evoked a lot
By: Jasmine Walia, UILS, Panjab University INTRODUCTION Foreign direct investment(FDI) is a type of investment where the investor invests in a company of some country
By: Phalguni Garg, Amity Law School Noida Introduction Long years of battle for sensitively dealing with mental health was finally won with the introduction of
