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Farmers to be Free from Vicious Debt Trap
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India has declared that farmers’ loan would not be covered by Banking Regulation Act. This will give huge relief to the farmers as they have been committing suicides in frustration and heavy indebtedness. The verdict of the bench of Justice R.F. Nariman and Navin Sinha has been…
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Implementation of Child Protection Laws Still a Mirage
There are Acts and laws galore for the welfare and holistic development of children but most of them remain unimplemented, be it Prevention of Child Labour Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act or Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. That is why; the Supreme Court of India taken to task the…
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Murder of Arushi Remains an Enigmatic Mystery
There are some criminal cases, which remain deeply etched in the public memory for a long time to come. These cases evoke enormous interest and shake the conscience of the public. People feel fear, horror, brutality, mechanism, conspiracy, and execution associated with such criminal cases. In criminal law, two components are necessary to prove the…
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How Can a Feeble ‘No’ of the Woman be Her Consent?
Two recent judgements of Delhi and Punjab & Haryana High Courts resulting in the acquittal of accused persons, convicted by lower courts in rape cases, have created aflutter across the country. While the Delhi High Court has acquitted a high-profile filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui, who came into limelight for his film ‘Peepli Live’, which was themed…
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Love Jihad: Conspiracy of Conversion
‘Love Jihad’ has nothing to do with interfaith marriages. It is, in fact, conversion of young girls to Islam by Muslim boys by feigning love. It is going on for nearly more than a decade in Kerala and from there it has spread its tentacles to other parts of the country. It is not only…
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Triple Talaq Demeans the Dignity of Muslim Women
In Islam marriage is a contract not a sacrament as it is in many other religions. ‘Offer’ and ‘acceptance’ are the necessary ingredients of the contract. Among Muslims the groom proposes to bride and when she accepts the proposal then the nikah is performed by the Qazi in the presence of witnesses. However, a million…
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Liquor Ban on Highways- A Blow to Hospitality Sector
Utkarsh Pandey,Advocate Ban of the liquor shops on the National and State highways by the Supreme Court has caused hue and cry across the country. At times, the Supreme Court assumes the role of the activist and this decision of liquor ban within 500 meters on both sides along the highways is being interpreted as…
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Child’s Welfare is Paramount in Matrimonial Discord
In cases of matrimonial discords, children are the worst suffers. It is generally seen that when the separation takes place between the husband and wife, it becomes difficult for the courts to decide as to who should get the custody or the guardianship of the children. The laws governing child custody in India are the…
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Conflict between ‘Morality’ and ‘Choice of Woman’ on abortion
Parmanand Pandey It is estimated that in India more than seventy thousand young women die every year undergoing an unsafe abortion. It is mainly because they cannot avail the facilities of the legal termination of their pregnancy for various reasons. It must be fresh in the memory of the most of the people of India…
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Contempt Notice To Justice Katju-How It Unfolds.
Anybody, who has seen Justice Katju on the Supreme Court bench and has been following his writings in newspapers and blogs after his retirement would hardly have any doubt that he often goes berserk, unreasonable and facetious. The recent example is his offer to Pakistan of giving Kashmir along with Bihar. Very recently he made…