Posted on: November 7, 2020 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

SHOULD THE EIA DRAFT 2020 BE PASSED? A CRITICAL ANALYSIS by Tanisha Sarangi & Sagarika Rath

Author : Tanisha Sarangi[1],  Student at School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. Co- Author :  Sagarika Rath[2], Student at School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. ABSTRACT The EIA Draft 2020, is a controversial draft, whose public feedback was closed on 11th August, 2020. This article talks about the various reasons why this bill shouldn’t be passed. The reasons were derived from EROL as a global report. The ambiguity, uncertainty of…

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GENDER NEUTRALITY IN CRIMINAL LAW OF INDIA By Ayushi Jaryal

AUTHOR: Ayushi Jaryal, Army Institute of Law, MohalI INTRODUCTION With the most exhaustive and elaborate Constitution in place, India also has a fiendish number of crimes happening all around. Although there The Indian Penal Code[1] lays down a number of offence and their punishments, some of which are gender neutral as well as gender specific. But with a recent wave of social activism there has been a demand for gender…

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ARTICLE 19: USED OR MISUSED by Ayushi Jaryal

Author: Ayushi Jaryal, Army Institute of Law, Mohali INTRODUCTION Freedom of speech and expression is arguably the most debatable fundamental right in today’s India. It has largely become the most sought after defense in the court of law. While this Article has been a savior against violation of Fundamental Rights[1], when twisted, it can also be misused and to the benefit of only some.  A Bench headed by Chief Justice…

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Posted on: November 5, 2020 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND VIENNA CONVENTION- A NEW PERSPECTIVE by Nisha Patnaik

Author : Nisha Patnaik, Student at KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. ABSTRACT Diplomatic immunity is enjoyed by foreign states or international organizations and their official representatives from the jurisdiction of the country in which they are present. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations codifies rules of international law on diplomatic privileges and immunities.The main diplomatic mission consists of representing the state and sending the state for protecting the interests…

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CASE COMMENT: TUKARAM AND ANOTHER V. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA by Nisha Patnaik

Author : Nisha Patnaik, Student at KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. INTRODUCTION Tukaram and Another v. The State of Maharashtra case which is better known as the Mathura Rape Case, triggered endless violence and controversy, in consequence of which major moderations in the field of rape laws was done that govern India. In this case , a young girl named Mathura was raped . The verdict in this case,…

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CANNABIS IN THE INDIAN LAW by Diya Bijoy

Author : Diya Bijoy, Student at Mar Gregorios College Of Law, Nalanchira, Trivandrum. INTRODUCTION Cannabis  or  marijuana  is  a  drug  taken  from  the  plant  Cannabis  Sativa  and  Cannabis  Indica. It  is  also  known  by  the  names  grass, pot, weed, hash, smoke, hooch,  ganja, joint, stick, dope, herb etc. Cannabis  was  smoked  in  India  from  early  BCs. Cannabis  finds  itself  mentioned  in  ancient  scriptures  like  Dhanavantari  Nighantu, Sarnagandhara  Samhita  etc. Atharva …

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BREIF NOTE ON SMOKING LAWS IN INDIA by Diya Bijoy

Author :  Diya Bijoy, Student at Mar Gregorios College of Law,Nalanchira,Trivandrum. INTRODUCTION Smoking  has  been  practiced  among  Indians  since  the  early  BCs. Mainly  cannabis  was  smoked  during  those  times. Tobacco  was  introduced  in  India  in  the  17th  century  and  its  consumption  merged  with  local  smoking  practices  that  existed  in  India. There  are  about  120  million smokers  in  India  alone. More  than  1  million  Indians  die  every  year  due  to  tobacco …

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SECULARISM IN INDIA: FACADE OR REALITY? by Ayushi Jaryal

Author: Ayushi Jaryal, Law Student, Army Institute of Law INTRODUCTION Karl Marx famously said “Religion is the opium of masses”, and to combat this he endorsed the political idea of secularism. In common parlance emerging from to the western understanding of this concept, secularism implies divorce of state and religion and equal opportunities for all citizens irrespective of their religion. However, India adopted a modified version of the same wherein…

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Posted on: November 4, 2020 Posted by: admin Comments: 0

MONEY LAUNDERING AND ITS PREVENTION by Vinod Choudhary, Abhimanyu Arya & Anant Maheshwari

Authors : Vinod Choudhary[1], Abhimanyu Arya[2] and Anant Maheshwari[3] ABSTRACT This paper will draw a light on various different points related or being in relation to Money laundering and how it affects the economic, social and financial stability of economy and what laws are made by Government against it. The factors, people involved, instability of the financial cycle and the techniques which are common manually or digitally are some of…

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CASE COMMENT: GLOUCESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL’S CASE. by Saman Nadeem

Author : Saman Nadeem, Student at Siddhartha Law College. INTRODUCTION Damnum Sine Injuria a legal maxim which means damage without injury. The concept is dealt under the Law of Torts. Torts provide damages to the people who have suffered legal injury, the cardinal point is that people have suffered legal injury. There are three conditions to claim that someone would be liable under tort law: – [1] Act or omission…

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