KEY TAKEAWAYS The Sachar Committee was a high-level Committee constituted in 2005 by former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh to look into the social, economic and educational conditions of Muslims in India and recommend solutions to improve the same. It submitt ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The tribunals were added into the Constitution through 42nd Constitutional Amendment under Articles 323A and 323B of the Constitution. The Tribunal Reforms Bill seeks to replace a similar ordinance passed in April and amends the Finance ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act was passed in 2014. It aimed to recognize and protect the rights of the street vendors. The Town Vending Committees (TVC) is one of the most important au ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS The Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 is the chief law governing the principles of arbitration and conciliation in India. Some of the provisions within the act have ambiguous meanings due to which Courts are passing different opi ..
Key Takeaways Extradition is a well-established international process for bringing fugitives back to their home nations in a timely manner. Treaties and agreements govern the process, which follow globally recognised legal norms for surrendering fugi ..
Key Takeaways In the historic case Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India knocked down the rule in 2015, ruling it ‘open-ended and unconstitutionally ambiguous.’ Section 66A authorised cops to make arrests based on a ..
Key Takeaways The rape laws in India are not adequate to resolve issues of 21st Century. The principle of equality is overlooked in rape laws as the provision only provides for rape as an offence against women. Are we considering marriage with victim ..
Key Takeaways Protectors of the people are not adequately protected by the law. If the witness and advocates are protected, then why not judges? The quality of implementation is as important as existence of a law. The importance of rights of judges s ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS There have been increasing animal cruelty cases in India, and the recent examples are the killing of monkeys in Karnataka. The brutal killing of a dog named Bruno in Kerala shook the courts also. Organizations like PETA, SGACC, VSPCA In ..
KEY TAKEAWAYS Crimes are on a rise due to the prevailing conditions in the society despite the various progressive laws. Rape is one of such crime that affects women gravely, but has also not left innocent men from its clenches. While mostly Courts h ..