THE INITIAL STEP SEEK LEGAL ADVICE Seeking for legal advice is the first step that one must take if he’s been involved in personal injury cases such as car accident, auto accident, slip fall injury, and many ..
India Criminal laws and procedures – overviewThe criminal justice system descends from the British model. The judiciary and the bar are independent although efforts have been made by some politicians to undermine the autonomy of the judiciary ..
Homosexuality in India (Legal Analysis) It takes great courage to say, I am a homosexual. It needs even greater humbleness to put up with the statement: What did you say? You are a homosexual. The complexity of the homosexual behavior generates an o ..
Homosexuality in India (Legal Analysis)Swanroyali_k It takes great courage to say, I am a homosexual. It needs even greater humbleness to put up with the statement: What did you say? You are a homosexual. The complexity of the homosexual behavior gen ..
Procedure for Criminal TrialBy Prakash Pillai It is believed that the Court procedure in India is very long and takes lot of your time. However, it is not so. Infact the procedure of trial is very short. The manpower which is required to speed up tri ..
Section 498A was introduced in 1983 to protect women from cruelty and harassment by her in-laws. Nevertheless it has undeniably morphed into an extortion racket which is only growing by the day. 3,90,397 persons (of which 87,830(22.5%) were women the ..
Presently, there are no legislative enactments or statutory policies against sexual harassment and abuse at work places. Sexual harassment includes any unwelcome sexually determined behavior including sexually colored remarks, verbal or non-verbal c ..
Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country. What is more horrendous is that 133 elderly women were sexually assaulted last year, according to the latest report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases ..
India - Understanding the Khairlanji VerdictS. ANANDThe Khairlanji Verdict, in which six persons were awarded the death penalty for the massacre of dalits, is anything but historic. In treating the massacre as a purely criminal act, it actually masks ..
A majority of the kidnappings done in the city have a personal motive behind them. The kidnappers are either distant relatives, friends of the victim’s family or business rivals. The city, which reported 84 cases of kidnapping and extortion last year ..