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Under Legislative action plan Government has enacted the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 which came into force w.e.f 01.09.2016.  The Amendment Act, inter alia, provides for complete prohibition on employment or work of children below 14 years and also prohibits employment of adolescents (14-18 years) in hazardous occupations and..

The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the Ministry of Law and Justice to request the Law Commission of India to study the usage of the provisions of Section 124 A (Sedition) of IPC and suggest amendments, if any. The Law Commission has undertaken the examination of Section 124 A and is considering the scope and ambit of the law on sedition, in order to ascerta..

INTRODUCTION One of the most prominent principles of Common Law is Natural Justice.  It has evolved alongside of civilization.  The words 'Natural Justice' were derived from the Roman words 'JUS NATURALE'. The principle is the outcome of the years of work of judicial mind in order to e..

India has been witnessing an upsurge of sexual violence against children for some time now. Our rapidly expanding media sector has been reporting frequent cases every other day. All such cases have been promoting public anger amongst the scared families crying for the need of stringent efficiency in laws against such sexual offences targeting children around the cou..

A five-judge bench, led by CJI- Dipak Misra himself gave it’s much-awaited decision on the matter between the two giants of Delhi’s three-tier machinery - The L-G- ‘Anil Baijal’ and the Chief Minister of Delhi – ‘Arvind Kejriwal’. The history of the matter traces back to the time when AAP c..

Let me begin at the very beginning by first and foremost pointing out that in a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences, the Uttarakhand High Court in Kamal Gupta Vs State of Uttarakhand and others in Writ Petition (PIL) No. 87 of 2014 while delivering the landmark judgment on July 11, 2018 directed the state government to appoint special educators in all gov..

Coming straight to the key point, the Supreme Court just recently on July 6, 2018 in the landmark case of Shanti Bhushan v Supreme Court of India through its Registrar and another in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 789 of 2018 (Arising out of Diary No. 12405 of 2018) refused pointblank to declare that the function of allocating cases and assigning benches should be exercise..

The most important aspect in credit appraisal and assessment and monitoring in banking is the capacity of the sanctioning, monitoring, and reviewing authorities to take timely decision based on the performance of the past and the prospects of the future to meet the challenges of the present so as to prevent the account becoming Non-Performing Asset (NPA). The effectiv..

INTRODUCTION: We often hear that bookish studies don't matter at all until we know how to practically put them to effect. It is true for law students as well. We can learn all the required laws and sections and proper acts in a particular law but, all of that knowledge won't help us until w..

Introduction Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, renowned for his diplomatic skills, was mentioned as an accused in the murder case of spouse Sunanda Pushkar. Sunanda was found dead in the suite No.345 of Leela Hotel in Delhi, due to the drug overdose on 17th January 2014. Her husband was charged with ..

Coming straight to the crux of the matter, in a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences, the Uttarakhand High Court in Arun Kumar v State of Uttarakhand and other [Writ Petition (M/S) No. 2112 of 2011] dated July 6, 2018 issued a slew of landmark directions to ensure that road safety is enhanced to the best possible extent. Among other things, Justice Rajiv S..

INTRODUCTION The most common definition of precautionary principle can be found in the Rio Declaration. U.N. reports, states that, “In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serio..

If you are a hard working law student but find it complex to score a good internship, which is further affecting your practical knowledge of law, you have come to the right stop. Here we will break down the processes involved in scoring a good internship into some really simple steps.  Step 1: Which year ..

INTRODUCTION In recent times it has become fashionable to cite telecommunications in India as the preeminent success story of economic liberalization. From a situation where the sector was dominated by the Department of Telecommunications, the sole government operator, in the early 1990s we now have a number of..

Latest NEWS on it: Sudha Bharadwaj, lawyer and National Secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) had sent a legal notice to Arnab Goswami and Republic TV for some malicious and defamatory statements made against her in one of their programmes. Bharadwaj s..