Author: Rashmi John from National Law University, Jodhpur, India.
Drugs are an evil which not only corrupt the bodily functions of the individual consuming them, but also the functioning of the society as a whole. They have spread their claws deep into various…
Author: Sreyas T Manoj from The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, India.
A petition was filed before the Telangana High Court regarding the inaction of the Respondents in connection with the illegal transportation of camels into the State and their consequent slaughtering. The Petitioner has prayed for…
Author: Ashray Singh, School of law, NMIMS Mumbai.
A Bench of Rajasthan High Court comprising Justice Sabrina and Justice Chandra Kumar Sonagara recently upheld the conviction of a murder accused named Mohan Singh alias Mahaveer Singh, for murdering a women by strangulation and…
Author: Anjali Busar, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
To quote Benjamin Franklin, “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes…
Author: Palak Jain, Institute of Law, Nirma University.
Rule of law is one of the essential and underlying features of the Indian Constitution. It sets out the structure by which the power of the State is limited and not unfettered. Equality before the law and fairness in the application of the law are the two…
Author: Nikita Singh, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University.
This article reviews the decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller in June 2020.In this case, the majority of the bench noted that the arbitration clause in the contractual agreement between Uber…
Author: Hemant Kelkar.
On 6th August 2020, a group of 11 students from 11 different states appearing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (hereinafter referred to as “NEET”) and Joint Entrance Examination (hereinafter referred to as “JEE”) filed a writ petition in…
Author: Nikhil Jain, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhingar, Gujarat
The President of Gujarat High Court Advocate Association, Mr. Yatin Oza has been stripped of his “Senior Advocate” Designation and a suit for Contempt of Court has been initiated against him, in the Gujarat High Court, for allegedly making allegations…
Author: Avani Jain, National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
The US Supreme Court recently upheld the ‘religious and moral exemptions’ granted to ‘Contraceptive Mandate’. The Affordable Care Act’s (hereinafter referred to as “ACA”) provisions require almost all employers to provide their female…
Author: Ananya Bajpai, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata.
John Austin’s theory of legal positivism argued that a sovereign is not responsible to her subjects, owes no moral obligation and does not need to claim her ruling to be just. This approach has been passed on generations after…
