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What is Right to Information? How to file an RTI

The Supreme Court once said that- ‘People are the masters, and the masters have a right to know how the government, meant to serve them, are functioning’. Right to information, as the name suggests, is a right given to every Indian citizen whereby they can secure access to information under the control of public authorities which will promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. The RTI Act mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information.

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What is a Writ Petition & How do you file one?

The term writ has not been defined in the constitution. In common parlance, a writ may be defined as an order passed by the court directing an entity or individual to act in a particular way. Derived from British jurisprudence, a writ was basically a written letter issued to someone to do some particular act. Thus, the very concept of writ petitions can be said to have originated in the English Judicial system.

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Kesavananda Bharati Case & The Basic Structure Doctrine

Have you ever heard about a case popularly known to be the ‘Savior of our Indian Democracy’? Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973) is a significant and the most renowned case in the history of our country whereby a judgment was delivered to protect the democracy of India, and its popularity is because of the fact that it led to a set- up of a largest 13 Judge Bench to hear the case in Indian history. On 24th April 1963, the Supreme Court laid down the Basic Structure Doctrine in this case. In order to understand the main crux of the case let us first discuss the facts and main issue which made it a landmark one.

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Government Jobs for LLB Graduates

When we talk about pursuing law as a career, the usual paths that come to mind are litigation, corporate law, or aiming for the judiciary. However, there's a world of opportunities beyond these well-known paths, especially when it comes to government jobs for LLB graduates. These positions not only offer stability and a respectable career but also provide a platform to contribute meaningfully to society through legal expertise.

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Censorship of OTT Platforms & Controversies

Just like the name suggests, OTT (Over The Top) service providers serve as the platform through which several media services are conveyed to the consumers i.e. the viewer i.e. Us through the internet facilities we have. Earlier the viewers would just sit and watch the television and lean towards the cable or the satellite connections to be aware of the happenings taking around the world or to get entertained. But slowly, these OTT platforms have taken over the audience through the wide genres of shows, news and any other form of content that the viewer wishes to see. You name it, you have it. We have Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon prime, Voot, MX and so many other platforms serving for us in that manner. However, content versatility is not the only thing that varies with televisions and these platforms.

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Whatsapp Privacy Policy: How secure are your whatsapp chats?

Lately, Whatsapp has been creating headlines and outcry amongst the technology experts or the billionaires, government organizations and specially the privacy advocates. All the Whatsapp users would have come across a pop-up screen a few days back that asked them to accept the terms and policies whatsoever presented to them by the application company. Some might have agreed without reading while others found it too vulnerable to their privacy. On one hand Whatsapp tells that the changes are significant ones to integrate better with the other Facebook products and on the other, it was made to push the deadline for the same to the month of May. But before that, let’s know why it is updated as a controversial one.

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How Does the Basic Structure Doctrine Contribute to Ensuring Free & Fair Elections?

The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in the 1957 Bihar general assembly election, which stained the democratic election process. Not only booth capturing but voter intimidation, ballot suffering and other such malpractice activities also challenged the credibility and fairness of the electoral process in Bihar at that time.

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Career in Law: A great opportunity

“Make crime pay, become a lawyer” - Will Rogers The desire to enter a legal profession is basically drawn from inspiration. Previously, law was a family profession as most of the law aspirants took the inspiration from their family members. From Mahatma Gandhi to Barack Obama, the list of inspirators who have used the legal profession as a stepping stone to greatness, runs long and wide. Nowadays, law have become widely popular in India as it has evolved with time and law aspirants tend to seek the profession of law out of interest and the interest is no longer related to it being the family profession.

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The Aadhaar Verdict: Key Highlights of Supreme Court's Judgement

The Apex court had upheld the validity of the Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 in the judgement of K.S. Puttaswamy II, decided in 2018.

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Right to Protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right?

Recently the newspapers and news channels are flooded with the news of farmers protesting against the Farmers bill 2020 and marching towards the capital city from various places in the Punjab and Haryana. While some quotes it as a political conspiracy, others categorise it as a genuine protest to cease the final enactment of the bill due to some apparent shortcomings. The protest is taken on a massive note and farmers got successful in arranging a meeting with the officials but they were not the only one to suffer. It appears that the residents had to also go through a lot of trouble.

Protests and Riots

Caste Based Violence in India

Crimes against the historically marginalized Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by the upper caste represents an extreme form of prejudice and discrimination. Similar to the hate crimes in other parts of the world, these groups have remained target to the crimes and atrocities at the hands of the upper caste people mainly on account of their-low caste identity in the form of rape, abuse by police personnel, harassment, illegal land encroachments, forced evictions and so on.

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Legality of Phone tapping in India

Phone tapping refers to the monitoring of internet-based communications and phones by a third party by secret means. The word ‘phone tapping’ also means wiretapping or line bugging or interception of the phone. It was first commenced in the USA in the 1890s after the invention of the telephone recorder. Communication surveillance are broadly accepted as a necessary evil.

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Analysis of Right to Privacy in Modern Era

Article 21 has been termed as the heart of the Indian Constitution. The Supreme Court had extended the meaning of the word “life” and “personal liberty” giving birth to several rights under the said article. A right to be declared as a Fundamental Right, social and political rights enshrined under Part IV of the Constitution (DPSP) can be read with Part III to create enforceability of the provisions of DPSP.

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Freedom or No Freedom for Dr. Kafeel Khan

On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court held that the speech made by Kafeel Khan at Aligarh Muslim University on December 13, 2019, amidst anti CAA protest doesn’t promote hatred or violence. It is nowhere threatening the peace and tranquillity of the city of Aligarh. Moreover, it gives a call for national integrity and unity amongst citizens.

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How to Prepare For CLAT PG Exam

CLAT PG is one of the most popular law exams in India. With over 8000 candidates appearing in this exam, its difficulty level is constantly increasing. The CLAT PG exam is conducted every year for admitting eligible candidates to the LLM program offered by the 22 participating NLU's and only the top 5% of the total candidates are selected for various national law schools so, in order to be on this list, a student must have the right attitude towards the exam and its preparation. So, it gets necessary to strategise for the exam accordingly. Read this article to get well-versed with some interesting strategies to crack this exam!

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Reservation in India 2020

Britishers were well aware about the lack of unity amongst Indians. They took no time in taking advantage of that which is the reason we were under their rule for 400 years. Quite a long time and we still don’t know that either we are above their method of ruling.

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Restoration of 4G Internet Services in J&K

“Question of National Security” has been trending since the imposition of ban on internet services in J & K last year. Restoration of the high-speed internet services in two non- border districts is the latest step taken by the J & K Home Department to ease internet restrictions in less sensitive areas. On Aug 5, 2019 Section 144 was imposed in J&K that restricted the unlawful assembly of more than four people in a particular area. The government declared the revocation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution which gave J&K a special status within the Indian union. The government also decided to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories; Ladakh and J & K passing the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.

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Contempt of Court in India & Recent Controversial Tweets

'Criticism of the judiciary in all functional democracies is treated as a legitimate exercise of free speech.' -George Orwell

Search Results: supreme court

What is Right to Information? How to file an RTI

What is a Writ Petition & How do you file one?

Kesavananda Bharati Case & The Basic Structure Doctrine

Government Jobs for LLB Graduates

Censorship of OTT Platforms & Controversies

Whatsapp Privacy Policy: How secure are your whatsapp chats?

How Does the Basic Structure Doctrine Contribute to Ensuring Free & Fair Elections?

Career in Law: A great opportunity

The Aadhaar Verdict: Key Highlights of Supreme Court's Judgement

Right to Protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right?

Caste Based Violence in India

Legality of Phone tapping in India

Analysis of Right to Privacy in Modern Era

Freedom or No Freedom for Dr. Kafeel Khan

How to Prepare For CLAT PG Exam

Reservation in India 2020

Restoration of 4G Internet Services in J&K

Contempt of Court in India & Recent Controversial Tweets

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