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COVID- 19 and Disaster Management Act, 2005

The entire world is badly hit by the second wave of COVID- 19 with a large population facing medical oxygen shortage! Read on to know how MHA invoked DMA to fight this oxygen crisis.

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Landmark Judgments of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

In 2018, the position of Chief Justice of India was referred to as the ‘First among Equals’ by a bench of the SC judges in a letter to the then CJI, Justice Arun Mishra. The CJI is a high constitutional functionary and is considered utmost important when it comes to deciding the landmark cases in India. The 47th Chief Justice of India, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde is set to retire on 23rd April, 2021. As we know ‘With Great Power comes Great Responsibility’ and in his tenure of 18th months, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has been a part of some of the most consequential and watershed judgments in the history.

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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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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2021

Recently the Rajya Sabha has passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2021. The bill seeks to amend the Medical Termination of pregnancy act, 1971. The bill amends various provisions that were vague, derogatory and based on replaced medical principles. The bill has initiated debates on human rights including women’s rights as to her womb. The bill has been brought after numerous PILs in Supreme Court and various High Courts, and after considering the demand from the various NGOs and civil societies who work for women and human rights.

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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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Priya Ramani Defamation case

After the landmark judgment made in the Vishaka’s case, in the year 1997 the Supreme Court came up with the Vishakha guidelines which was a redressal of all types of sexual harassment complaints that covered all the workplaces whether it be public or private and was mandated by the court to be followed. The Vishaka guidelines gave rise to several movements and initiatives to address the sexual assaults taking place at work and the trauma it creates for the women. The popular #metoo movement was also one of the initiatives in this regard. So many women availed the opportunity and came up with their stories. Lately, there has been one more improvement made in that regard i.e. after the pronouncement made by the Delhi High Court in the Priya Ramani’s case.

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What is The Greta Thunberg Toolkit Case? Why Disha Ravi Arrested in Toolkit Case

The Farmer’s protests in the country have not just been the talk of the nation but have also gathered attention and concern at the international level followed by the various tweets made by various internationally renowned celebrities like Rihanna, Greta Thunberg, etc. In spite of these tweets facing a backlash, the fact they brought up was the need to address these protests without realizing the ground level scenario of these protests. Recently another incident added to the series of the controversies related to these protests.

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Tips and Tricks to Remember Indian Constitution (Part I)

How can I memorize the articles of the Constitution? What are the easy ways to remember all the Fundamental Rights? What are the tricks to remember Parts of the Constitution? These are some of the questions every law student seeks answers to!

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Nationalization of Banks: History of Indian Banks

The Indian banking system has a history of bank nationalization, particularly during the 1960s and 1980s. The first major wave of bank nationalization was seen in 1969 under the leadership of PM Indira Gandhi & the second wave of bank nationalization took place in 1980.

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Making of the Indian Constitution

December is a remarkable time in the journey of India to become an independent country because it was exactly 70 years back on December 9th (1946) that the Constituent assembly of India sat together for the first time to draft the constitution. And not just the constitution but India also acquired its National flag, Anthem and a lot more which accelerated the journey of attaining independence.

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Delhi Chalo Protest- Will the Farm Laws be amended?

Thousands of farmers have marched towards the (NCT) National Capital of Delhi on their tractor-trolleys and other vehicles protesting against the Centre. Here, the protest is being popularly referred as the "Delhi Chalo Protest" from the Delhi- Haryana border with respect to the three agriculture-marketing laws or farm laws enacted at the Centre in the month of September due to their fear that the new farm laws will dismantle the monopoly of the Mandi System in India indirectly and the Minimum Support Price System.

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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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Free Speech vs. Contempt of Court: A Face Off

Ever heard of someone being charged with a fine of Re.1? Sounds surreal but is true! One of the most eminent advocates of our country- Mr. Prashant Bhushan was asked to pay it. Well, it was just the matter of a tweet which was made by the renowned advocate about the Chief Justice of India, accompanied by a picture where he could be seen on a bike. (That picture went pretty viral, in case you aren’t aware) and ultimately landed Mr. Bhushan in a lot of trouble because not only it amounted to ‘contempt of court’ but it also invoked the concept of ‘freedom of speech’.

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India vs. USA Elections: Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System

Queen Elizabeth II, Hans Adam II, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Akbar or Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who were they? All these were the monarch who ruled their countries. Monarchy was the form of government recognized all around the world. A renowned phrase, "Raja ka beta hi raja Banega", was the concept of monarchy.

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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.

Posts Tagged: constitution

COVID- 19 and Disaster Management Act, 2005

Landmark Judgments of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

What is Right to Information? How to file an RTI

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2021

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

Kesavananda Bharati Case & The Basic Structure Doctrine

Priya Ramani Defamation case

What is The Greta Thunberg Toolkit Case? Why Disha Ravi Arrested in Toolkit Case

Tips and Tricks to Remember Indian Constitution (Part I)

Nationalization of Banks: History of Indian Banks

Making of the Indian Constitution

Delhi Chalo Protest- Will the Farm Laws be amended?

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

Free Speech vs. Contempt of Court: A Face Off

India vs. USA Elections: Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System

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

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