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Right to ‘equal pay for equal work’ is constitutionally enforceable: HP HC

While leaving not even an iota of doubt on the key issue of whether the right to ‘equal pay for equal work’ is constitutionally enforceable, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in an... Read more »

Constitutional Validity Of Bail Provisions Under The PMLA, 2002

INTRODUCTION Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002, a meticulous legislation, which was enacted with the objective to prevent the access of tainted money in the economy and to legitimately confiscate the assets... Read more »

Soli Sorabjee ‘the sentinel of constitutional rights’

Erstwhile Attorney General of India and an eminent and victorious jurist Soli Jehangir Sorabjee was born on March 9, 1930, in the then called Bombay (now Mumbai). He passed away on April... Read more »

Socrates’ dissent of democracy: Does it stand the test of time?

One of the earliest well-known Greek philosophers, Socrates was a stern critic of the notion of democracy. He proposed two thought experiments to counter the idea of a democratic system. In one... Read more »

Right Of Accused To Recall Witness U/S 311 CRPC Can’t Always Be Denied In Lieu Of Prosecutrix’s Right U/S 33(5) POSCO Act: Orissa HC

Without mincing any words, the Orissa High Court has as recently as on March 4, 2022 in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Pidika Sambaru v. State of Odisha &... Read more »

Registering offence of corruption against public servants merely on written complaints without supportive material disastrous: MP HC

While taking potshots on the growing most reprehensible tendency of registering offence of corruption against public servants at the drop of a hat just on written complaints alone without supportive material and... Read more »

No Part Of A Statute Or Word Of A Statute Can Be Interpreted In Isolation: Supreme Court

“The essence of law lies in the spirit, not its letter, for the letter is significant only as being the external manifestation of the intention that underlies it” -Salmond RENAISSANCE HOTEL HOLDINGS... Read more »

ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY IN DIGITAL AGE: AN ANALYSIS

“Democracy is a government by the people in which the supreme power is bestowed in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected representatives under anunrestricted electoral system.” A... Read more »

An analysis of constitutional safeguards provided to women in India

The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers... Read more »

Circumstantial evidence should not only be consistent with guilt of accused but also be inconsistent with his innocence: Allahabad HC

While drawing curtains on all the doubts on the evidentiary value of circumstantial evidence, the Allahabad High Court in a learned, laudable, landmark and latest judgment titled Shriniwas vs State of UP... Read more »