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Duty to defend: Lawyer’s moral obligation to represent unpopular client

Maintenance of law and order within a society is of utmost importance and lawyers play a key role in ensuring that law and order is maintained. The profession of a lawyer is... Read more »

Can government impose restriction on movement?

INTRODUCTION At the end of December 2019, the first case of the Coronavirus was reported from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, China. Subsequently, the virus spreads around the globe. Later on, at... Read more »

Role of experts cannot be undermined in shaping the opinion of courts

To start with, before I venture to elaborate exhaustively on the role played by experts in shaping the opinion of the Courts, it is imperative first and foremost to understand who really... Read more »

No ‘honour’ in killing the young & innocent: Fighting a long, arduous battle

The so-called ‘honour crimes’ are acts of violence, typically killings, perpetrated by members of the family against women who have brought the family into supposed ‘disgrace’. A woman may be targeted by... Read more »

Sexual violence and victim’s story: Believed or blamed?

Introduction : “Violence is defined as the use of physical force against another person with a high likelihood of resulting in murder, injury, psychological harm, or other undesirable consequences. Furthermore, it is... Read more »

REFORMATION IN INDIA’S PUNISHMENT AND SENTENCING POLICY: A SINE QUA NON

“Giving punishment to the wrongdoer is at the heart of the criminal justice delivery system, but in our country, it is the weakest part of the administration of criminal justice.” – Soman... Read more »

Young police officer lynched to death by mob has put humanity, spirit of Kashmiriyat to shame: J&K & Ladakh HC

In a brief, brilliant, bold and balanced judgment titled Peerzada Mohammad Waseem Vs Union Teritory of J&K in CrlA(D) No.10/2021 that was reserved on 26.08.2021 and then finally pronounced on 02.09.2021, the... Read more »

Non-communication of right to make representation against detention order violates constitutional right: MP HC

While fully, firmly and finally endorsing the Constitutional right to make representation against the detention order, the Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has in a learned, latest, laudable and landmark... Read more »

IS MARIJUANA LEGAL OR ILLEGAL IN INDIA?

INTRODUCTION The Roots of the word weed or marijuana can be traced back from 1700 BC which means 5000 years old. From the old days, till now weed is addressed and known... Read more »

When a man marries a woman knowing fully that she was not legally divorced from her earlier marriage, he can’t plead invalidity of marriage in Section 125 CRPC proceedings: Chhattisgarh HC

It cannot be just glossed over that the Chhattisgarh High Court has just recently on February 10, 2021 in a latest, learned, laudable and landmark judgment titled Teras Dongare v. Avinash Dongare... Read more »
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