Wife Entitled To Maintenance Even If She Unilaterally Divorces Her Husband If She Is Unable to Maintain Herself: Calcutta High Court

Jul 5, 2021

Written By – Arshita Anand On 1st July, 2021, the Calcutta High Court ruled that a divorced wife is entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) even if the divorce had been unilaterally initiated by her. In

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The ethics of Prostitution – should it be legalised?

Jul 4, 2021

The immoral traffic prevention act 1956, criminalises running a brothel, luring, and soliciting a person into prostitution and sexual exploitation but does not literally criminalise prostitution or prostitutes. Section 2(f) of The Immoral Trafficking Act (1956) defines prostitution as sexual exploitation of people

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HOW TO ANALYSE AND ATTEMPT CLAT MOCKS?

Jul 4, 2021

Make sure you analyze the mock papers too. Usually, students attempt the mock papers but do not review it again to check where they went wrong. Number of mocks attempted would not do any good if you are not doing quality mocks, I.e.,

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Position of LGBTQ+ community in Indian Army

Jul 4, 2021

After the NALSA judgment[1] of 2014, attempts were made to re-integrate the marginalized trans community in India. Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India[2] in 2018 decriminalized Section 377 of IPC which penalized “unnatural sex”, thereby legally allowing LGBTQIA+ community’s adults to engage

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Confining inmate in a cell for 22 hours a day violates Article 21: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Jul 3, 2021

He claimed that these limits amounted to solitary confinement and that they violated his right to life under Article 21.

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Madras High Court directs State Judicial Academy to train judges and officers dealing with POCSO Act

Jul 3, 2021

The court said that even if the girl had given consent for the act, it is immaterial as she was a child under the definition of Sectoon 2(1) of the POCSO Act.Hence, the appelant's act comes under the definition of aggravated penetrative sexual

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Tech Giants in trouble?

Jul 3, 2021

By Yashiveer Kirti Anand; ILNU, Nirma University In this technology driven age, everything is getting Digital. The digital revolution has made our life comfortable and easier to live. There was a time when we used to rely on postcards to send our message

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Suriya objects the amendment of cinematograph act; says law should not ‘strangle’ freedom of expression

Jul 3, 2021

Written by – Himani Baid On July 2, Actor-producer Suriya tweeted his objection to the draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021, while asking his followers on Twitter to record their objections to the proposed amendments to the Cinematograph Act of 1952. The central government announced

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Suriya objects to the amendment of the cinematograph act; says the law should not ‘strangle’ freedom of expression

Jul 3, 2021

Written by – Himani Baid On July 2, Actor-producer Suriya tweeted his objection to the draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021, while asking his followers on Twitter to record their objections to the proposed amendments to the Cinematograph Act of 1952. The central government announced

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‘Are Caste-Based Reservations In Education For Eternity?’: Plea In Supreme Court

Jul 3, 2021

Written By – Arshita Anand An advocate has moved a plea to the Supreme Court on seeking directions to fix time limits for expiry of caste-based reservations in education. The petitioner, Dr Subhash Vijayran, has made the Union of India, through the Ministry

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