Legally Speaking

Supreme Court has decided to continue online hearings on miscellaneous days for accessibility of justice through virtual courts: CJI N.V. Ramana

25 Apr 2022 04:08 AM IST

In order to ensure that the Supreme Court remain assessable to lawyers from different parts of the country, The Chief justice of India NV Ramana, after consultation with the brother and sister judges of the top court has decided to continue online hearings on miscellaneous days i.e., Mondays and Fridays.

We need to protect women’s dignity and enact the uniform civil code

25 Apr 2022 04:06 AM IST

A few days ago, a Single Judge of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court ruled that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to claim maintenance from her former husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, even after the expiry of the period of iddat as

‘Is it possible for transgenders to be legal and free?’

23 Apr 2022 14:06 PM IST

Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity is different from the sex identities assigned at the time of birth. The meaning of the prefix ‘trans’ is across or beyond and the gender of a person is culturally and socially constructed. From the afore-mentioned meaning of the two

WOMEN’S RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS

23 Apr 2022 13:56 PM IST

ACCORDING TO BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY: “The freedoms, immunities, and benefits that, according to modern values (esp. at an international level), all human beings should be able to claim as a matter of right in the society in which they live.” Human Rights Relates to rights such as life, liberty, security

‘Is it possible for transgenders to be legal and free?’

23 Apr 2022 10:22 AM IST

WOMEN’S RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS

23 Apr 2022 10:17 AM IST

“The freedoms, immunities, and benefits that, according to modern values (esp. at an international level), all human beings should be able to claim as a matter of right in the society in which they live.” Human Rights Relates to rights such as life, liberty, security of a person, freedom from

MSMES, INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESSES AND THE AVOIDANCE APPLICATIONS

22 Apr 2022 06:27 AM IST

Prior to the amendment inserting Chapter III-A to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’), the corporate insolvency resolution process (‘CIRP’) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (‘MSME’) was covered by Chapters II and III of the Code with no regard for the peculiarities in operations and compliances of corporate

PIL FILED BEFORE DELHI HIGH COURT: THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT, 2022

22 Apr 2022 06:26 AM IST

The Criminal Procedure (identification) Act, 2022 has received President’s assent on April 18th thereby replacing Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. There are three major changes introduced by the way of new act, alleged to be draconian and against the notion of dignity and liberty. First, allowing the government to collect

Blessed are the advocates

21 Apr 2022 06:22 AM IST

Blessed are the advocates ! They have voluntarily chosen to be ‘the voice of voiceless’. They are shouldered with the sacred duty of assuaging societal rifts between persons and persons, persons and institutions, persons and state, between two or more states, and two or more countries. They are the problem

Constitutionalism and democracy: A critical analysis

21 Apr 2022 06:21 AM IST

INTRODUCTION

A deeper look at history of death penalty: An analysis

20 Apr 2022 04:20 AM IST

INTRODUCTION The death penalty is a government sanctioned form of criminal punishment, where a person is put to death by the state. Crimes that are punishable by the death penalty are called “capital crimes” or “capital offences”, and often include crimes such as murder, treason, war crimes, crimes against humanity,

Unraveling newly-introduced ‘The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022’: The constitutional lens/critical analysis

20 Apr 2022 04:10 AM IST

T he Ministry of Home Affairs tabled ‘The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022’ in the Lok Sabha on Monday the 28th of March 2022. The bill, which intends to make the investigation of crime more efficient and expeditious has been termed as ‘Unconstitutional and Draconian’ by the opposition. If the