Category: Legal Articles

INSANITY DEFENCE: A LOOPHOLE FOR CRIMINALS

INSANITY DEFENCE: A LOOPHOLE FOR CRIMINALS Author : Md. Arshad (Galgotias university) Co-Author : Nancy Kesarwani (Galgotias university) INTRODUCTION:- The insanity is one of the unfavorable ranges of the law of crime. It is the war between the medical and legal profession, the insanity as a defense draws a deduction from the scant evidence, insanity is

Death Penalty: A Paradox?

Author : Mona Das (Kirit P Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, Mumbai) “Criminals do not die by the hands of law. They die by the hands of other men.” ~ George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman On the dawn of 20th March, 2020, four men convicted of the ruthless gang rape and murder of Nirbhaya

THE CONCEPT OF ZERO FIR

Author : Mili Kanoujiya Introduction Registering FIR is mandatory for an officer on receiving information relating to the commission of an offence. Despite that the victim has to struggle a lot to get the FIR registered. The police authority denies to register FIR saying it is not under their jurisdiction. For the ease of victim

TRIPLE TALAQ

Author-KRISH BHATIA “It takes one pleasant gesture to make someone’s day and only three words to destroy someone’s life. TALAQ. TALAQ. TALAQ.” Triple talaq is actually known as it allows a husband to divorce his wife by repeating the word “talaq” (divorce) three times in any form, including email or text message. Under the Muslim

HUMAN TRAFFICKING THROUGH FORCED LABOUR

Author : Ashita Jobanputra  Co-Author : Jhanvi Shah INTRODUCTION: Forced labour in India has become a pervasive issue. The problems related to such forced labour and slavery needs to be tackled in the country in order to provide justice for the said community. The multi-faceted legal system needs to address the exploitation and slavery towards

CONTEMPT OF COURT

Author : Sakshi Kothari (Amity University, Gwalior) Historical Background of Courts Firstly, the society was formed with the  first ancestors not for the development purpose but to bring peace among the individuals. The conflicts were resolved within the parties under the bench of King. But later on ,the society started to be expanded then the