World Zero Discrimination Day
Zero Discrimination Day is an annual day celebrated by the United Nations (UN) and other international organizations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout a…
The Myanmar Coup
Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, seized control of Myanmar on February 1, 2021, detaining the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of her party that won the November 2020 e…
Senior Citizen Act 2007
Only Senior Citizens/Parents Entitled To Prefer Appeal Against Order Of Tribunal Under Senior Citizen Act 2007
In an elegant, exemplary, eloquent and effective judgment titled K Raju v. Union of India & Ors. in W.P. No. 29988 of 2019, the Madras High Court has rightly, remarkably and recently on 19 Februa…
Positivity
Ways to be optimistic and positive every day
Years of research and studies have shown that positive and optimistic thinking helps us be happier, healthier and more productive in any field of work. It is the key to living a satisfactory life a…
tech India
The new Information Technology Rules
The government recently released a set of guidelines to regulate social media and OTT content providers like Netflix and amazon prime. The prime concern behind this was an alleged misuse of social m…
News
Unfortunate That The Properties Of Religious And Charitable Institutions Are Being Usurped By Criminals
It is most unfortunate, most alarming and most reprehensible that none other than the Allahabad High Court which is the biggest court in whole of Asia has observed most seriously in a latest, learned…
Legal Issues
The criminality of marital rape in India
It is appalling that in this day and age, India still remains a part of the 36 countries in which marital rape is not legal. About 70 per cent of women in India are victims of domestic violence. Na…
Toolkit
Disha Ravi granted bail, Court says no real evidence to prove the accusations
Yesterday, while granting bail to environmental activist Disha Ravi in the toolkit case related to the farmers' movement, the court said that creating a WhatsApp group and editing a toolkit is …
The Proposed Ban on Cryptocurrencies
First launched in 2009, Bitcoin is a kind of cryptocurrency or digital currency that exists completely online. It is decentralized without a single central bank to administer it and the currency i…
Law and Order News
Suspicion, However Strong Cannot Take The Place Of Proof
It is really remarkable, refreshing, rejuvenating and reasonable to learn that the Supreme Court has just recently on February 12, 2021 in a latest, learned, landmark and laudable judgment titled Sta…
Social Media
Government to issue laws to regulate content on Social media
The central government is set to curb the arbitrariness of social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. The government is engaged in enacting laws to make them accountable to the Indian Co…
India
Upcoming Elections in India
In the new year 2021, as India comes out of a year of lockdown and paused public life, it is going to, by degrees, go back to the pre-coronavirus normalcy. This involves conducting regular elections …
Legal Issues
Cognizable and non-cognizable offences
Often, in the coverage major trials, we hear the legal terms cognizable and non-cognizable offences. But legal knowledge of the average Indian is average at best and it prevents us from understanding…
Water Sources
Groundwater crisis in India
Ever since the Green Revolution, farmers' dependence on intensive inputs like water and fertilizers has resulted in the serious depletion of the underground water table, in many states across the…
mental health
Coronavirus's Impact on Mental Health
Coronavirus has put the world into a stage it has never seen before - where all activity has to be done without human contact, which is a staple of life. Even though the strict lockdowns have started…
News
Detention Of A Person Despite Furnishing Of Personal Bond Violative Of Article 21
While espousing fully, firmly and finally the basic legal rights of a person, the Allahabad High Court has most recently in a latest, learned, landmark and laudable judgment titled Shiv Kumar Verma &…
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