Year: 2018
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Social Security Schemes in India: Empowering the Deprived?
By Prakhyati Upadhyay, GLC Mumbai. India’s social security system draws its inspiration from Articles 41, 42, 43 and 47, as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy of our Constitution, which contain all the ingredients obliging the State to move towards the realization of socio-economic rights and in effect, meet the income security aspirations…
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Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018: A Sturdy Action Plan against Child Abusers?
By Shivangi Singh, Amity Law School, Lucknow. On March 12, the Rajasthan Assembly unanimously passed a Bill conferring capital punishment on those found guilty of sexually abusing children aged 12 or below. Rajasthan standing fourth in the crimes against women categories, sort this bill to be the need of the hour. The Bill, according such…
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General Tips for attempting CLAT
By Jhalak Nandwani, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. “It is not enough to aim, you must hit.” -ITALIAN PROVERB Many young minds aim to score well in the Common Law Admission Test and get an admission in one of the top ranked National Law Universities of our Country. However, merely aiming isn’t enough. What will help…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part III
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Second Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in cases of legislative action: “Doctrine of Parliamentary Supremacy” Another distinct exception to the otherwise mandatory application of Principles of Natural Justice is that of Legislative action. An interesting query arises here-…
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LexQuest’s Online Certificate Course on Research Methodology
LexQuest is pleased to bring to you the first of its kind, Online Certificate Course on Research Methodology, which aims to make the student community, the professionals and the general public aware and well versed with the varied methods of Research, in the most comprehensible manner. Research is ubiquitous and an essential feature for disciplines…
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Special Category Status under the Indian Constitution: Emerging Thorns from a Murky Past
By Pranav Vaidya, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. After sustaining under centuries of British rule, when India took its first breath as a free democratic and secular republic, by ratifying a written Constitution in 1950, it was in a state of turmoil, as the British Rule on India virtually halted the political and economic development of…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part II
By Adv. Shriya Maini. First Part of this Series, can be accessed here. Exclusion in Emergency: Hurry versus Hearing Whether it is for public safety, public interest, public health or public morality- the action, preventive or remedial, that is needed, is the requirement of notice and where a hearing may be obviated, would be exceptional…
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Article 324(2): The Legal Tug of War?
By Anmol Kaur Bawa, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India, Ministry of Law and Justice Secretary (Writ Petitions Civil Case no. 104/2015), is the recent PIL case, filed in the Supreme Court, which has managed to sprout a new series of debate between the Judiciary and other wings of the Government. The…
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Reshaping Education: The BRICS Way
By Sandeep G., SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur. GDP is the indicator of the economic strength of every Country. Presently, all nations compete with each other to increase their economic strength, by domestically formulating highly feasible economic policies and entering into treaties with various other nations. However, an encounter against the prevalent illiteracy rate in India has, since…
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Of Law and Policy…
By Tanya Chandra, Founder, LexQuest Foundation. At LexQuest, we have come to believe that thus far, our most well received articles are the ones which are purely legal in nature, and delve deeper into various facets of a certain aspect of law alone. Now, we know fully well that the dearth of good legal literature…