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The Millennium Development Goals and India: How far along have we come?
By Hita M. Agarwal, WBNUJS, Kolkata. The millennium year, 2000, or Y2K, as it has come to be known in popular culture – marked an occasion of renewal of hope and aspirations. A new date, meant to many, a chance to shed the burden of the past and aspire for a better future. How then, could…
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India’s Abstention at UNHRC: A shift without compassion
By Mohammad Anas, Aligarh Muslim University, Kerala. India’s so-called neutrality from voting in the recent UN Human Rights Council meeting on the question of forwarding the “Davis Report” to International Criminal Court has created an instant outrage among the National Councils and people all over the world. Various assumptions are being made as to why India did…
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Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill 2015: Need, Merits, Detractions and Recommendations
By Aratrika Choudhuri, WBNUJS, Kolkata. On 16th July, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its ex-post facto approval for Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill, 2015, which was introduced in Lok Sabha on 13th May, 2015, by Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, for repealing 187 Acts. This article presents a short historical…
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Boko Haram: A life-threatening challenge in Nigeria
By Yukti Makan, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Although, Nigeria has ever faced security challenges, but the one caused by the activities of Boko Haram, the Islamist Sect, remains the most significant. This Islamist group has killed at least 3500 people since 2009 when it first started the preaching of Islamic religion to promote Shia law all…
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Transparency and Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitration: A Dynamic Equilibrium
By Apoorva Mandhani, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Arbitration has gradually emerged as the preferred mode for resolution of large commercial and corporate disputes in several jurisdictions. The principle of confidentiality is one of the advantages1, if not the main one, for the increased popularity of international commercial arbitration. However, a trend favoring transparency2 is catching…
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Skill India Campaign: A step towards nation’s development?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. 15th July, 2015 witnessed the world’s first ever “World Youth Skills Day” (WYSD), celebrated by the United Nations General Assembly. The basic objective behind celebrating this day as WYSD was to raise much needed awareness about the importance of investing in youth skills development at an International level. World…
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Putting expression behind bars!
By Vaishali Mahlyan, University Institute of Law and Management Studies. The concept of Criminal Defamation is a hot piece of cake in front of the Supreme Court. To get an insight, we need to know, “what defamation is?” Defamation is derived from a Latin word ‘Diffamare’ which means ‘spreading evil report about someone’. It causes damage to…
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Manual Scavenging: Has the social stigma ended?
By Rashmi Singh, ILS Law College, Pune. Employment is a basic need for every person. It is the objective which comes next to education in a person’s life. Obtaining an employment in our country is a difficult task for many people. Even if a person gets employed , the questions which would be dealt with here…
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Right of an unwed mother over the guardianship of her child
By Devashish Jain, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. Recently in a Supreme Court judgment of ABC v. The State (NCT of Delhi), the court upheld the validity of the instance where a single unwed Christian mother shall have the guardianship of her minor child even without the consent of the biological fathers for such guardianship. The…
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A step closer towards being a “Superpower”: China and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
By Sudipta Purkayastha, Gujarat National Law University. When one talks of financial prowess in the international arena, could it ever be possible to not think instantly of the Asia of this new era? With the West having dominated this field till the very recent past, the Asian countries are now formally contending for the top spot with…