Ayush Menon

Introduction In a recent case, Tarun Tejpal, the owner and former editor-in-chief of Tehelka Magazine, has been accused of sexually assaulting a journalist of the magazine in an elevator. The accused was acquitted by the Goa trial court, which stated that the complainant’s sexual history was irrelevant to the current

Section 171A – “Candidate” and “Electoral right” defined –  This section defines the two terminologies for an easier understanding of the whole chapter.  As per clause (a) of the section, “candidate” means any person, for the purpose of the election, has been nominated as a candidate so that he/she can

The Parliament through Amendment has substituted and inserted several clauses in The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Namely, an application of referring a matter to an arbitration agreement has been found invalid, if the application so referred under the Act, is not accompanied by an original or duly certified copy

Rule of law is not a recent concept. It is believed that the theory was first proposed by Aristotle in 350 BC. In India, the concept can be traced to the Upanishads which state that the law is the king of the kings and that there is nothing higher than

Parole is defined as a temporary release of a person from prison before the completion of his or her sentence on the promise of good behavior. The grounds on which a person can be out on parole are given in the Prison act of 1894 and Prison act of 1900.

INTRODUCTION Samar Ghosh and Jaya Ghosh are standing before the district court having their entire pleadings and pieces of evidence being analyzed against each other. But what happened as such that they stood up to the gates of justice? Unfortunately, the present case is a case of dissolution of marriage

Introduction  Delhi’s battle with low air quality during the winter months is nothing new; it happens year after year. As winter swept in, another cloud of choking smoke and dust descended upon Delhi’s 20 million inhabitants, approaching “serious” or “emergency” thresholds across the city. Last year, air pollution levels exceeded

INTRODUCTION The weighty connotations that the word ‘secularism’ carries in India are of recent origin. There being neither an institutionalized religion nor a defined corpus of belief to the majority of people, generally known as Hindus, there was no occasion of conflict or even debate between the secular authority and

Abstract Education is one of the most significant factors for a nation like India where children and young minds dominate the demography. When in 2002 our country finally understood the role and importance of education, they enacted the RTE, act 2009 (The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education

The question of the legitimacy of a child plays a vital role in granting rights. Anything which is not in accordance with the law is considered illegitimate, similarly, any child born out of wedlock is considered as an ‘illegitimate child. In India any child born during the continuation of marriage