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August 4, 2021

article 19: INTRODUCTION

The fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression gives its citizens the right to express his views. Read through the better explanation of the Freedom of Speech and Expression under Article 19 as given by the Indian Constitution to understand what rights it confers upon us. All the fundamental rights are enshrined in Part…

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human rights and gender equality

Gender equality between men and women refers to equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities for both of them. It does not mean that they will become same, but that women’s and men’s right, responsibilities and opportunities will not depend on what they will born as, a male or a female. Gender equality implies that the interests,…

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LEGALITY OF PORNOGRAPHY IN INDIA

What is pornography? According to Oxford dictionary pornography means “printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement.” Which laws deal with pornography in India? In India, mainly three laws deal with pornography and they are as follows: The Indian Penal Code,1860; The Information…

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MENSE PROFIT OF A PROPERTY IN TORT LAW.

MENSE PROFIT OF A PROPERTY. Trespass to land: Trespass to the land means that a voluntary interfere with the possession of someone’s property without any lawful justification. Such a trespass should be direct and through some tangible object. For Ex., throwing stones at the neighbor’s house is a trespass to the land, as there is…

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THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN GROWTH

In the century after the Civil war, an economic revolution ameliorated the American standard of living in ways previously inconceivable. Robert J. Gordon, a renowned macroeconomist and economic historian at Northwest, has been arguing for a long period of time against the techno-optimism that saturates our culture, with its continuous contention that we’re in the…

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Volenti non fit injuria

Introduction: It is well establishes rule of common law that if a person himself invites a danger and injury is caused to him, nobody shall be responsible for such injury. Such principle is commonly known as doctrine of ‘Volenti non fit injuria’. Shall injury shall not constitute a legal injuria and as such it is…

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what happened to flight mh370?

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, commonly known as MH370, was a Malaysia Airlines passenger aircraft that vanished on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Following the loss of the Boeing 777, which had 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, a search operation was launched that stretched from the Indian Ocean…

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THE TUSSLE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY

We need to understand the nature and gravity of the collective crisis that now confronts human civilization if we are to answer the questions it poses. If we do not soon halt and reverse our current trajectory of runaway climate change, environmental degradation and widespread biodiversity loss, the global economy will suffer negative consequences on…

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FREEDOM OF PRESS IN INDIA (PART 1)

Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution deals with the freedom of the press in India. It gives rights to the press of India to act according to its own will and not take sides of any of the political components. The main question that arises in the minds is that if the media…

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