There has been a huge gap in the law to protect the lives of women through cases of domestic violence, which were limited to the private sector. The Domestic Violence Act, 2005 became a tool to end the lacuna and the scourge of domestic violence. The Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is India’s first major attempt…
View detailsUNDERSTANDING PATRIARCHY Patriarchy is a social system in which men have primary power and predominate in roles such as political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property control. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, which means that property and title are passed down through the male lineage. Patriarchy is associated with a set of ideas,…
View detailsRise in Domestic violence due to the Pandemic Introduction: Domestic violence, as defined by the World Health Organisation, is the intentional use of physical force or power, or threatening to use physical force or power against oneself, against another person, or against a group resulting or likely to result in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment…
View detailsNEGLIGENCE Negligence is the act or omission done by the offender carelessly due to which the harm is caused to the plaintiff. The harm can be physical harm, mental harm, economically loss, monetary loss, harm to property, harm to reputation etc. The harm caused to the plaintiff due to the negligence of the defendant he…
View detailsIntroduction The advent of the internet has posed a threat to people in different ways. One of them is Copyright infringement. People can have access to millions of websites with just a click, post something on social media networks by altering somebody’s original work, a popular example of such alteration is the submission of research…
View detailsINTRODUCTION Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (or, NREGA No 42, later renamed as the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” or MGNREGA), is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’. This act was passed in 23 August 2005[4] under the UPA government of Prime…
View detailsSleep is a necessary component of a healthy human existence and well-being. A person’s right to live in a healthy environment is violated when he is denied sleep. This right, like all others, is subject to reasonable limitations imposed by law. Noise or other disturbances can impinge on it. Noise is recognized as a pollutant…
View detailsHorizontal Agreements Horizontal agreements are done between businesses that are on the same level of the production chain. These agreements are usually done among the large scale businesses in the market that would, under normal circumstances, compete with each other. However, they come to an agreement as to fixing a minimum price for the products,…
View detailsDefinition Standard form contract or boilerplate contract commonly called “Adhesion Contract” drafted by one party having greater bargaining power and the other party having lesser bargaining power signs it. Thus the second party is incapable of any amendments or negotiation regarding the provisions of the contract. More common use of adhesion contracts are in insurance…
View detailsEvery time an offender stealthily leaves India to take refuge in another country, the Government of India starts all over again with its strategy of bringing him back to the nation to make him stand in a trial and punish him for his offence. The biggest question that pops up in such a situation is…
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