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legal rights during quarantine

            LEGAL RIGHTS IN QUARANTINE The practice of quarantine began in 14th Century in Venice, Italy and Quarantine is considered the oldest mechanism to reduce the rapid spread of bacterial infections and viral on slaughts, and with the same effect, the government also started confining people at their homes with a view to reducing the…

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INDIAN SLAVERY ACT, 1843

INTRODUCTION: The Indian Slavery Act of 1843, also known as Act V of 1843, was enacted in British India during the administration of the East India Company. economic activities related to slavery are illegal. The statute specifies that the sale of any individual as a slave is prohibited and that anyone who buys or sells…

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FALSE IMPRisonmenT AND DETENTION

False imprisonment and detention are similar in this the inmate isn’t accorded due process of law. However, detention is distributed beneath specific circumstances, for instance, if Immigration and Customs social control raids a business and finds contraband immigrants operating there, they will take those employees into custody and hold them in detention till a choice…

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WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES IN INDIA

INTRODUCTION: “The practitioners of evil, hoarders, the profiteers, the black marketeers, and speculators are the worst enemy of our society. They have to be dealt with sternly. However well placed important and influential they maybe, if we acquiesce in wrongdoing, people will lose faith in us.”                   …

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THE ADVENT OF BRITISH IN INDIA

It was the enormous profit earned by the Portuguese traders from the sale of their merchandise in India that drew attention of British traders. Being motivated by the successful business stories of the Portuguese a group of English merchants -‘Merchant Adventurers’ formed a company- the East India Company in 1599 AD. The Company received a…

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TRIPLE-TALAQ

Triple talaq is one of the 1400*year old practice among the Muslims. Especially in Sunni Muslims. It is the pronouncement of the word ‘talaq’ three times by a Muslim man in order to divorce his  wife. Talaq is an Arabic word meaning divorce. Triple talaq is meant as an instant and irreversible divorce. It is…

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uniform age of marriage

UNIFORM AGE OF MARRIAGE The Union government has indicated its inclination towards reconsideration of a uniform marriage by setting up a committee. The current minimum age for women to legally marry is 18 and for men it’s 21. The difference of age factor to legalize the marriage that exists in the society is somewhere a…

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The Official Secrets Act, 1923

Introduction The Official Secrets Act, 1923 (hereinafter cited as ‘OSA’ or ‘the Act’) is an anti-espionage act that had its genesis in an environment of mistrust and secrecy, at some stage in the British colonial rule over India. The intention at the back of the enactment was to stop the newspapers and the freedom fighters…

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Value of DNA Test as Evidence

Medical evidence is always prioritized as vital evidence in the court of law. DNA is one such medical evidence which is widely acceptable. DNA, the double stranded helix structure stands for deoxyribonucleic acid contains mainly amino acids with adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine. The components of DNA are such that it aids in the identification…

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