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Aishwaryasandeep

RIGHT TO LEGAL AID

Imagine a beautiful nation amidst all the pure and pious objects bestowed on the citizen but not aware of the advantages and the serenity they have access to. What will be the benefit of having them if the people who need to use them do not know about them? A situation like this is akin…

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ASSAULT

The assault is generally an attempt to harm someone else which also includes threats against other people. So, assault is a planned attempt to violently harm another person. An assault is a threat or attempt to do a corporeal hurt to another, coupled with an apparent physical ability and intention to do the act. Actual…

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Skinny Shaming is a Thing Too

It’s rather surprising how people will dare not use the words “fat” or “overweight” but will casually throw around “Bony” and “Scrawny”. We are all familiar with the very controversial term and topic of discussion ‘Body Shaming’. There are three known branches of body shaming, -Fat shaming, -Skinny shaming and -Thin privilege. Unfortunately, in recent…

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Introduction to the constitution of india

constitution of India came into effect on 26 Jan. 1950. Before this, India was governed under the “govt. of India act” 1935. This became effective on 1937  At that time India was part of British empire. Sovereignty of British crown prevailed over the country and through the exercise of this sovereignty that the British parliament…

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difference between feminism and pseudo feminism

FEMINISM AND PSEUDO FEMINISM Feminism is all about genders having equal rights and opportunities. Fighting for the rights of the individual, regardless of their gender. In simple terms, it means that no gender should be treated with any injustice. But lately, a new type of feminism has developed called pseudo-feminism. Pseudo-feminists have a deep desire…

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Concept of Plea Bargaining in India

According to the Britannica, “Plea bargaining, in law, the practice of negotiating an agreement between the prosecution and the defence whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or (in the case of multiple offenses) to one or more of the offenses charged in exchange for more lenient sentencing, recommendations, a specific sentence, or…

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Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is the killing of person as a punishment for a crime. It is also known as death penalty. The sentence ordering the death punishment is known as death sentence and act of carrying out such punishment is known as execution. Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes, capital offences…

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Law Reports Act – 1875

THE DOCTRINE of rule of law rests on the basic foundation and structure of a country’s well ordered government and its established courts of justice. Though it is the legislative wing of the government that makes the law, there is yet a large body of common law based on customs and practices of the society…

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MEDIA LAWS: part I

The Indian perspective and its system of Parliamentary form of Democracy, it is true that, the Press and media is free but subject to certain reasonable restrictions imposed by the Constitution of India, 1950, as amended (“Constitution”). Before the impact of globalization was felt, the mass media was wholly controlled by the government(parliament), which let…

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Child Labor

Child labor refers to the exploitation of children through any form of work that avoids children from their childhood, ability to attend school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation worldwide and they do not consider all the works done by a child as child labor. Some of…

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