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Lacuna in Indian Education System

The education system in India relies so much on book knowledge that when students get ready for their future, they are left with nothing. They do not have any coping mechanism to deal with the problems that they face later on at the work place or in interactions with people from other parts of the world.…

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Insanity as a Defence under IPC 1

This series of Articles basically talks about Insanity under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code, which talks about the unsoundness of mind where a person does an act which causes to the society and it tells us about the mental condition of the person where he acts in such a manner under such circumstances…

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Insanity as a Defense

Laws are enacted to impose liability on individuals for the commission of acts/omissions. For the recognition of infringed responsibility towards a person specific (In personam) and at times (often in criminal justice system) towards public at par (in rem). The commission of any act when tend to overshadow the several rights individuals hold is when…

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Preventive Detention and UAPA

Preventive detention is the curtailing of a person or a group of persons from carrying out an act that they would do otherwise which would amount to a crime being committed. Preventive detention and its regulation is given in the constitution under Article 22. It states that an individual who is arrested and detained shall…

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Prison: Punishment and Impact

Hate the crime not the criminal ~ Mahatma Gandhi WHY THE CONCEPT OF PRISONS EXIST? Every individual in the society holds several rights within, which when infringed or tried to be non complied with by anybody, the person so acting is deprived of his claim of right with punishment, according to the category and degree…

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Deterrence Theory of Punishment

We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War – very threatening days of the Cold War – and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.                                  -Zbigniew Brzeziński Punishment refers to some sort of agony or misfortune upon an individual for a wrongdoing. Discipline may take structures…

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What Indian Laws say about Discrimination

Article 14 of the Indian Constitution states that Equality before law The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth Article 15 of the Indian Constitution…

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Prashant Bhushan Case: Contempt or Controversy?

On 31st August 2020, the Supreme Court of India held Prashant Bhushan guilty after taking suo motu cognisance under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Prashant Bhushan is a lawyer who specializes in PIL or Public Interest Litigation cases at the apex court of India.  Prashant Bhushan on 24th June 2020 had used twitter as…

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Crimes at the sea

Majority of the people on earth live on land, while a few people spend some time at sea and an even fewer people are spending their time in space and space stations. Almost 71% of the earth is water. The people on land follow the specific country’s laws and regulations. This leads to the question…

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