Efficiency and equity-: The biggest trade off a society faces is between efficiency and equity, efficiency is the maximisation of output from available resources, and equity is the equal distribution of output, this trade off can be easily understood with the help of an illustration, consider a pie being made by the contributions of five…
Introduction The term “public tranquility” refers to public peace, and therefore any activity carried out by a group of individuals which results in distortion of peace within the society is referred to as an offence against the public tranquility. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 identifies offences against public tranquility which lays down provisions for “offences against public…
The origin of term ‘public opinion’ is shrouded in obscurity. The Greeks and the Romans used parallel expressions. The Romans, however, treated consensus populi in juridical sense as distinguish from present political context. Also, the proverb “Vox populi, vox dei” had gained currency during the middle Ages. In the Discourses Machiavelli, too, compared the voice…
Ideonella sakaiensis is a bacterium from the Ideonella and family fit for separating and burning-through the plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a sole carbon and fuel source. The bacterium was initially segregated from a dregs test taken outside of a plastic jug reusing office in Sakai, Japan. Ideonella sakaiensis’ was first distinguished in 2016 by…
The idea of abetment broadens the scope of criminal law to include these criminal intentions and punishes them even if the individual who bought the knife did not kill anyone but gave it to someone else to do so. The word ‘abet’ needs be examined closely in order to explain the concept of abetment. It…
The terms Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) are used to describe individuals of Indian birth or descent who live outside the republic of India Despite this commonality between them, the two terms are fundamentally different from one another. An NRI is an Indian who is a resident in a foreign country.…
Most of the aviation is carried out internationally. Therefore, the world community came together to unify the international rules and drafted multilateral conventions. These multilateral conventions aimed at securing the protection and safety of the public. One such Convention was formulated and is known as the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 or commonly…
Section 124-A of IPC (Indian Penal Code) or Sedition Law states that “Whoever, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the government established by law in India, shall be punished…
In the judgment of M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and ors.AIR 1997 SC 734(Also known as Taj Mahal case) the court emphasized on the importance of having monitoring and control and control mechanisms and ordered the PCB (Pollution Control Boards) of both the centre and the States to keep in check any further degradation…
The existence of environmental protection laws in India can be traced from way back from the 1850s. The 1st being the 1853’s Shore Nuisance (Bombay & Kolaba) Act that was enforced to control water pollution & permit land revenue collectors to instruct ejection of waste from the harbors. It was followed by the 1857’s implementation…
