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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Vicarious LiabilityGenerally, a person is liable for his own wrongful acts and one does not incur any liability for the acts done by others. In certain cases, however, vicarious liability, that is the liability of one person for the act of another person, may arise. In order that the liability of A for the act…
FACTS The University of Delhi (hereafter abbreviated as DU) offers multiple post graduate courses in the faculty of medicine, all of which put together makes 250 seats. There are three medical colleges in Delhi, two of them affiliated to, and one being maintained by DU, together they turnout annually 400 medical graduates, these graduates get…
Trespass to land means interference with the possession of land without lawful justification. In trespass, the interference with the possession is direct and through some tangible object. Trespass is actionable per se and the plaintiff need not prove any damage for an action of trespass.To constitute the wrong of trespass neither force, nor unlawful intention,…
On the night of December 2, 1984, chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC) spilt out from Union Carbide India Ltd’s (UCIL’s) pesticide factory turned the city of Bhopal into a colossal gas chamber. It was India’s first major industrial disaster. At least 30 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas killed more than 15,000 people and affected over 600,000…
