One of the important functions of the Parliament is to control the Executive. Following mechanisms are available to it for this purpose. Question Hour The rules of procedure and conduct of business in Parliament provides that under the presiding officer otherwise direct, every sitting begins with the Question Hour, which is available for asking and…
Introduction: The term regionalism is generally used for the counter movement to any exaggerated or opposite form of centralization. It is also used to refer to assertion of distinct ethnic, linguist or economic interest by various groups within the nation. In simple words, we understand that the term regionalism has two connotations. In the negative…
~“Prevention is better than cure” ~Whenever an incident/series of incidents ,affecting the continuing of routine lives, are observed the first thing that comes in our minds is whether there was an option to avail the opportunity of prevention or not? Whether there were means and measures that could’ve been adopted properly to avoid…
The Right to Information Act 2005 marks a significant shift for Indian democracy, for the greater the access of citizens to information, the greater will be the responsiveness of government to community needs. Right To Information is derived from our fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19 of the Constitution. If…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
