“Access to justice through class actions, public interest litigation and representative proceedings is the present Constitutional jurisprudence”.[1]’ – Justice Krishna Iyer The emergence of Public Interest Litigation was initiated by few Judges of the Supreme Court.[2] The method was to …
Through the judgment of the case- Santosh Maruti Mane v. The State of Maharashtra, delivered on January 9, 2019, Justice A.K.Sikri, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice M.R.Shah, at the Supreme Court, have commuted the death sentence to the appellant …
It is said that the tussle between the executive and the judiciary started when the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution was added to the Constitution vide the First Constitutional Amendment Act,1951. The Act provided that the laws included under the …
Jurisprudence is the science of law. Various schools of thought has emerged in the study of jurisprudence. Salmon preferred three schools: Analytical(dogmatic), Historical and Ethical(legal exposition) Among such, one of the main school of thought is analytical or positive school …
Originated and developed in the USA in 1960s, it was designed to provide adequate legal representation to the deprived classes. The concept of PIL in India is a product of the Supreme Court of India through the process of judicial …
Fundamental rights are the basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution makers to the citizens of India. Among such rights, personal liberty is of vital importance. Articles 19 to 22 of the Constitution of India deals with different aspects of …
Refugees are human beings which are undergoing traumatic experiences. They are the workers and producers in transmission from one economic environment to another. They are the political person and find their definition in the political events that have set them …
The term ‘punishment’ means torture that a person should undergo on account of doing a wrong. In other words, it is just the physical implication of law. It is aptly said, “The mills of God grind surely though slowly.” Simply …
The French word ‘Tort’ has been derived from the Latin term “Tortum” meaning to twist. It is similar to the English term “wrong”, Roman term “delicit”, and the Sanskrit term “jimha”. In layman’s language, Torts means nothing but the violation …
Almost three years after the alleged slogans were raised in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Delhi Police on Monday filed a 1200-page chargesheet under various sections in connection with the 2016 incident. The police reached Delhi’s Patiala House Court to …