By: Akshita Agrawal & Kunjal Jawaria This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of ethnic mosaic fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war. Half of the multiculturalism unrest and dismal in the state of West Bengal comes from the vain idea that independent state is the solution to every difficulty faced by Gorkha community. India’s most popular hill station which … Continue reading Unrest In Darjeeling
By: Rhea Ghanshani One would assume that the tabled amendment on child labour (hereinafter, ‘the Amendment’) during the monsoon session of Parliament the past year would be a ray of hope for those children who have been trying to escape the shambles of exploitation ever since they stepped foot into the world, but it turned out to be anything but. The Amendment does not embody … Continue reading The Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016. Embracing The Reality? Or Paving The Way For Further Exploitation? A Critique
By: Raghav Dembla For decades, the real estate sector has faced a variety of issues primarily originating from real estate developers not being accountable to any separate governing body. Ever since the liberalisation of the Indian economy in the 1990s, the real estate sector saw a large amount of investment in the domestic sector, coupled with an increase in the investment in the form of … Continue reading Changing Dimensions of Realty: A Check on Promoters and the Hindrances Ahead.
By: Anjanay Pandey “Ques custodiet ipsos custodet – Who will watch the watchman?” In a world that is becoming increasingly diverse and enabling, stereotypes and biases are often the cause of pain and misunderstanding. What to do when these biases inhabit and affect the police personnel? Biases in law-enforcement agencies usually point to the existence of regressive and conservative outlooks which can be either inherent … Continue reading Bias and Prejudice in Police: Lessons from the US
By: Sunanda Singh Bisht Judiciary is one of the most powerful institutions in our country as it is a body responsible for deciding the collective destiny of over one billion people who are diverse in many respects, yet united under a democratic constitution. By all accounts, the judiciary, compared to the other two wings of government (the legislature and the executive) has performed well, retaining … Continue reading The Slow Wheels of Justice
By: Kriti Sharma Over the din of overwhelming protests of people against the state’s prerogative to decide what should be consumed (not merely edibles of course), the individual’s freedom of choice lies hanging between its somewhat unsettled constitutionality and the larger role of polity in defining it. The Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995 was finally assented to by President Pranab Mukherjee after being passed … Continue reading ‘Bans’: An Unjust Encroachment on the Right to Freedom of Choice?
By: Ashwin Misra The Indian Constitution backed by jurisprudence that is unmatched guarantees equal protection of rights to every citizen. But the real situation is a different story. George Orwell was not wrong in saying that some men are more equal than others – the poor keep toiling to be heard when justice (fabricated or real) comes effortlessly to those who have their coffers full. … Continue reading Justice for Sale: A Broken Legal System
By: Mehpara Haq Surrogacy raises fundamental issues regarding the nature of personhood, the attributes of human dignity, individual autonomy and the perimeters of choice, the distinction between what can be made an object of commerce, what must remain in the domain of gift, and what ought not to be transferred at all. This includes the criticism that surrogacy leads to commoditization of the child, it … Continue reading Ethical and Moral Issues Concerning Surrogacy
By: Pragalbh Bhardwaj Unmanned aviation takes place with the help of new-age technological devices, popularly known as drones. Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), controlled either autonomously by on-board processors or by the remote control of a pilot operating from the ground. Around the world, the drones or UAVs are becoming more and more ubiquitous with each passing day. They are becoming smaller, cheaper and are … Continue reading Assessing the Challenges Surrounding Unmanned Aviation: Are Drones Ready for Take-off in India?
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