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By Aman Kumar The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday opined that the legislature must address issues related to the age of consent under the POCSO Act, which criminalizes consensual sexual affairs even in ‘romantic’ relationships for those under the age of 18. The remark comes in the backdrop of the recent observation made by several …

By Aditi Inamdar On December 3 rd , which is celebrated as International Day of Disabled Persons, The Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has formed an expert panel, named “Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility”, to scrutinize the accessibility of the Court for the disabled. The Committee has been established with a view to take note of the dif …

By Kumkum Poonia Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Bhupendra Yadav introduced the controversial Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha, 2022; gets a pass from the Upper House. The bill was earlier introduced and cleared in Lok Sabha in August during the Monsoon Session. It seeks to conserve, strengthen the protectio …

By Ananya Tripathi With more than 60 amendments, the draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Bill 2022 was released on 25th of November. It proposes to bring amendments to the Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The bill released by Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying was open to public consultation till 7th of December. Af …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Whenever a crime or any overt act takes place in the social set up we hear a lot about the trial and conviction of the person being accused. If the accused is exonerated from the mentioned offense, he or she is permitted to be back and part of society and is exp …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) A horrendous event witnessed some major legal developments regarding a rape case based in Kerala. Recently the competent court got hands on hearing of a sexual assault case centering a Malayalam actress who was sexually abused and an actor and producer Dileep an …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) What Led to the Riot? The centre came up with its Citizenship Bill, which in turn steered some massive responses from different parts of the nation. The aforementioned bill claims to grant citizenship to- Hindu, Parsis, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Christians who …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer)   Indian Penal Code enacted in 1860, till date stands to be a vanguard draft of substantive laws prevailing in India. It therefore acts as an umbrella text which covers the offenses and crimes conversant with the Indian society’s framework. The offenses listed ar …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s convoy enrooted to Ferozepur, Punjab to address a rally for upcoming State election, witnessed an unprecedented security lapse on 5th of January. This caused the convoy to be stuck on a busy flyover for about 20 minutes which …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) The vexed questions of NEET-PG admissions have taken a centre stage of controversial digests. The issue started last year when the country was engulfed by the lethal second wave of covid and all the activities and grind was at unprecedented halt. Due to the upsu …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Introduction Nations across the globe tend to practice spying as a mode to prepare and remain cautious to sail smoothly in the global set up. According to the available literature, technically espionage is a medium through which the government uses spies to decip …

Written by: Shikha Singh (Intern) Edited by: Anubhav Yadav (Content Head & Developer) Introduction From the literature available on surrogacy, it can be explicated that the procedure involves having parent ship by engaging a foreign womb to have a child. Couples usually opt for this very process due to lack of fertility coupled with numerous other …