Fathima Beevi India’s First Woman Judge in the Supreme Court of India

Recently, Indian Judiciary elevated 3 women judges were elevated to the Supreme Court of India. Justice Fathima Beevi...

Step by step guide to bail application

Whenever a person is arrested, the next step is to get a bail. One might have come across several news reports or art...

Bombay High Court lays down new guidelines for media reporting and public disclosure of matters under POSH Act

Section 23 (2) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred as POSCO Act) condemns ...

Laws against Mental Cruelty in India

We all might be familiar with the #Metoo movement which revealed several incidents of mental abuse or sexual harassme...

Recent Amendments in Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

With the main objective of making India a hub for national and international arbitration and to enable faster resolut...

Witness Protection in India

Witness protection is of utmost importance as that of a victim as without witnesses the justice delivery system is li...

Exceptions under Right to Information Act, 2005

Right to information sought has certain exceptions such as public interest, friendly relations with state and also pe...

Kerala High Court legalizes online rummy

Recently Kerala High Court legalized online rummy which was banned by the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. Though rummy was e...

Marital Rape in India

Marital rape is a non- criminalized crime yet a heinous offence over- looked by the legislators as an exemption. Marr...

Bail provisions under NDPS Act

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 is one such legislation which regulates and prohibits the co...

Essential elements of free consent in view of contract act

Introduction: Consent that is freely given is referred to as free consent. According to Section 14 of the Indian Cont...

Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right

Introduction The Oxford dictionary defines privacy as “a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other peo...