The United Nations (“UN”) General Assembly on 19th August 1982 had called for an emergency special session to deliberate upon the question of Palestine and decided to commemorate 4 June of each year as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression in the wake of the great number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese childrenContinueContinue reading “International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression”
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Can International Justice Create Peace? Reflections on Kelsen’s Thoughts on International Law and the Judiciary
I. Hans Kelsen, an Austrian jurist born into a family of Jewish faith, never wanted to become a legal academic. He rather wanted to become a physicist, mathematician or philosopher. But his decision to enter the legal profession was driven by practicability.[1] And yet: his eventual decision in favour of the law bestowed upon himContinueContinue reading “Can International Justice Create Peace? Reflections on Kelsen’s Thoughts on International Law and the Judiciary”
Why Bodies Matter: An Analysis from Legal Perspective
Introduction Legal Jurisprudence accords high stature to bodily integrity. This vehicle for awakening has DNA engulfed with precious information of our lineage making privacy, bodily integrity, dignity and property command veneration in the eyes of law. But floating bodies in UP and Bihar reveal that the treatment meted out to the dead is amateurish. AccordingContinueContinue reading “Why Bodies Matter: An Analysis from Legal Perspective”
Ensuring Right to Decent Burial in Post Covid-19 India
Asthi Visarjan is a very significant ritual in the Hindu religion which basically means immersion of the left ashes collected from Antim Sanskar (last rites)of a dead person. But in the time of Covid-19 the basic meaning of “Asthi Visarjan” i.e., immersion of ashes have been misunderstood as ‘Bodies’ now. And we saw that ‘Bodies’ContinueContinue reading “Ensuring Right to Decent Burial in Post Covid-19 India”
Blog Series: Understanding Israel – Palestine Conflict and its Human Rights Implications
What is the Israel – Palestine Conflict? One of the most controversial and politically divided topics around the world is the Israel-Palestine conflict. Israel and Palestine have almost been in a century old conflict, fighting over the holy land of Jerusalem claiming it to be sacred to one group over the other. Therefore, it becomesContinueContinue reading “Blog Series: Understanding Israel – Palestine Conflict and its Human Rights Implications”
Understanding Israel-Palestine Conflict and its Human Rights Implications
What is the Israel – Palestine Conflict? One of the most controversial and politically divided topics around the world is the Israel-Palestine conflict. Israel and Palestine have almost been in a century old conflict, fighting over the holy land of Jerusalem claiming it to be sacred to one group over the other. Therefore, it becomesContinueContinue reading “Understanding Israel-Palestine Conflict and its Human Rights Implications”
[Book Review] The Execution of Bhagat Singh: Legal Heresies of the Raj
The Execution of Bhagat Singh: Legal Heresies of the Raj is an exceptional contribution to the Legal and Constitutional History of India. This book is authored by Professor Satvinder Juss who is currently a professor of law at King’s College London. This book is divided into eleven chapters covering range of social, political and legalContinueContinue reading “[Book Review] The Execution of Bhagat Singh: Legal Heresies of the Raj”
The Securities Laws of India and The USA- A Critical Analysis
This blog deals with the analysis of the structure of the legal system developed by India and USA to alleviate the systemic problems in the securities laws. It also chalks out the differences between the implementation of the established legal mechanisms.
LEGALISATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA- WILL THE DAWN OF MYTH TURN INTO A STARK REALITY?
Author: Shreya Pandey Abstract In the golden age of drug addiction, where people are passing into a persistent state of relapsing disorder, Marijuana, being a drug itself, promises a flicker of light at the end of tunnel owing to its medicinal properties. Marijuana offers a therapy to relieve one’s ailment by subsuming its use inContinueContinue reading “LEGALISATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA- WILL THE DAWN OF MYTH TURN INTO A STARK REALITY?”
An Overview of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme in India
With the liberalisation, privatisation, and globalisation (“LPG”)surge engulfing India in the ’90s, an immediate need to make Indian banks competent and internationally viable was felt.