INTRODUCTION Administrative Law has only very recently developed as a separate branch of legal studies. Earlier it was considered to be a part of Constitutional Law. There is no clear cut definition of administrative law, but for the sake of understanding we can understand administrative law as a...
Over the last two decades, researchers have made significant discoveries about the causes and origins of delinquency. Specifically, they have learned a great deal about adolescent development and its relationship to decision-making, about multiple factors that contribute to delinquency, and about th...
NEW DELHI: Ruling that a person could not be prosecuted for hurting religious sentiments if his action was unwitting and not deliberate or malicious, the Supreme Court quashed on Thursday a criminal case against cricketer MS Dhoni for allegedly committing the offence as he was portrayed as Lord Vish...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to his estranged wife, stating that 25% of his net salary might constitute a "just and proper" amount as alimony. A bench of Justices R Banumathi and M M Santanagoudar made the observation while directing a r...
FGC is sometimes called “female genital mutilation.” People who practice FGC may call it “female circumcision.” This practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths. However, more than 18% of all FGM...
The Supreme Court has directed the installation of closed circuit (CCTV) cameras inside lower courts in at least two districts in every State and Union Territory within the next three months. After years of hesitation and reluctance, the SC has finally permitted installation of CCTV cameras without...
A High-risk adventurous career has always attracted the young, but it was never thought of was either a hobby all a full time career. But times have changed. The first ever women officers were Commissioned in to the Administrative and Education Branches of the Indian Airforce on 12 June 1993 and the...
Eve teasing is a typical social crime. It is the sexual harassment or molestation of women by men. It is prevalent almost everywhere, but in India, especially in the cities; you can’t be a woman and not have been its victim at some point in your life. It ranges in severity from sexually evocative...
A group of men exit a city hotel and begin making their way to a waiting car. As they approach the vehicle, another man opens the fire on the group from 10 feet away, intending to kill one of them. Four men are wounded before the attacker is subdued by bystanders. Imagine you're a juror in the shoo...
Sex trafficking involves some form of forced or coerced sexual exploitation that is not limited to prostitution, and has become a significant and growing problem in both the United States and the larger global community. The costs to society include the degradation of human and women’s rig...