Abortion laws and their enforcement have fluctuated over the past few years. Abortion in the legal sense means, the termination of pregnancy, usually with the help of medical practitioners. India legalized abortion in the year 1971. Before this, it was considered to be a criminal offense under
2023 January
The case of Muthu v State (2007) 12 SCALE 795, is an important case law which is discussed in respect to the special exceptions which apply to Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code, 1872 that deals with cases of culpable homicide amounting to murder. Exceptions 1 and 4 to Section 300 i.e.
The only situation that pops into our head when we think about animal rights and their security is that of their poaching or their abuse sheerly for the sake of entertainment. Animal cruelty refers to any pattern of behaviour that jeopardizes the welfare or life of animals. In India, it is no rare sight to
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) treaties serve as the primary regulatory framework for the global system addressing the concerns of ship-source oil spill responsibility and
Our “religion” once promoted practices like Sati, Child marriage, and Nikah Halala. And there were times when these heinous crimes were passionately defended by the heads of the religion as necessary practices to place us closer to God. Religion never expressly mandated any social
The term ‘Biological Diversity’ refers to the diversity of all living things. This encompasses diversity within species, across species, and among habitats, such as marine, terrestrial, and other aquatic ecosystems. Biological diversity is a word for the aquatic ecosystem. Biological diversity is a word
The case of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) v. Satchikitsa Prasarak Mandal & Ors produces judgment in the area of unfair dismissal and sexual harassment. A fairly recent judgement
An agreement of sale, from a seller to a buyer, is the main document that proves ownership and gives proper title to the property. When a property is to be sold there are generally two types of promises: An agreement of sale and a sale deed. The agreement of sale must be stamped and
The case is one of the instructing landmark cases intending to clear misleads in passing off.
Recently India has seen an increase in interstate border disputes among the states. The interstate dispute in India is been a long-standing problem whose roots go back to the British colonial period.