The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a rare disease as a devastating and lifelong condition that affects fewer than 1 in every 1000 people. Nevertheless, different nations have their definitions
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The term ‘Privacy’ has been defined by the Oxford Dictionary of Law, as the “right to be left alone. The right to a private life…” Hence, privacy would mean exclusively entitling a person to their
Legal drafting is a way of preparing well-structured documents such as contracts, petitions, memorandums, wills, legislation, etc that are legally binding on everyone who signs such papers. Legal drafts are broad terms for such papers. Explanation and evaluation of such papers or drafts
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
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