INTRODUCTION: On December 31st, 1599, a corporation was formed under Queen Elizabeth’s charter to offer British citizens exclusive commercial rights throughout Asia and America. The entire name was “The Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East.” On May 31st, 1609. under the reign of James I of England, a new charter …
INTRODUCTION A special court in Burma’s capital city found ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi responsible for instigating and violating coronavirus bans and punished her to 4 years behind bars. The judgement is the first in a series of cases taken against the National League for Democracy’s leader after the junta ousted her government. Suu Kyi’s …
Understanding Myanmar’s Political Turmoil and Recent Developments Read More »
INTRODUCTION On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization proclaimed the Covid-19 epidemic a pandemic. They spoke about the pandemic’s impacts are transboundary, having already impacted the social realm and many areas of the economy of many …
INTRODUCTION Live-in relationships, meaning, living together as a couple without getting married, is a growing trend in the Indian Society. In cases where the individuals are previously unmarried and enter into a live-in relationship, the judiciary has laid down several guidelines to give protection and recognition to them. However, the issue arises when the individuals …
What does the word ‘coparcenary’ mean? The word coparcenary means a smaller unit of the family who jointly owns property i.e., the property which is owned by the family altogether. The word ‘coparcenary’ included only those people who had birthright over the property which included people only till the 4th generation before the amendment that …
Daughters have equal Coparcenary Rights in Joint Hindu Family Property: Supreme Court Read More »
On August 13, 2021, the Security and Exchange Board of India had notified the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021[1], which is also known as the “New SEBI ESOP Regulations”. The entire notification is notified with the objective and point of governing all shared-based employee benefit schemes, that deal in securities …
Comprehensive Approach of “Employee” under SEBI (ESOP) Regulations 2021 Read More »
As per annual Crime in India report released by the National Crime Records, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, 5,368 cases of abuse sexual assault were registered in 2009, 5,484 cases in 2010, and 7,112 cases in 2011[1], indicating a steady rise in sexual crimes against children and highlighting the need for a different …
ABSTRACT Transgender people arethe individuals whose characters are not quite the same as the cliché sex standards, which distinguish sexes just as male or female. Society has neglected to acknowledge their sexual orientation personality because of which they have experienced separation, social mistreatment and actual savagery. There are sure socio-social gatherings of transgender individuals who …
Introduction On December 4, 2021, a unit of 21st Para Special Forces killed six civilians near the Oting village in the Mon district in Nagaland, India. In the aftermath of the violence, eight additional civilians and a soldier were killed. For obvious reasons, this episode has sparked widespread indignation among the general population. The Army …
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Jeremy Bentham describes witnesses as “the eyes and ears of justice.” Witnesses play a pivotal role in bringing the offender to justice, they are an indispensable aid in the justice dispensation in any civilized society. The role of witness assumes additional significance in adversarial systems where the onus of proving the case lies on the …
Hostile witnesses and the need for Witness protection in India Read More »
