Recently, an exigency to define limits of Sedition law has been felt by the Supreme Court after taking cognizance of indiscriminate usage of Sedition against critics inM/s Shreya Broadcasting Private Ltd and another v State of Andhra Pradesh, Aamoda Broadcasting Company Private Ltd and another v State of Andhra Pradesh, where FIRs were registered against two Telugu …
‘An Individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law’ – Martin Luther King’ INTRODUCTION: Imprisonment means punishing someone on the order …
A debate which has seen rising interest from the general-public in recent times, a question which often arises and a topic which has seen politicization in recent years, does imprisonment and a stricter penal system in a country lead to a safer society? In this blog, I shall seek to understand the main motives behind …
Imprisonment as a Measure to a Safer Society: A Critical Analysis Read More »
Battered Women Syndrome[1](BWS) is a pattern of psychological and behavioral symptoms found especially in women who have been victim of an abusive relationship for a very long period of time. In order to end this chain of domestic violence, these women kill their abuser, instead of terminating this unhealthy relationship. Most of the common …
Battered women syndrome: Need for incorporation under Indian Criminal Law Read More »
“We must send a message across the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence- The shame is on the aggressor” …
