KEY TAKEAWAYS The refusal to register, investigate or report cognizable offences is an offence punishable under section 166 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. According to Clause (3) of Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a person has t ..
Key Takeaways An inquest report is made primarily to investigate the causes of unnatural death and suspected dowry deaths. It contains only the first impression of the dead body. A magistrate is also empowered to ask for the preparation of an inquest ..
Key Takeaways UN Charted was adopted on June 25, 1945, and came into effect on October 24, 1945. Five of its principal organs, the General Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, Trusteeship Council, and Economic and Social Council, are headquartere ..
Introduction In Indian Politics, misuse of power and corrupt officials isn't news. There's an onslaught of protective institutions in the country, but if these very institutions are misused for political gains, wrongfully incarcerating people ..
Key takeaways The Articles 12-35 enlisted in Part III of the Constitution of India deals with Fundamental Rights. They are justiciable, enforceable, but not absolute. Sardar Vallabhai Patel chaired the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights of the ..
Key Takeaways Article 368 of the Indian Constitution deals with the legislative procedure for amending the Constitution. The First Constitutional Amendment Act was passed in 1951. The Seventh Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 reorganised states on a ..
Introduction“The only valid form of censorship is the choice of the consumer to not consume” - These are words that aptly subsume exactly what’s wrong with Indian media and its discourse. With the centre stirring up a hornet’s ..
Key Takeaways The Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001 is a Parliamentary Act created to allow for the construction of an effective system for protecting plant variations, farmers' and plant breeders' rights, and enco ..
"Strengthening parliamentary democracy demands strengthening the opposition as well" said Chief Justice of India Hon'ble N. V. Ramana recently while addressing Rajasthan Assembly and further expressed "concern over diminishing spac ..
Key Takeaways Surrogacy is a legal arrangement in which a woman undertakes to deliver/labor for another person or individuals who would become the baby's parent(s) after birth. Gestational surrogacy is the only kind of surrogacy approved in India ..