INTRODUCTION Surrogacy is an imperative process for the couples, who are not able to have the vouchsafed wonderful capacity of being parents. The history of the surrogacy in India also discusses this concept in ancient Hindu mythology. Tracing back to Mahabharata, when Gandhari delivered a semi solid material on the place of delivering a child, Mahairishi…
INDUCTION OF WOMEN IN COMBAT FORCE
The Supreme Court recently struck down the Army’s discriminatory selection criteria for grant of permanent commission to Women Short Service Commissioned Officers . This is with respect to selective evaluation of annual confidential reports and application of present medical standards retrospectively to selection, which is normally done at five or 10 years of service. This judgment was the…
DRUG MENACE IN PUNJAB
“The mentality and behaviour of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.” ― Russell Brand INRODUCTION Drug-use and drug-related criminal offending are among the greatest concerns of policy-makers, law-enforcement officials, scientists, physicians, and citizens…
PENSION OF POLITICIANS
INTRODUCTION Welfare state is a social system, in which a government is responsible for the economic and social welfare and justice of its citizens. It is also responsible for formulating the policies to provide free healthcare, money for people without jobs, etc. A welfare state is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable…
ALL ABOUT WAQF IN INDIA
INTRODUCTION The literal meaning of the word waqf is ‘detention’. In the legal terminology, it means detention of a property so that its produce or income may always be available for religious or charitable purposes. Waqf is the property given in the name of God for religious and charitable purposes. It is the permanent…
HIJAB BAN- THREAT TO FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
INTRODUCTION Part III of the Constitution of India provides for the Fundamental right. Freedom of Religion is part of the Indian Constitution. Whenever the conflict arises between the Article 25 and any other Fundamental Right, it the latter which always prevails. Freedom to Religion includes faith in religion as well as right to propagate and…
HOW TO EVICT A TENANT?
INTRODUCTION Eviction is the procedure by which the landlords can evict the tenants from their property. The process initiates with the landlord giving a notice to the tenant to settle the grievances or otherwise vacate his property. Incase of any dispute, court-proceedings on the eviction can start where both the parties put up their issues.…
LEGALITY OF WEED IN INDIA
INTRODUCTION The central law that deals with cannabis (weed or marijuana) in India is the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. However, states have their own laws relating to consumption, possession, sale or purchase of weed or marijuana. In India, possession of these drugs is considered a criminal act. For instance, Odisha is a…
Service Charges in Restaurants Are Optional
The Kolkata District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum recently ruled that restaurants cannot impose a service charge on a customer and, as a result, directed the concerned restaurant to return the service charge it collected from a customer along with a compensation amount. In April 2017, the government issued guidelines on fair trade practices regarding the…
Moral Policing, Lynching, Mob violence: An abuse
KEY FACTORS OF MORAL POLICING https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_police#:~:text=Moral%20police%20is%20an%20umbrella,code%20of%20morality%20in%20India.&text=The%20target%20of%20moral%20policing,or%20%22against%20Indian%20culture%22. In its broadest sense, moral policing could refer to a system that imposes strict vigilance and restrictions on those who violate our society’s basic standards. Our society’s fundamental values can be found in its cultures, long-standing customs, and religious doctrines. It is a situation in which those who support this…