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[Image courtesy: The Print] The post has been republished by Live Law on February 21, 2019 [This post is Part II of the previous post in this series. In this post, I shall analyse the application of NSA to detain individuals accused of cow slaughtering. A special discussion on the cow slaughter incidents in Madhya …
Continue reading Cow Protection Furor: Can the NSA be invoked? [PART II]
[In this two part post series, I shall be discussing the National Security Act and its application on the offence of cow slaughter. In this part I shall provide an overview of the Act and discuss its constitutionality] ‘At a time, when the government is faced with a problem of protecting human beings, the question …
Continue reading Cow Protection Furor: Can the NSA be invoked? [Part I]
[The article has been republished by Live Law on February 8, 2019] India has been a land of great men and women. While it was common for the contribution and valor of these honorable individuals to be lauded in the form of printing commemorative stamps, coins, bestowing of awards etc; the recent trend of felicitation, …
Continue reading Statue Politics in India: Understanding the Law and Procedure
This post was re-published by Live Law on 25.12.2018. It can be accessed here. ‘Naamkaran’ is the ceremony when a new born is bestowed with a name by her/his parents. This name then becomes her/his identity and follows her/him for all his life. Although people do change their name, the occurrence is rare. Several state …
[On the 26th day of November, called the ‘Constitution Day’ in India, this special post is dedicated to the most unique principle/doctrine that governs Constitutional Law in India] Often in newspapers and on television we hear demands from fringe groups calling for India to be declared as a Hindu rashtra (nation), switching to a dictatorial …
Continue reading The Basic Structure Doctrine: Origins and Nature
Last week, Chelsea Clinton tweeted ‘The Border Line Shooting in Thousand Oaks, California is the 304th mass shooting in America this year.’ The tweet was in relation to an incident in Malibu, wherein Ian David Long, a Marine veteran opened fire in a club, killing over a dozen people. Such horrifying incidents are not uncommon …
Continue reading Shootouts in USA: Understanding the Gun Laws in America and India
Recently, the Odisha State Bar Association was in the news for an alleged offence of the contempt of court. The lawyers of the High Court blocked the cars of the judges from entering the High Court, shouted derogatory slogans and even burnt the effigy of the then Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra along …
