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Protection or Punishment? Re-Examining Consensual Adolescent Relationships in India
A powerful legal tool to shield kids from teenage sexual abuse and exploitation was the “Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act 2012 (POCSO).” In actuality though the law has also started to have an impact on a different class of situations consensual relationships between teenagers. Even voluntary relationships between teenagers are frequently termed as serious sexual offenses because the statute views everyone under the age of eighteen as legally incapable of givin

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Apr 110 min read


From Liberty to Limitation: The Complex Relationship Between Free Speech and Obscenity
This article critically examines how Indian obscenity law constrains the constitutionally
guaranteed freedom of speech and expression, especially in the context of evolving social norms
and digital media. It interrogates whether criminal liability for obscenity should arise even in the
absence of a culpable mens rea, and how courts ought to draw the line between vulgarity and
punishable obscenity. Tracing the doctrinal journey from the Hicklin test to the contemporary

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Mar 316 min read


From Liberty to Dignity: The Expanding Scope of Fundamental Rights in India’sConstitutional Journey
AKSHAT DHODI, STUDENT, MAHARAJA AGARSEN INSTEAD OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES ABSTRACT The Constitution of India is a revolutionary law that was meant to promote liberty, equality and justice to the existence of a varied democratic community. The key principles of this system are the Fundamental Rights that are included in Part III of the Constitution which functions as not only a protection against state arbitrage but also be used to facilitate promotion of human dignity. The inter

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Mar 3110 min read


Digital Surveillance and the Crisis of Accountability
Srishti Jain, LLB student, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Abstract This article looks at how digital surveillance in India has grown rapidly in recent years and the problems this creates for accountability. The government now has many tools to monitor citizens, from central monitoring systems to facial recognition and AI-based predictive policing. While these are said to be needed for national security and public order, they raise serious questions about who watches the

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Mar 296 min read


WHEN CODE GOVERNS LIVES: ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE AND INEQUALITY IN INDIA
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making systems into governance and commerce has created unprecedented challenges for the protection of constitutional rights in India. This paper examines the intersection of algorithmic governance and fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution, with particular emphasis on Articles 14, 15, and 21.

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Mar 289 min read


India's Gold Obsession: Law, Culture, and State Control
Author- Rohaan Thyagaraju V Introduction In India, Gold's prices are checked more frequently than exam results or election outcomes, as its presence in an Indian society is not subtle. Whether at weddings or during festival rituals, it's a fact that Indian families routinely follow gold's daily price movements on their gadgets. In these instances, someone almost regretfully says, "We should have bought gold last month." Consequently, only a minimal population has retained a

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Mar 26 min read


ARTISANAL LEGACY VS. IP PROTECTION: DEFENDING INDIA’S ARTISANAL LEGACY
Authors- Shruti Udayan & Paavni Gupta, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), National Law University, Jodhpur Abstract Fashion depends heavily on change, and yet when it comes to IP, it creates a cruel divide between luxury brands and India's artisan community. While these global fashion houses enjoy the protection of trademarks, copyrights, or design registrations, traditional crafts like chikankari, Kolhapuri chappals, or Banarasi silks barely get any protection except for GI tags, which cov

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Mar 29 min read


Aravalli Hills and the Law: A Redefinition at Nature’s Expense
Authors- Lubna Fakhar & Saman Mushtar Student at Aligarh Muslim University Abstract Environmental problems have always been a major concern for India. Deforestation is one of the major environmental concerns that India has been suffering from. Excessive mining activities are giving a disastrous way to the rapid vanishing of trees and hills. Forests, mountains, sea, lakes or oceans are not just the nature’s creation but a means of survival for all of us. They protect us from v

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Feb 2514 min read


WHEN THE COURT ENTERED THE SANCTUM AND THE CONSTITUTION ALONG WITH MORALITY STAYED OUTSIDE
Author - Nishanth Reddy Law Student at Jindal Global Law School The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the dismissal of Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan and the blistering remarks by the Supreme Court bench that the officer displayed “religious ego,” “gross indiscipline,” and should have been “thrown out for this only” marks a troubling moment for the secular ethos that have been imbedded in our constitution through the preamble and the basic secular nature and structur

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Feb 206 min read


HIGH PROFILE CASES OF WHITE COLLAR CRIMES IN INDIA
Author- Mansi Shekhawat ABSTRACT White-collar crimes in India have transformed from conventional embezzlement to sophisticated, technology-driven financial frauds that pose a serious threat to the nation's economic stability. The paper throws light on a few prominent cases-the Harshad Mehta Securities Fraud, the Satyam Accounting Scandal, and the Punjab National Bank (PNB) Fraud-that attempt to analyse the systemic weaknesses that were successfully exploited by persons of hi

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Feb 1824 min read
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