Forensic Science
Forensic Sexual Assault Investigation Standards
Forensic experts play a significant role in collection and evidence and information in sexual assault cases.
Constitutional Law
Marital Rape: A Constitutional Contradiction
India remains one of the few countries all over the world which has not criminalised marital rape, despite the intent of the people at large.
Offences against Women and Children
Importance and need for Marital Rape Law in India
If the institution of marriage cannot give a woman the dignity, safety and consent deserves, state must intervene in such matter immediately.
Criminal Law
Independent Thought v. Union of India
Exception 2 of Sec.375 of IPC would be considered as blanket protection to the husband and would cause misuse of the law.
Criminal Law
The Juvenile Justice System and Media
It is unfair to expose children to harmful influences and then classify them as criminals, depriving them of the opportunity to live a full life.
Offences against Women and Children
Adequacy of Punishment in Sexual Harassment Cases
Introduction: Women have been facing sexual harassment since times immemorial. Even before the term “sexual harassment” even existed, women had already known for years what it was and what it felt like. As time passed, education and awareness made their way through society and women no longer kept quiet. They Read more…
Criminal Law
Compensation to Rape Victims
Introduction: A person who indulges in crime does not think of the punishments which he or she may get after the commission of a crime. No doubt that the primary victim suffers a lot but her family members and society at large are affected by such type of crime. The Read more…
Criminal Law
Abiding the Consent of a Woman: No Means No
Introduction: Consent and will are the two crucial segments for performing any task. It is no doubt that many writers and authors are still confused about the two but courts have interpreted these elements from time to time as per the requirement. Will is something associated with the reasoning power Read more…
Family Law
The Interlopes of Domestic Violence: Case of Varun Malik vs Payal Malik
Introduction: Domestic violence means the type of violence or abuse that is done within the boundaries of a domestic setting. It is not true that domestic violence is only physical but any behaviour or action that is expressed to control the individual or gain power over the individual constitutes domestic Read more…
Offences against Women and Children
Protection of Children from Sexual Abuse: What are the Gaps in the Current Legislation?
Introduction: Child Sexual Abuse termed as C.S.A. basically defined by World Health Organisation as the participation of a child in all sexual activities that are not understandable to him or her and because of lack of understandability they were not even informed or consent to and to which the child Read more…
Offences against Women and Children
Constitutional Validity of Love Jihad Law
Introduction: Love Jihad or Romeo Jihad is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory alleging that Muslim men target women belonging to non-Muslim communities for conversion to Islam by feigning love. The movement has also been described by some, as anti-feminist due to paternalistic attitudes towards women’s choice in marriage and by allegedly Read more…
Bare Act Analysis
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex-Selection) Act, 1994
Introduction: Female foeticide is a process of illegal abortion of a female foetus owing to the only reason that the foetus is a girl. In India, female foeticide has been rampant since preference was given to having a male child over a female child. This was aided by the advent Read more…