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The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 ("Amendment Act") came into force with effect from November 01, 2016.

The efforts of Goolrukh Gupta, a Parsi woman who married outside her community, to be allowed entry into the ‘Fire Temple' and ‘Tower of Silence'...

On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India in Navtej Singh Johar and Ors. v. Union of India, struck down parts of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 which criminalized sexual intercourse against the order of nature.

Among the ancient religious and philosophical works on which the earliest forms of law in the world have their foundations, the position occupied by the Smritis is unique...

There is a constant conundrum between Intellectual Property and Human Rights in today's day and age.

Newspapers and social media were filled with updates and flashes covering the decision by the Apex Court on 24th March 2015, which struck down section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

A frame and legal system among humans, standing particularly as one of the most sophisticated and long-lasting legal frameworks alongside Shari'at law and Muslim common law, is presently assumed to shape lives of more than 1.8 billion Muslims around the world.

The right to live with dignity is a fundamental aspect of human rights. It emphasizes that every individual deserves to be treated with respect and have their basic needs met to maintain a quality of life that upholds their self-worth and worthiness as a human being.

The law has long recognised an individual’s autonomy over personal decisions during life, but increasingly courts are being called upon to determine whether such autonomy extends beyond death.

In an era where governments frequently recalibrate economic policies to balance growth and fiscal stability, the Supreme Court of India in State of Maharashtra v. Reliance Industries Ltd. & Ors. (2026)...

The Supreme Court of India has mandated that Rajasthan formulate a comprehensive policy to introduce Rajasthani as a subject in all schools, reinforcing constitutional principles of mother tongue-based education.

Being incarcerated has a deep impact on the lives of the persons who are detained as well as the persons related to them. Whether the person is under trial or has been convicted of an offense...

In an important decision concerning passport rights and the interpretation of Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports Act, 1967, the Andhra Pradesh High Court[1] has clarified that the mere registration of a criminal...

Ministry of Women and Child Development on November 6, 2017, launched an online complaint management system for women working in both public as well as private sector organizations to lodge complaints of Sexual Harassment at workplace.

The Parsi community is quite exclusive – it allows only Parsis to enter the Fire Temple and Tower of Silence.

The efforts of Goolrukh Gupta, a Parsi woman who married outside her community, to be allowed entry into the ‘Fire Temple' and ‘Tower of Silence', to attend the last rites of her parents has brought into focus...

It encompasses vaccines, insulin, monoclonal antibodies, therapeutic proteins and gene therapy products.

To change the existing global investment governance regime to be more development-oriented, the IIA system must be reformatted, as IIAs constitute a primary source of legal norms for this regime.