This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Facts of the case On Tuesday, March 23, 1937, at noon the body of the deceased man was found in a steel trunk in a third class compartment at Puri, the terminus of a branch line on the Bengal Nagpur Railway, where the trunk had been left unclaimed. The body had been cut into seven portions and the medical evidence left no doubt that the man had been murdered. The body of the deceased was later identified by his widow. He…
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This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. INTRODUCTION After the global surveillance disclosures of 2013 through the top secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden , an ex-contractor of the US security agency NSA , it became very clear to everyone that in this digital era what capabilities can the government have to keep an eye upon everyone for national security. It told us how the web giants like Google and Facebook provide the information to the intelligence agencies. And it was not only for the citizens of USA…
This Post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Introduction In response to the growing environmental movement of the 1960s, many nations began to take actions to protect the environment within their borders. By the early 1970s, however, governments began to realize that pollution did not stop at their borders. International consensus and cooperation were required to tackle environmental issues, which affected the entire world. In 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE) was convened to address issues concerning the environment and sustainable development. UNCHE, also known…
This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. INTRODUCTION Before 1944 the term “genocide” did not exist. The charter of United Nations had expressed the Desirability of promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 laid down a number of rights as a common standard of achievements of all peoples and for all nations..2 In 1948 the United Nations approved the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of…
This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National law University, Raipur. A prison is considered as a place in which individuals are physically confined and are deprived of personal freedom to a certain extent. Prison is an integral part of the criminal justice system of any country. Prisons may be meant exclusively for adults, children, females, convicted prisoners, under-trials etc. The objective of imprisonment may vary from country to country. It may be: a) punitive b) deterrence c) reformative or d) rehabilitative etc. Americans live in a time of the greatest prison…
This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National law University, Raipur. Doping means the use of performance enhancing drugs to enhance the performance of the athletes in a competitive sport. It can be done on both humans and animals too, as many sports also involve animals. Doping is banned in India, as it promotes unfair practices in a sport and also use of illegal drugs. According to the Definition of Cambridge, doping is the “Use of illegal drugs to improve the performance of a person or an animal in a sport…
This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. When we see some brutal happenings or slaughtering of animals, the first question that comes into our minds is how can someone do such inhumane thing with an animal who can’t even stand for himself. As the world is developing and there is shift towards a new era for humans, the brutality and the life of other animals except humans is facing a great danger, and the reason for increasing slaughter, brutality and cruelty for speechless animals are humans themselves. It…
This post has been written by Kabeer Kalwani, a first year law student from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. As we can see the major problem which is being faced by teenage groups is “Bullying” not from today but from traditional times, even increase in the technology and being access to social media made possible for teenagers in recent times has given a great rise to “Cyber Bullying”. Cyber bullying is a form of bullying that takes place mostly into social media platforms and other digital platforms via internet connected devices like smart phones, computers and tablets etc, not only…
