Introduction Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023  ( ‘ BNSS ’ ) has superseded the erstwhile Criminal Procedure Code, 1973  ( ‘ CrPC ’ ), by bringing out various changes in the criminal justice procedure. While most of the changes only concern the rearrangement of extant provisions, there are certain substantive changes introduced to the law. Registration of an FIR is one such area where the law has been slightly changed, reflecting the judicial pronouncements delivered in

Introduction The National Mental Health Survey of 2015-16 highlighted that nearly 150 million  people in India need mental-health care, yet most of them do not receive it, with the gap ranging from 70% to 92%,  depending on the disorder. The survey also found that 13.7%  of adults have had a mental disorder at some point in their lives, and 10.6%  are living with one right now. While these figures prompt concerns about access to care, yet a more urgent question is left unansw

Introduction The Negotiable Instruments Act  (NI Act) of 1881 was created to define and amend the law relating to promissory notes, bills of exchange and cheques. Section 138  of the Negotiable Instruments Act establishes that when a cheque that is drawn by a person, on an account maintained by him with the bank is returned as unpaid, because the money is insufficient to honour the cheque, that person will be criminally liable to be imprisoned for a period of up to two years

Introduction The Nagoya Protocol  (“Protocol”) was introduced in the year 2014 to fulfil the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity . Specifically, the Protocol aimed to implement the objective of fair and equitable benefit sharing arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources. In pursuance of these notions, Articles 10 and 11 of the Protocol envision scenarios wherein states engage in transboundary cooperation in the use and management of shared genetic

In 1946, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar sat in his study, surrounded by pages of his unfinished work, which was a forceful indictment of caste and...

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Introduction   Arbitration being the cornerstone of commercial dispute resolution, has gained prominence as a preferred mechanism,...