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Surrogacy: Hope For Bringing A New Life Or A Way Of Earning?
March 14, 2020 • Architi Batra
Beyond raising bioethical questions, “surrogate motherhood” is a practice that lends itself easily to the exploitation of women, especially those belonging to the poorest strata of society. The people who hire the surrogate are also known as the “intended parents,” and they can be single or couples, married or not, heterosexual or homosexual.

How to file a Cyber Crime Complaint in India?
March 14, 2020 • Architi Batra

Internet Shutdown; A Global Analysis
March 14, 2020 • Architi Batra
Restrictions to Internet access are on the rise globally, with frequent news of government-mandated disruptions of Internet access. Driven largely by political and national security concerns, state-ordered Internet shutdowns have become the “new normal” in many countries. Internet shutdown is an intentional disruption of Internet-based communications, rendering them inaccessible or effectively unavailable, for a specific population, location, or mode of access, often to exert control over the flow of information.

Acid Attack: Chappak
March 13, 2020 • Architi Batra
The article covers the evolution of acid attack laws in Indian. Remedies available before the savior and punishment for the person committing such heinous acts.

How To File An RTI Application: A Complete Guide
March 13, 2020 • Architi Batra
Every citizen has the right to know about one's work for them. How one can get all the information about the one working for them, the whole process step by step to be followed. It also contains the steps to be followed for filing RTI appeal if the RTI application is rejected or not provided with satisfactory replies.

How to apply for PAN card?
March 13, 2020 • Mayank Arya
A PAN (Permanent Account Number) card is seen as an essential document nowadays. The document, issued by the Income Tax Department under the Government of India, is an alphanumeric code and is issued to all individuals and entities that fall under the Income Tax Act of 1961. The PAN card serves to link all financial transactions made by an entity, thereby reducing the chance of tax evasion since every transaction is now linked and recorded.

Mediation as an alternative to litigation
March 13, 2020 • Architi Batra
There are a few different ways to settle your personal injury case, and your attorney will be able to help you decide the best course of action. While you’re working out the details of your case with them, you might hear the words mediation and litigation.

REGISTRATION OF A COMPANY UNDER SECTION – 8
March 12, 2020 • Madhav Gawri
The article provides with the steps to register of a company defined under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013

How to deal with Identity Theft?
March 10, 2020 • Mayank Arya
Despite enormous advances in technology, millions of people have their identities stolen. An offender can gather sensitive information through low-tech methods of physically acquiring it, as well as hi-tech methods that use various technologies to capture an individual's information. Yet, there are multiple tools and ways of preventing identity theft that is accessible to the everyday consumer, who either are ignorant of them or just cannot be bothered. Identity theft has become perhaps the defining crime of the information age, with an estimated 9 million or more incidents each year. Identity theft is one of the most widely used crimes which involve the use of personal data by other individuals.

Right to Equality_Lecture 1
March 7, 2020 • Yash Kulshreshtha

Online Fraud and ways to deal with it
Feb. 28, 2020 • Mayank Arya
Online fraud is a type of fraud or deception which makes use of the internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information to cause fraud involving money, property, and inheritance. Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and illicit actions that are committed in cyberspace. It is, however, differentiated from theft since, in this case, the victim voluntarily and knowingly provides the information, money or property to the perpetrator.

GENDER SENSITISATION OF POLICE OFFICERS
Feb. 27, 2020 • Madhav Gawri
Sex is a biological concept and is assigned by birth. On the other hand, gender is how society regards a person i.e., how the community accepts the person. Violence against women is increasing at an alarming rate and thus there is a need to protect the outspread of the crime. Not only women, a person belonging to the LGBT community are also vulnerable victims of violence and sexual harassment.

Free Consent as a Essential of Contract
Feb. 26, 2020 • Mayank Arya
One of the essentials to a valid contract is presence of free consent. If the consent is not free, then the contract is voidable at the option of the party whose consent was not free. Under the Indian Contract Act,1872, consent is not free if it is given under Coercion, Undue influence, Fraud, Misrepresentation and Mistake.

Role of forensic science in the Indian criminal justice system
Feb. 26, 2020 • Architi Batra
This article focuses on the need of forensic science and how it plays a vital role and the significance of the forensic science in the Indian criminal justice system.

Legislation And Its Types
Feb. 26, 2020 • Architi Batra
Broadly speaking there are two types of Legislation viz Supreme and Sub-ordinate. However, this distinction has varied over different eras in history and across the globe in different countries throughout.

Unlawful Assembly
Feb. 23, 2020 • Mayank Arya
All Independent Countries provide a right to its citizens to express themselves in any manner as they like but subject to some restrictions. Unlawful Assembly is one such restriction. It restricts assembly of a number of persons who are there for an unlawful object or purpose.

Transgender Health in India
Feb. 23, 2020 • Architi Batra

CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN
Feb. 22, 2020 • Madhav Gawri
The Information Technological world has widened itself over the previous decades and has been the axis of today’s global, economical and technical development. This provides every user all the required information and the fastest mode of communication in a click. With the numerous advancements in the technology, the crimes associated with internet have also widened its roots. The cyber-crimes pose a great threat to individuals and women are a soft target to the same. In this paper the author tries to explore the Cyber-crimes and the online security vulnerabilities against women and how it is a challenge to security.

Reservation In Jobs: A Juggernaut For Society
Feb. 22, 2020 • Architi Batra
“A job should be given to those who deserve it, not to those who demand it.”
Unequivocally a system of the reservation should provide reservations not on demand but on need i.e. people should stop being greedy and help the needy instead. Whereas India is a country where the reservation is granted on the bases of caste and the reason for making caste-based reservation system in India was for the upliftment of designated, disadvantaged groups who were faced with historical injustice.
Hence, this article also tries to make a point that Indian reservation system should change and where there is a need, then their help should be provided by serving the knowledge and offering reservation for education and making the person eligible for the job which he got with the benefit of the reservation without the required eligibility.

Abuse of Dominance (Competition Law)
Feb. 22, 2020 • Madhav Gawri
Neither the Competition Act, 2002 in India nor the EU competitive laws punishes a company to hold a dominant position in the market. This article enumerates the conditions, cases and the principle behind in holding a dominant position and misusing the same for super profits.