The Supreme Court decided to reconsider the constitutional validity of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the provision which speaks of criminalization of homosexuality. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Mishra decided to re-examine the apex court’s earlier decision upholding the validity of section 377. Section 377 of…
During the post globalisation era the forms of IPRs can be classified into two categories: IPRs that stimulate inventive and creative activities (patents, utility models, industrial designs, copyright, plant breeders’ rights and layout designs for integrated circuits) and IPRs that offer information to consumers (trademarks and geographical indications). IPRs in…
One of the most debatable topics is right of fetus that is in mother’s womb or unborn child. Whenever the term right is being used it is understood as interest protected by rules of rights and being possessed by a person which always corresponds a duty. Now the question arises…
A Medieval Christian scholar propagated Rules of Marriage in the late 15th Century. These specified: When you see your wife commit an offence, don’t rush at her with insults and violent blows. First scold her sharply, bully and terrify her and if this doesn’t work, take up a stick and…
In the budget session of the Indian Parliament in 2012, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, which has its members 30 MPs from across the political spectrum, had tabled a damning report on the state of drug regulation in India. The report, which is probably the first…
