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…
The theory of divine rights of the kings also known as the Divine Origin theory is one of the oldest theory of the origin of the state. The theory explains about how the state came into being. The supporters of this theory believed that the state doesn’t come into being…
Marriage is the social acceptance of the union of a man and a woman resulting in establishment of rights and obligations against each other whereas divorce is a legal dissolution of marriage bringing the marriage to an end. Divorce of a Hindu spouse is dealt by Section 13 of the…
