Plastic Currency Notes

After Demonetisation aftermath India is set to introduce Plastic Currency. Plastic notes will be generally made from plastics or polymer substrate. This approach will help India to counterfeit fake currency in the economy and will also help to combat terrorism. In comparison to paper notes which are easy imitate, plastic…

India and Nationalism

Concept of nationalism in the 21st century in specific has been an affair of crucial importance while talking strictly in terms of identifying one’s national character.  The epistemological grid regarding nationalism has varied facets to justify so. Some find the genesis of nationalism in its compound cultural elements or long…

HISTORY OF GST

Goods and Services Tax (GST), India’s biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was finally launched on the midnight of 30 June 2017 and was introduced as The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act 2017, following the passage of Constitution 122nd Amendment Bill, governed by a GST Council and its…

The Deterrent Theory of Punishment

Deterrent means to discourage, it seeks to discourage the evil minds into treading the wrong and the illegal path. Among the five theories of the criminal jurisprudence namely, deterrent, retributive, preventive, reformative and expiatory this particular theory sets the dreadful consequences i.e. punitive actions against the wrongdoer in order to…

An analysis of the guidelines for Arrest and Detention as set by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the landmark judgment of D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal and A.K. Jauhari (AIR 1997 SC 610(623)

On 18th December, 1996 the Hon’ble Supreme Court has set out a charter of rights of the arrested person to safeguard the interest of the arrestee in the case of D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal and A.K. Jauhari(AIR 1997 SC 610(623)). This list of guidelines was set out…