INTRODUCTION While some lawyers believe the new Legal Aid Scheme is the first step towards a National Legal Service, others agree with some laypeople who believe it is merely a cunning window-dressing attempt by the legal community to distract the public’s attention from the abuses in our current legal system and thwart any nationalization suggestions. The second group of thinkers applaud the Machiavellian planning of those bodies and contrast it with the less cunning actions of the B.M.A., whereas the first group of thinkers shakes their heads at the Law Society and Bar Council’s naivety. How ..read more

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS THE LAW EXPRESS The Law Express is a platform that provides apropos insights on the current legal happenings around the world. We offer explicit legal news, judgments, legal internship opportunities, and analysis from India and the world. TheLawExpress has recently launched its mobile app and has got massive traction from the legal fraternity. The app contains a healthy repository of Bare Acts, Case Summary, Subject Notes, Previous Year Question Papers. It has been ranked among the top 100 legal blogs by FeedSpot. JOURNAL FOR LAW STUDENTS & RESEARCHERS Journal for Law ..read more

The Law Express is a platform that provides apropos insights on the current legal happenings around the world. We offer explicit legal news, judgments, and analysis from India and the world. ABOUT THE COMPETITION The Law Express is elated to conduct National Article Writing Competition where participants will get a chance to express their views on unconventional and contemporary themes. The aim is to make your viewpoint accessible to the legal community through our platform. About Scriboard® Scriboard® was founded in the year 2010 by Rodney D. Ryder – a leading technology, data privacy and i ..read more

Introduction Federalism derives from the Latin term “foedus,” which meaning “covenant, agreement, or treaty.” Federalism is a principle that outlines a governance system in which authority is divided between the National Government and the State Government. A government operates on a dual machinery system. The central government and numerous state authorities have different levels of authority. The “Separation of Powers” idea is observed by these forms of governance. India operates on the idea of two tiers of government, with authority divided between the Central Government and the State Gover ..read more

INTRODUCTION India’s high emphasis on hygiene has led to greater toilets availability as well as waste network: between 2014 and 2019, the “Swachh Bharat Mission” registered a growth in toilets availability from “less than 40% to over 98 percent”, while overall waste development capacity raised significantly from “4716 MLD (CPCB 2013) to 6190 MLD”. The prevalence of manual scavenging and hazardous sewage jobs, furthermore, undermines this initiative. In India, it is reported that five million people work in wastewater (that is, jobs involving the sanitation and maintenance of toilet and fecal ..read more

Introduction Concerns related to ‘job security’ are being raised worldwide at a time when various countries are considering mandatory vaccination for workers. The United Kingdom is considering making vaccination mandatory for care home staff whereas Saudi Arabia is taking a position as hard as ‘no jab. no job.’ A similar stance has been taken by countries like Italy and Serbia for healthcare workers.  The issue that needs to be dealt with in detail is the impact of mandatory vaccination on various fundamental and basic human rights of an individual. The recent judgement of the Meghalaya H ..read more

INTRODUCTION The term “Artificial Intelligence” is ubiquitous nowadays; artificial intelligence (AI) has indeed got a revolutionary impact in our ways of life. AI has influenced different spheres of society; it has an impact on medical field, education sector, finance and farming sector as well.  AI has indeed improved the efficiency and reduced the cost of production as well.1 Trade Mark symbolizes a product’s uniqueness, quality, and service; they basically act as a brand identifier, which helps the customer to distinguish the product of their choice from the others.2 They consist of lo ..read more

INTRODUCTION “Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn’t hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forcefully than you send it out.” – Willie Nelson Hindu Families and marriages were steeped in age-old customs and cultures.For a Hindu, marriage is considered as an obligation and also it is sacramental. It was reflected as a bond of seven births, predestined by gods.  In the traditional era, Men started taking advantage of this situation and they started showing cruelty towards women by various means such as desertion, polygyn ..read more

Introduction Media Trial a circumstance of declaring the accused as a convict even before the real judgment is delivered by the court. Media is considered as one of the important pillars of a democratic country like India along with Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. In simple words, Media Trial is the procedure where the media takes a case, and makes it public by declaring whether the accused is guilty or not. In most cases, Media plays an important role in a fair trial. The major task of the Media trial is to work as an inquiry system and present the real facts to the public without any ..read more

BACKGROUND: This judgement is interrelated to prior Supreme Court decisions on the same subject. The Supreme Court has accepted a writ case filed by the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, alleging that lime-stone excavations in the Mussoorie Hill range, India, are being conducted unlawfully and illegally. It was argued that the quarries posed a threat to the ecology and overstated the presence of perennial water springs. In during Writ Petitions’ proceedings, the Court formed a Commission to investigate the limestone quarries mentioned in the Writ Petitions. A task force on the extractio ..read more