An International Legal Code for Nuclear Powers: Will it serve any purpose?
Author : Prashant R Dahat A nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fission or fusion. As a result, even a nuclear weapon…
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Patenting of Microorganisms
Author : Prashant R Dahat A patent is a bunch of exclusive rights granted by the state to an inventor or his assignee upon satisfying certain conditions. The inventor is…
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Author : Swapan Deb Barma Indigenous peoples are the inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to other people and to the environment. Indigenous peoples have retained…
The CTBT, an Attempt Towards Nuclear Disarmament or Safeguarding the Nuclear Hegemony – A Critique
Author : Aakarsh Kamra Is the United States the genitor of all problems the world faces today? Is a question that one is forced to ask time and again? Be…
Child Labour in India
Author : VS Warrier “The child is a soul with a being, a nature and capacities of its own, who must be helped to find them, to grow into their…
Medical Negligence and Consumer Protection Law
Author : Prashant R Dahat Public awareness of medical negligence in India is growing. Hospital managements are increasingly facing complaints regarding the facilities, standards of professional competence, and the appropriateness…
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
The Act was introduced in the parliament as it was felt that though the Child Marriage (Restraint) Act, 1929 was effective in its own way, there were some necessary changes…
The Child Marriage (Restraint) Act, 1929
WHY WAS THE ACT INTRODUCED ? TO PROMOTE A BROADER CONTEXT OF EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC WELL BEING. Poverty perpetuates child marriage – while we focus specifically on addressing this issue,…
Role of General principles in the effective working of European Convention on Human Rights
Sandeep Menon Nandakumar ((BA LLB (Hons), NUALS, LLM (Cusat), LLM (Exeter, UK), PhD Scholar (pursuing), NUALS, Cochin)). The European Convention on Human Rights, though a regional Convention, is one of…
Danger of Deploying Weapon and Nuclear Power in Space
Author : Prashant R Dahat A nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fission or fusion. As a result, even a nuclear weapon…