Published On: October 4th 2025 Authored By: Tanmay Raghuvanshi Law Centre-1, University of Delhi Abstract This paper offers an in-depth analysis of India’s groundbreaking criminal code overhaul, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which supplants the Indian Penal Code of 1860. From July 2024, the BNS brings sweeping changes not merely by way of new […]
Published On: October 5th 2025 Authored By: Sahana Mirji Karnataka State Law University, Hubballi Abstract This article examines the constitutional and legal balancing act between hate speech and free speech within the Indian legal framework. Drawing on key Supreme Court rulings, including Pravasi Bhalai Sangathan, Shreya Singhal, Subramanian Swamy, and recent proceedings involving Ranveer Allahbadia
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Published On: October 5th 2025 Authored By: Shyambhavi Singh University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh Abstract: While women possess the biological capacity to bear children, equally significant is their reproductive right to determine whether or not to continue a pregnancy. Abortion, therefore, transcends its characterization as a mere medical procedure; it constitutes a
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Published On: October 5th 2025 Authored By: Nitya Ramachandran Government Law College, Coimbatore (Affiliated to TNDALU) INTRODUCTION Genocide refers to the mass killing of people, which mostly occurs during war. It is considered as the “crime of crimes” because of its barbarity, large-scale and long-lasting societal destruction. The term is legally defined and codified under
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Published On: October 4th 2025 Authored By: Sankha Brata Mitra St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata Abstract With an emphasis on both legislative modifications and judicial developments through 2023, this article examines the development of India’s abortion legislation in the wake of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021. It examines the extension of gestational limits,
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