Supreme Court Of Spain Declares ‘Lockdown’ Unconstitutional

Anadi Tewari In a close ratio of 6:5, the Supreme Court of Spain at the outset of the Coronavirus Pandemic, declared the implementation of lockdown by the Central Government in March 2020 as unconstitutional. The Court went on to state Read more

Action Against An Advocate Who Was Practising Law With A Fake Degree For Two Years In Alappuzha, Kerala 

Amit Agarwal A strange case emerged from Kerala of a lady named Cessy Xavier, 27, a native of Kuttanad practising in the Alappuzha court for the last two-and-a-half years without qualifying for the LL.B degree and enrolling with the State Read more

Section 377: Substantial Obstacles To The Tacit Recognition

Neha Chaudhary and Jyotiraj Singh Bhadauria In the revolutionary judgement of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 377 of Indian Penal Code [hereinafter ‘IPC’], a colonial law concretizing the rudimentary outlook Read more

Key Features Of The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019

Nithyakalyani Narayanan ‘Personal Data’ refers to the identity, attributes, etc, of an individual and ‘sensitive personal data’ refers to the data regarding finance, health, sexual orientation, biometric data, genetic data, caste, religious or political beliefs, etc, of a person. The Read more

Registration Of Crime U/S 102 CrPC Is Illegal & Not In Line With The Scheme Of The Code: Kerala High Court

Anadi Tewari The Kerala High Court on Friday (18th June) has observed that registration of crime under Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not in accordance with the scheme of the Code. The single-judge bench of Justice N. Read more

Justice N. Anand Venkatesh: Setting Ideals Of Social Justice Through Indian Judiciary

Vaishnavi Nair Hon’ble Thiru. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh is a sitting Judge of the Madras High Court. On December 19, 2016, the Collegium chaired by the then Chief Justice of Madras High Court Hon’ble Mr Justice SK Kaul suggested the Read more

Shortcomings Of Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006

Vaishnavi Nair Child marriage, a strongly ingrained societal practice, exemplifies severe gender inequality and prejudice. It is the outcome of multiple socio-economic factors in our country. In communities where the practise is so widespread, marrying a girl at a young Read more

The Legal Vidya Call For Papers Volume 2 Issue 1: [Submit By 20th July, 2021]

About The Legal Vidya The Legal Vidya is a student(s) initiative run online journal with the aim of reaching youths of the nation, buddying lawyers, students and academicians to bring forth the legal knowledge on your fingertips. We are here Read more