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Live-in Relationships and the Status of Children

25 April 2021 Abhilasha Bhatia 0 Comments Children, Custody, judiciary, Live-in Relationship

A live-in relationship is a practice that has been avoided by Indian society for a long time but nowadays it is in trend. People in India are now evolving and adapting to cultures from western countries. According to Indian law, live-in relationship is not an offense or crime but goes against religious faith in Hindu culture Dharma prefers ‘One man, one wife’. However, society is evolving with time and now people have come out of the shackles of their parochial mindset. Indians are finally ready to accept the change. One of the classic examples of this development is the recent judgment on the decriminalization of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which shows how Indian laws are also evolving. This article aims to discuss various important aspects of live-in relationships and the status of a child born out of a live-in relationship. What are the remedies available for that child who is born and brought up from a live-in relationship which will not be continued till marriage?

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Judiciary and Social Change

27 February 2021 Khushboo Garg 0 Comments Article 131, change, Government, judiciary, National Highways, Safety, Supreme court

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Lets Talk: In Conversation with Justice (Retd.) S. D. Anand

17 December 202019 December 2020 Abhilasha Bhatia 0 Comments Interview, judiciary, SD Anand

Justice (Retd.) S. D. Anand is a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a former Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh .

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Doctrine Of Separation Of Power And Its Relevance In The Modern Era

15 September 20207 November 2020 Abhilasha Bhatia 0 Comments Administrative Law, Executive, judiciary, Legislative, Relevance, Separation of Power, Slider

The whole structure of the Constitution is predicated upon the foundation which is formed because of the doctrine of separation of power. This is a system of checks and balances that prevents any organ from becoming supreme or misusing its power. The whole structure of the Constitution is predicated upon the foundation which is formed because of the doctrine of separation of power.

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Independence of Judiciary

1 September 20207 November 2020 Akash Goswami 0 Comments constitutional law, fundamental Rights, high Courts, judiciary, Slider, Supreme court

This system can be called the ‘Horizontal Power-Sharing Model’. It is followed mainly to reduce the possibility of concentration of powers in any one organ, making it powerful. Through this system of division of power, the Constitution has endowed the system with checks and balances where one organ cannot infringe upon the areas others are dealing with.