Why the Right to Repair movement is taking over the world?
In these times of With the visibly diminishing acceptance of the Biz. mantra – ‘customer is King’, this article is an imperative read for us all. It explains planned obsolescence and the Right to Repair. Manufacturers are deliberately designing products with short shelf lives, to lure customers into buying the expensive and non-substitutable spare parts or buying the same product again as a replacement.
Human Rights- Judiciary Strikes Against ‘Third Degree’ Through Transparency
The article brings attention towards the violent means adopted by the police during interrogation and how the same can be prevented by establishing transparency. “Who will police the police’ is a big question for which the world could not give any answer till today. But SC gave an answer – Cameras can police the police”
Constitution Day 2020: Constitution Bench judgments passed by the Supreme Court this year
The judgements pronounced by the Constitution bench not only interpret the constitution but also promote certainty since they are unlikely to be overruled, the article below has few of the remarkable judgements given by the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court in 2020.
https://www.barandbench.com/columns/constitution-day-2020-constitution-bench-judgments-supreme-court
Does the Collegium System Ensure Independence of Indian Judiciary? By Medha Srivastava
The Supreme Court is the ultimate protector of citizen’s rights and it has proved so several times however, one could observe the contrary given the situation of migrant workers amid the Covid-19 lockdown. This raises questions on the effectiveness of the Collegium system adopted for appointing Judges in India, the article below elaborates on the same.
https://www.theleaflet.in/does-the-collegium-system-ensure-independence-of-indian-judiciary/#
Interplay between Right to Information and Right to Privacy
Right to information and Right to privacy both are fundamental rights declared by the Apex Court, their enforcement often overlaps and in such cases RTI comes in the picture, the same is elaborated in the article below through various judgements. Additionally, the article throws light upon the dominance of Right to fair trial over Right to privacy.
What Is Wrong With An Elective Dictatorship, By APHGOV Australia
Lord Hailsham: Disregard the fundamental human values of justice and morality and you will soon turn majority rule into unprincipled tyranny. But in practice, human nature being what it is, every human being and every human institution will tend to abuse its legitimate powers unless these are controlled by checks and balances, in which the holders of office are not merely encouraged but compelled to take account of interests and views which differ from their own.
A Case For Courtroom Humour, By Sanjoy Ghose
Courtroom exchanges typify the beauty of the English adversarial legal system that is a by–product of the co–operation between its two pillars – the Bar and the Bench. When the English brought their legal system to the colony, they brought with them the tradition of courtroom wit and repartee.
https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/columns%2Fa-case-for-courtroom-humour
A Country Is Great When It Worships Principles And Not Men’ : Shanti Bhushan in 1975, By Prashant Bhushan
Indira Gandhi was in the dock at the Allahabad High Court for having misused State machinery to win her re-election. Examining her was Advocate Shanti Bhushan and he laid the ground for the first time a Indian Court of Law stood between an authoritarian and her authority.
https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/indira-gandhi-emergency-shanti-bhushan
“Bois’ Locker Room” and the Limits of Our Constitutional Morality
The article elaborates on the wide scope of Article 19(2) and how it might render certain acts and their performers to escape liability.
Of sippers and straws, Sriram Panchu
The article celestially enunciates upon the duty of the honourable courts as the sentinel of law and how in recent times certain cases have shown the courts lacking in fulfilling their part; elaborating upon the case of Stan Swamy.
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