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Effective Trial against Organized Crime

Organised crime is, as its name implies, a highly cohesive, well integrated and structured form of criminal behaviour. It has characteristics of a modern business enterprise organisation (mob, gang or outfit), division of labour, specialisation of methods, careful planning and insurance against risks. The most common forms of organised crime

Right of self-defence in Islamic Jurisprudence

The Islamic Jurisprudence was imported into India by Muslim Sultans and later on adopted by Mughals with certain modifications to suit circumstances of the age and to satisfy needs of the people of the time. The Muslim system of criminal law was also adopted by British rulers with certain modifications

Social justice for the poor and the marginalised â€“ a judicial perspective

I consider it a great privilege and I feel a sense of immense delight to have been invited to address â€œPrabir Palit Memorial Lecture, 2013â€.Â I knew late Palit from 1974 when four of us studying in post-graduate and undergraduate classes in Ravenshaw College were publishing an English

Media - needs to be Tamed

Media is known to be the 4th pillar of democracy,Â yet it fails in achievingÂ the constitutional goals of our democracy, as rather than being a mode of achieving the ideals, it digraces itself into trivial matters that act more as an irritants than something fruitful. The pre-independent India

The art of presentation of a case in court

Accumulation of arrears in the Allahabad High Court has naturally caused the greatest disturbance in the legal circles in U. P. and among the litigant public. Every one interested in the maintenance of law and order and administration is most anxious that the administration of justice should be so speedy

Judicial Reform in Justice Delivery System

The quest for justice has been an ideal which mankind has been aspiring for generations down the line. Our Constitution reflects this aspirations in the Preamble itself which speaks about justice in all its forms : social, econonic and political. Justice is a constitutional mandate. Â About half a century of

Right to grow in Healthy Environment - Reality or Discourse?

Man has till date proved to be one of the worst enemies of the mother Earth. The past shows the mirror image what human beings have done with environment for fulfilment of his selfish motives. He chops off the branches of trees to make himself comfortable with chairs and sofas.