Section 354 of IPC: Various implications and Issues

The Indian law, taking cognizance of the increased crimes against women has given more teeth to the dying legislation dealing with safety of women on Indian soils. Via the Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013, four new sub-sections added to Section ..

Death Penalty and justice delivery mechanism

With the recent judgements by Supreme Court over the commutation of death sentences of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts to life imprisonment, the debate around death penalty and its merits has once again been ignited. However, before jumping into the ..

Law and Order : State Subject vs National Issue

Since law and order is a state subject in Schedule 7 of the constitution, state governments have the responsibility and power to maintain it in their state. However, it has been witnessed numerous times in the past that state governments ..

Role of government and judiciary in Generic Drug Industry

Today, India is one of the leading players in the global generic drug market with Indian pharmaceutical companies ranked third in terms of volume of drugs sold globally. Though it has a modest 1-2% market share in global pharmaceutical market, ..

Indian judiciary : Landmark Judgements of 2014

2014 was an eventful year for Indian judiciary as it passed some landmark judgments which will go a long way in the Indian judicature. Coal Block Cancellation The SC cancelled 200 coal-blocks which had been allotted since 1993 after setting ..

India has biggest battlefield for IPR

A US lawmaker recently accused India of undermining intellectual property rights (IPR) of US pharma companies and of “rampant piracy and counterfeiting” by generic companies. These remarks were made in front of US Chamber of Commerce which released a report ..