Shikha Vasishta, Research Scholar (Political Science), School of Liberal Arts, Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India ORCID – 0009-0005-4198-6202 ABSTRACT Honour-based violence (HBV) in India is typically viewed as a particularly extreme expression of gender-based violence. The article seeks to expand on this understanding of HBV to demonstrate how it may be conceptualised as a structural form of reproductive governance embedded in the social/ legal structure

Ishika Singh, LL.M., School of Law Justice & Governance, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P. Dr. Rama Sharma, Assistant Professor, School of Law Justice & Governance, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P. ABSTRACT This study aims to assess how effective mediation is in resolving matrimonial disputes. It examines the core characteristics of mediation and explores the extent to which it is accepted as a method for settling such disputes. This research paper fo

Mr. Param, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University. Dr. Aishwarya Singh, Assistant Professor, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University. ABSTRACT The necessity to provide humane treatment and the safeguarding of fundamental rights within the criminal justice system has been increasingly apparent in recent years, as evidenced by the growing emphasis given to the problem of prisoners' rights in India. The purpose of this essay is to provide a thorough examination of the

Nurien Sheoran, O.P. Jindal Global Law School Introduction At the intersection of corporate law, criminal law and regulatory enforcement lies the criminal liability of directors for corporate offences . While a company is seen as a separate legal entity ,which is capable of committing statutory violations, corporate decision-making is ultimately exercised through human agency. Hence the important question is under what circumstances the criminal responsibility may be extended

Gurvinder Singh, Assistant Professor & Research Scholar, Department of Law, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa ABSTRACT Wetlands are among the most ecologically productive ecosystems on Earth, yet they remain among the most legally vulnerable in India. Despite hosting nearly 20% of the world's Ramsar-designated sites, India continues to lose its natural wetlands at an alarming rate due to urbanization, infrastructure development, and agricultural conversion. This paper crit

Abisek R, Tamilnadu National Law University (A State University Established by Act No. 9 of 2012) Navalurkuttapattu, Srirangam (TK), Tiruchirappalli - 620009, Tamil Nadu CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION Delegated legislation is an important characteristic of the modern administrative state, especially in taxation. With the growing complexity of economic regulation, Parliament delegates law-making powers to the government in order to maintain flexibility. Notably, controversial Henry

Ayushman Tiwari, University of Lucknow ABSTRACT The regulation of sex work remains a deeply contested area of legal policy globally, with profound implications for the human rights, safety, and well being of sex workers. This paper undertakes a comprehensive comparative analysis of three distinct international models governing sex work—full decriminalization as exemplified by New Zealand, legalization as adopted in Germany and the Netherlands, and the Nordic model of criminal

Dr. Mamta Kumari, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, ICFAI University Yashpreet Kaur, LL.M., Faculty of Law, ICFAI University ABSTRACT In Indian criminal trials, debates focus on the validity of electronic evidence and wrongful convictions as a matter of complexity, justice, and restraint. This paper discusses the Indian judiciary's position on prosecutions based on mobile data, call logs, and other digital evidence. The greatest risk is the over-reliance on modern technolo

Anindita Saha, Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, ICFAI University Dr. Zigisha Pujari, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, ICFAI University ABSTRACT Illegal trade in forest products and protected species has emerged as one of the most organised forms of environmental criminality in India. Increasing incidents of timber smuggling, poaching, trafficking of wildlife parts, illegal extraction of medicinal plants and cross-border movement of endangered species demonstrate that env

Aashi Bindal, BALLB, Vivekanand Education Society’s College of Law, Chembur, Mumbai “If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money” - Professor Guy McPherson ABSTRACT The Kudremukh mining project represents one of the most significant environmental conflicts in India between economic development and ecological conservation. Located in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats of Karnataka, the Kudremukh regio

Prof. (Dr.) Lakshmi Chand Sahu, Bundelkhand Degree College, Jhansi ABSTRACT India despite having a very extensive river system, faced with a severe water crisis due to the various factors, including, rapid urbanization, industrialization, lack of groundwater resources, pollution of river, and ineffective governance mechanisms. This imbalance between the quantity of water consumed and water available has had a negative impact on public health, agriculture, biodiversity and eco

Yogalakshmi G, LL.M. (Hons), School of Excellence in Law, The Tamilnadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai ABSTRACT The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into cyberspace has fundamentally transformed the nature, scale, and sophistication of cybercrime. AI-driven cyber offences, ranging from deepfake fraud to autonomous malware pose unprecedented challenges to traditional legal doctrines, particularly in the areas of forensic attribution, criminal liability, and evide

David Pradhan & Chandan Panigrahi ABSTRACT This review article examines legal pluralism and religious normativity in postcolonial constitutional law, with India as the principal site of analysis and Indonesia as the comparative counterpoint. It contends that legal pluralism is not inherently liberating or illiberal. In India, religious personal laws, denominational autonomy, customary authority and constitutional rights are overlapping norms in the same plane of legality. Thi

Mehak Jain, BA LLB, Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law ABSTRACT “An unjust law is itself a species of violence” – Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi M. K., 1922) Under British rule, the Britishers mapped out the legal system to maintain order and reinforce control. Codified laws, structured courts, and formal procedures were introduced to regulate society and repression. However, the use of these laws often showed a significant gap between legality and justice. Dominating provisions such a

P. River, BA LLB (H), Amity University, Madhya Pradesh ABSTRACT The proliferation of deepfake technology - the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to create hyper-realistic but entirely fabricated digital content - has given rise to one of the most alarming and most rapidly growing categories of digital sexual violence in contemporary society. The non-consensual creation, publication, and dissemination of deepfake sexual content causes devastating p

Rutuja Bhand, LL.M. (IP and Tech Laws), Vishwakarma University, Pune Rahi Ajabe-Alhat, Assistant Professor of Law, Vishwakarma University, Pune ABSTRACT Big AI models need tons of information to grasp how words, pictures, and trends work. From online sources, huge chunks get pulled without human help - books under copyright, news pieces, photos, lines of code, movies, artistic stuff. Here’s the twist: these machines depend on duplication just to study, but making copies like

Ali Dawud Esq., Director of Legal Advisory Services, Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations. A Comparative Political Analysis with Reference to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/80/250 - Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity (25th March, 2026) ABSTRACT On 25th March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/80/250, formally declaring the tra

Aditi Naik, Jindal Global Law School Facts: A "plot buyer agreement" was signed on August 14, 1985, between DLF Universal Ltd. and Anr., the respondent in the present case (henceforth referred to as the "respondent"), the first defendant, and the original plaintiff, Harshad Chiman Lal Modi, the appellant in the present case (henceforth referred to as the "appellant"). The arrangement was for the acquisition of a Gurgaon, Haryana, residential land. This agreement was allegedly

Vaishnavi Upadhya, KLE Law College, Bengaluru ABSTRACT Muslim Personal Law, regulated mainly by the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, follows the system of faraid established in the Holy Quran, whereby the Quran assures daughters of having a rightful share of their father’s inheritance. The system of faraid thus ensures that the inheritance rights of daughters in relation to ancestral property are protected. The problem, however, lies in the very structure

Anju Chaudhary, Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law, Mumbai. ABSTRACT This paper examines the legal status of live-in relationships in India in the context of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). With the increasing number of such relationships, the absence of a clear and uniform legal framework has created several challenges. The study analyses important judicial decisions and existing laws to understand how live-in relationships are currently recognized. The research highlights sever