As the saying goes, 'knowledge is power, information is liberating.' I am Prerana Saraf, an Advocate from Bangalore. I started Legal Parley to bring to you a facile understanding of the social issues that India and the world at large faces in the light of the existing laws. In the process, it aims to enable people to comprehend situations better, thus spreading legal awareness.
Free Basics: Free Basics was a programme launched by Facebook on February 10, 2015. It was relentlessly opposed right from the time it was launched as internet.org in early 2015. Many raised doubts about it, as ‘.org’ instead of ‘.com’ is only provided to charitable organizations and providing internet connectivity to a few handpicked people does not make it a charitable institution. Facebook then renamed…
Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 Preserve rehabilitation but punish the ostensible juveniles! Introduction to Juvenile Justice Act: The Rajya Sabha finally passed the long awaited Juvenile Justice Bill on 22nd December, 2015. The Lok Sabha passed it on 7th May, 2015. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 came into force on 1st January, 2016 after it received the President’s assent on 31st…
National Herald Case The riveting National Herald Case that gave Congress another reason to stall the functioning of the Parliament yet again has drawn everyone’s attention, and why not? What with Congress members bawling slogans like “Down with dictatorship… Vendetta politics wont work.’ Sonia Gandhi stating that ‘I am the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi, I am not scared of anyone.’ The statement is ironic in…
Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005 All human beings have three lives: public, private, secret – Gabriel García Márquez 1. Right to Information: The Constitution of India does not explicitly guarantee Right to Information. It is by means of Honorable Supreme Court cases that right to information has been read into Article 14, Article 19 and Article 21, which guarantee right to equality, right to…
Collegium System v. NJAC “It is difficult to hold that the wisdom of appointment of judges can be shared with the political-executive. In India, the organic development of civil society, has not as yet sufficiently evolved. The expectation from the judiciary, to safeguard the rights of the citizens of this country, can only be ensured, by keeping it absolutely insulated and independent, from the other…
‘Political will is missing to curb the black money issue’ – Porus Kaka, Senior Advocate, President, International Fiscal Association Introduction: Money that is unaccounted and has not suffered tax is known as black money. It is classified into two: (i) domestic and; (ii) foreign. Black Money is a parallel economy that represents a segment that is not legal. There are various sources through which black…
Eating Beef is a Personal Choice ‘Leave the cow alone, it does not wish an innocent human to be killed in its name.’ Introduction The recent lynching of a Muslim man called Muhammad Akhlaq for eating beef in his house has taken the country by storm. The incident is as jejune as it can get! This wallop of communal violence takes the country centuries back…
Nepal Constitution History: Nepal shares its geographical border with India and China is pretty obvious but it also shares its history with these countries. Nepal has always been on the receiving end with both India and China trying to frontier each other’s influence on the country. The earliest affair in the history of Nepal seems to be the migration of the Mongolian tribe to Nepal…
Refugee Crisis: “We Have a Chance To Save Lives. If We Don’t Take It, We May Regret It Like We Did With Alan Kurdi” –Widad Akrawi The current refugee crisis is far reaching and a worldwide trouble. Even though, refugees have been forced out of their country since many years, the world has taken note of it only now and rightly so! It is about…
Patidar Reservation ‘We are the descendants of Lord Ram… we are the descendants of Sardar Patel’ – Hardik Patel It is definitely a matter of stupefaction if you haven’t come across a Patidar (Patel) at least once in your lifetime. They are spread out and a prominent community not just in India but abroad as well. On the popularity meter, it is the second most…
