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An Analysis of Article 38 – The RMLNLU Law Review Blog

  • August 20, 2024
By: Tarun Ashok INTRODUCTION The ethos of Indian democracy has been perennially centered around ideas of justice- political, economic, and social, as enshrined in the Constitution. Article 38 of the Directive Principles of State Policy outlines these values ​​as aspirational ideals for the diverse institutions of national life. It encapsulates and promotes aspects such as social justice, distributive justice, and the strengthening of the welfare state. However, in recent times, the state and its myriad institutions have failed to be sufficiently informed by these ideals. I. A BACKGROUND TO THE ARTICLE 38 A cursory understanding of the meaning and import…
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Ed Sheeran’s lawyer says copyright case should never have been bought to court in closing arguments

  • May 6, 2023
Ed Sheeran’s plagiarism trial has finally come to an end, with the jury now set to deliberate. Kathryn Townsend Griffin, the daughter of Ed Townsend, who worked with Gaye on the song, has been arguing that there are ‘striking similarities’ between the two songs, as well as ‘overt common elements’ that violates their copyright. Sheeran has been consistent throughout the case that he has done nothing wrong, and that lots of tunes share certain characteristics, but that doesn’t mean there’s been any plagiarism. Ed Sheeran’s lawyer says the case should ‘never have been brought’ to court. Credit: Press Wire/Shutterstock And…
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Smt. Sureshta Devi vs Om Prakash

  • May 1, 2023
Citations: 1992 AIR 1904, 1991 SCR(1) 274 Appellant: Smt. Sureshta Devi Respondents: Om Prakash Decided On: 7.02. 1991 Equivalent Citations: 1. 1992 AIR 1904 2. 1991 SCR (1) 274 Benches: SHETTY, KJ (J) AGRAWAL, SC (J) Statutes Referred: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Special Marriage Act, 1954 Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 In a marriage, a man and woman make a lifelong commitment to one another, promising to love and cherish one another until death do them part. The pair learns the true meaning of love, trust, tolerance, support and harmony through their marriage as a union. It is a community…
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‘Can you spell lynching?’: lawyer’s shocking note in Texas execution case | Texas

  • February 26, 2023
In April 1999, John Balentine, a Black man on trial for murder in Amarillo, Texas, sat before an all-white jury as they deliberated whether he should live or die. Should he be given a life sentence, in which case he would probably end his days behind prison bars? Or should they send him to death row to await execution? Balentine had been convicted days earlier of murdering three white teenagers who had threatened to kill him because he was romantically engaged with one of the teenagers’ white sisters – an interracial liaison widely frowned upon in heavily segregated Amarillo. Now…