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Sabarimala Issue-An Exaggerated Feminism or Misinterpreted Hinduism!

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  The Author of this blog is  Ms. Sneha Maji,   a student of 4th year, BBA LLB (H) at  Amity Law School, Noida Introduction Sabarimala Temple is located in the hilly shrine of Western Ghats in Pathanamthitta, Kerala which is440 meters above from the sea level. The Temple is governed by a statutory body named Devasworm Board which has formulated The Kerala Hindu places of Public worship(Authorization of Entry) Rules,1965 and thereby has barred entry of women in the Temple during their menstruating age i.e. 10-50 years of age. There has been huge controversy regarding the aforesaid rule.The Travancore Devaswom Board has depicted that Lord Ayappa is the symbol of “hyper virility” as he was born out of the union of two male God(Shiva and Vishnu). Any devotee is required to perform “Vratham” i.e. living a life in seclusion and self-denial in order to restore purity, for 41 days. But women fails to attain the required standard of purity as menstruation come in between he...

THE RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED, THE RIGHT OF THE VICTIM AND BLOODLUST

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  The Author of this blog is  Mr.  Dharmvir Brahmbhatt ,  a student of 3rd year, B.Com LLB at Gujrat National Law University Introduction The recent killing of Vikas Dubey who was accused of murdering 8 policemen in an alleged encounter has garnered the support of people across the country. Extrajudicial killings have become so normalized that they are often depicted in mainstream entertainment in a glorified manner. This gives rise to the very pertinent question that whydoes the popular public sentiment lean towards the lawlessness of the extra-judicial killings? The answer to this lies in the inability of the state to balance the rights of the accused and that of the victim. Right Of The Accused Article 21 of the Indian Constitution states that “No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedures established by law.” Article 21, therefore, shields everyone within the jurisdiction of India from torture and assault by ...

Selection Round One - Droit Penale: Indian Law Journal on IPR

Thank you for submitting your research paper for Droit Penale: Indian Law Journal on IPR   The List of Round One is here: The Selection Committee shall give the result by 28-08-2020 S.NO NAME COLLEGE DESIGNATION 1. Anulekha Medisetti Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Student 2.  Deepak Singhal University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun. Student 3. Sanchita Agarwal Lakshya Godara Amity University Kolkata Student 4. Archana P Inter University Centre For IPR Studies, CUSAT, Kerala Research Scholar 5. Aiswarya R Hormis National University of Advanced Legal Studies Student 6. Diya Mehta  Chaitri Kashyap ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad Student 7.  Ketaki Dandekar George Washington University Law School. LLM Student 8.  Varun Agarwal Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad Student 9. Soumita Basu National University of Singapore LLM Student 10. Brin...