Category: Jurisprudential Analysis
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Rajasthan High Court’s Powerful Judgment on Recovery of Maintenance – Simplifying the Enforcement of Rights of Aggrieved Women
Recently, Hon’ble Justice Sandeep Mehta of Rajasthan High Court in the case “In Re A Ref. U/s 395 Cr.P.C. By District And Sessions Judge, Pali v Unknown”[i], took note of the plight of the aggrieved women who were continuously suffering due to the non-payment of maintenance by their husband as well as due to complicated…
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Introducing Rawls’ Theory of Justice in the Indian Socio-Economic Context
The concept of Justice has been on the forefront of philosophical discourse having wide realms of academic ink but is still as stationary as ever. A utilitarian concept of justice would entail the dispersal of justice across larger amounts of people. Conversely, Karl Marx considered justice to be a facade that enabled Capitalist exploitation[1]. Accordingly,…
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Health of many versus the Rights of a few: An Analysis of the Epidemics Diseases Act, 1897
Would you kill one person to save five? This age-old dilemma which is known as the “trolley problem” highlights a critical tension between the two schools of moral thought. The utilitarian perspective, on the one hand, dictates that the most appropriate action is one that achieves the greatest good for the greatest number. Whereas, the…
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