The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 1996 is a legislation passed by the US Congress under President Bill Clinton, aiming at protecting the privacy and storage of medical records of registered insurance patients/customers. This act ensures the accessibility, portability and feasibility of vital health insurance information and sets the standard as to the […]
In the year 2013, Shreya Singhal documented an appeal in court stating that section 66A of IT Act is in violation of freedom of speech and expression [1]. The applicant was seeking declarations of some sections in the IT Act [2] as unconstitutional on the ground that the provisions were very broad and vague, and
Political violence in the state of Bengal has manifested itself since the pre-independence period. Lack of distinction between the private and public domain has made political violence pervasive. The transition of power through elections has always been notoriously violent, witnessing numerous political deaths. This phenomenon has a debilitating effect on social structures which hampers peace
“We’re training and conditioning a whole new generation of people that when we are uncomfortable or lonely or uncertain or afraid, we have a digital pacifier for ourselves that is kind of atrophying our own ability to deal with that.” — Tristan Harris, Co-founder Centre for Humane Technologies and former design ethicist at Google Inc.
In any civilised society, marriage is the main foundation of a family. Once the partners unite in wedlock, the couple gets bound by different responsibilities, duties, liabilities, and obligations, both legal and customary. Marriage, as an institution, serves the public interest in multiple ways. It is indubitably the foundation of every family, which forms the
The present case is an appeal through Special Leave Petition filed against the conviction order passed by the Punjab High Court under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Equivalent citation: AIR1961SC1782 Facts The conviction order was based on the following facts: Bimla Devi and Om Parkash (the appellant) were married in October 1951.
Olga Tellis v. BMC is a case on the purview of Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution. The case was instituted in the Supreme Court on the basis of a cluster of petitions which challenged the BMC order of forcibly evicting the pavement dwellers from the pavements and footpaths in Bombay to their
A successful justice conveyance system is an everlasting and essential determining factor of tranquillity, order, advancement and administration of every nation. It is the foremost obligation of the State to make sure uniform and fair justice for everyone by controlling and managing the dealings of citizens with each other, by examining the disarray and arbitrariness
Bonded labour is a form of slavery. India is one of the countries where this bonded labour is majorly linked with caste and religion where 80 percent of the bonded labours are Dalits and Adivasis[1]. There is a huge relation between the caste and the occupation of the people here in India. The system of