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Using the internet safely isn’t about being scared of it; it’s about protecting yourself, your identity, and your future. This very understanding forms the foundation of Safer Internet Day (SID), a global initiative that emphasises responsible, secure, and informed digital engagement. Safer Internet Day (SID) stands as an important global initiative dedicated to fostering safer online environments, particularly for children and young people. It is observed annually on the sec

A child does not understand tradition, religion, or social custom, she understands only pain. Female Genital Mutilation is often performed at an age when a girl cannot speak, resist, or even comprehend what is being done to her body. What is justified as “culture” leaves behind lifelong scars physical, psychological, and legal. Observed every year on 6 February, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation reminds us that this practice is not merely a

This National Girl Child's Day, let us reflect on the Journey of a Girl Child from Restriction to Empowerment.

In 1947, India won its political independence but India’s legal system has remained chained to its colonial past. The Indian Penal Code (IPC), drafted by Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1860, was created not to rehabilitate or reform its citizens, but to control its subjects. More than 160 years later, Indian criminal law remains colonial: punitive, moralistic, and obsessed with order over empathy. The government’s recent replacement of the IPC with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (

In India, honour has never been a mere emotion it has functioned as a social force shaping identity, power, and belonging. Centuries ago, Chandragupta Maurya, guided by Chanakya, overthrew the Nanda dynasty not solely out of ambition but to reclaim dignity and assert rightful control. Honour, then, was a collective strength capable of building empires. Yet today, that same notion of pride has taken a darker turn, manifesting in honour killings—acts of violence committed in th

Would a reasonable man do that. A reasonable man. Man. Not a person, not a woman, but a man. The very phrasing of the test reveals its bias; the law’s measure of reason is based on that of a heterosexual old white man. Grave and sudden provocation is recognized as an exception to murder in Indian criminal law. But how does one decide whether or not the provocation was grave enough or sufficient enough to drive a person to lose Self control and commit murder, hence the introdu

You’re in a courtroom. The room is crawling with people. The defence counsel has just requested another date. The judge lifts his pen, and before he can write, you interrupt him. In a state of extreme frustration, waving your hands frantically, you say, “Tarik pe tarik, tarik pe tarik, tarik pe tarik, tarik pe tarik melti rahe hai, lekin insaff nahi mila my lord, insaff nahi mila, mile hai toh sirf yeh tarik!” That was Sunny Deol in the 1993 film ‘Damini’. The scene earned hi

Introduction: “If someone attacks you, the law doesn’t expect you to say, ‘Objection, milord!’ before defending yourself. It understands that survival sometimes requires action and it even has ten full sections dedicated to that very instinct. That’s self-defense for you.” Self-defense refers to the right of an individual to use reasonable force to protect themselves or others from immediate harm or threat. In the legal context, it means using proportionate force to prevent a

Interrogations are widely imagined as the most direct route to discovering the truth in crime investigations, especially in cases as serious as murder. Popular culture often reinforces this belief: a suspect is placed in a stark room, confronted by trained interrogators, and eventually delivers a confession that solves the case. But psychology shows a very different picture. In reality, the human mind behaves unpredictably under pressure, and what emerges in an interrogation

Every Diwali, most of the Indian families adorn their walls in the spirit of welcoming the new year, homes are renewed with colour and light. Yet, a deeper irony remains out there in our legal system which still carries the paint of colonial rule. As of 2025, approximately 780 acts are still in force, out of which 66 acts date back to before 1947. Even after more than seven decades of India’s independence as a republic nation, these colonial laws continue to exist. Their pers

When you hear about cannibalism, someone eating human flesh, the first question that pops up into your mind is “How could anyone do that?”. It is a subject that shocks us, fascinates us and also makes us wonder about the darkest sides of human behavior. But what is cannibalism, how is it seen in India and around the world, and what role does the law play in all of this? Cannibalism means a person eating the flesh of another human. At times, such as during famines, it was nec

INTRODUCTION- Gone are those stormy days when the problems of Juvenile were not considered as a separate system. It can be witnessed from the past that the children were thrown into prison without trial. They were locked in the jail along with hardened criminals. In the nineteenth century penologists prescribed equal punishment for both adults and Juveniles. History reveals that juveniles were hanged, transported and imprisoned like adult criminals. Understanding the present

Introduction “I'm not saying they're property. I am saying they are given to the man and belong to the man." These are not the words of a medieval patriarch dusted out of history books, but those of Andrew Tate (Emory Andrew Tate III) a 38-year-old ex-kickboxer who reinvented himself as the poster child of the manosphere. Among his most famous claims? That women should “bear responsibility” for sexual assault. Before Meta and TikTok deplatformed him, Tate’s audience had alre

“With boon, there always comes a bane.” Today in the world any person can get viral on social media by either singing, making videos, vlogging their personal lives, dancing and a lot of times by not even doing anything. In July, 2025 almost every other person in India was trying to find out who is Babydoll Archi(hereafter referred to as Archi).She had become an internet sensation overnight by uploading a transformation video as a reel in a red saree on the spanish song Dame

Criminology and victimology examine two sides of the same coin. Criminology is the scientific study of crime and delinquency – its causes, patterns, and prevention – drawing on sociology, psychology, economics and other field s . Victimology, coined by Benjamin Mendelsohn in 1947, is the systematic study of crime victims: why certain people become targets, the effects of crime on them, and how society and the justice system respond . Together they aim for comprehensive justi

The rising incidence of substance abuse among juveniles constitutes a pressing concern within contemporary public health, child welfare, and juvenile justice systems. In response, a range of legal and regulatory frameworks have been instituted to deter drug use and trafficking, while simultaneously seeking to uphold the principles of protection, rehabilitation, and proportional accountability. This review undertakes a critical examination of anti-drug regulations as they

Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) of 2012 was India’s answer to a grim reality: children need ironclad legal protection from sexual abuse. Designed as a gender neutral shield, it aimed to safeguard all children, boys, girls, or otherwise, while holding any perpetrator accountable, regardless of their sex. But as with many laws, the devil’s in the details, or in this case, the pronouns. The use of “he” in key provisions like Sections

The double murder case of Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj is arguably one of India's most fascinating criminal law tales. In addition to being a story of a horrific crime, it serves as a textbook illustration of how criminal law, evidence, investigation, and the media may all work together to influence justice. This case intrigues me as a law student because it highlights the flaws in our system, from the handling of crime scenes to the use of circumstantial evidence to the risks o

The juvenile justice system is a specialized legal process aimed at responding to the criminality of children while acknowledging their developmental vulnerabilities and potential for reform. The word juvenile refers to a person who is not yet considered an adult in the eyes of the law and who, because of his or her age, is treated distinctively under the criminal justice system. The rationale for this differentiation is not only biological or chronological but also based on

The death penalty, also referred to as the capital punishment, has long been the subject of debate from a legal, moral, and philosophical perspective. Although more than two-thirds of governments around the world have banned or stopped it, some nations, like India, continue to use it in specific circumstances. The primary question that arises is whether the death penalty is still a necessary instrument of justice in contemporary society. First of all, many people believe tha