Author: Anant Singh Ahlawat

Okay. So here’s the thing: Everyone talks about rights. You hear it all the time—my right to speak, to protest, to vote, to be treated fairly. And yeah, that’s all important. Super important, actually. But what about the other side of the coin? What about what we owe the country? You probably didn’t even think of that, right? Most people don’t. And it’s not their fault, really. We’re just not told to care about the Fundamental Duties that sit—mostly ignored—right there in the Constitution under Article 51A. Wait… When Did Duties Even Become a Thing? Surprisingly, they weren’t always there.…

The death penalty has always been a contentious issue in constitutional democracies like India. While capital punishment is not per se unconstitutional, its application has been circumscribed by the Supreme Court of India through a judicially evolved doctrine known as the “rarest of the rare” doctrine. Introduced in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980), this doctrine was meant to impose a high threshold on awarding the death penalty. However, despite the doctrine’s noble intention of restricting its use, inconsistencies and subjectivities have crept into its application. This article attempts to critically examine whether there exists uniformity in the application…

Introduction It is very tough in this legal system around the world when it comes to defining who has rights and duties, who has the right to sue and to be sued. The question is very tricky: when does a human life truly begin, and when does it end? This question is particularly complicated for the unborn child and the dead person. This article is wholly about how law treats these two segments described above. We will clear our understanding about: Do unborn children and dead persons have rights? Can they have the power to sue? We will also delve…