Author Archives: Sourya Banerjee
Imagining a World without borders: Interview with theater actor and traveler Akram Feroze
Theater actor-director and traveler Akram Feroze, believes in a world without borders, carries a world passport - as part of a global movement established under Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which…
The CLATaclysm of a Legal Exam
The legal educational examinations in the territory of India have always been marred by controversy and the quintessential deficiency of all elements you would associate with a modern welfare state.…
Anti-Coal Mining Activist murdered in Jharkhand.
Suresh Oraon (27) of Purnadih Chatra, Jharkhand was shot dead this morning. Suresh and his people were the owners of the land on which the state-owned Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)…
Death Penalty for Rape: NGO challenges constitutionality of Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance before Delhi HC
The recent 2018 amendments to Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, by way of Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (CLO…
Taxing Times: Leaving India to Commence a Business/Take up Employment in an overseas location
Introduction The Central Board of Direct Taxes (hereinafter 'CBDT') has set up a five-member working group led by a joint secretary-rank official and four revenue officers to look into the taxation…
Interview with Mariuma Ben Yosef, Founder of Shanti House – An Oasis of refuge in the Desert
When she was 14 years old, Mariuma Ben Yosef ran away from home. On and off for nearly two years, she lived on the streets of Boston. She slept on benches…
CLAT Exam messes up again! Puts careers of thousands of students at risk!
On May 13, 2018, an unprecedented 59,000 students wrote the Common Law Admission Test, the national law entrance examination. The number of law aspirants in India has been rising spectacularly…
Effect of Menstruation on Mental Health of Women
Menstruation is a biological process of ovary reproduction, that women experience on a monthly basis (an ideal cycle is of 28 days, whereas normally it can vary between 21-35 days).…
BITSians Protest Against Fee Hike: BITS to hike fees by 15% every year!
BITS Group of institutions, which has campuses in Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad, has recently decided to increase their fees every academic year by 15%, even for existing students. BITS Group…
Crimes from Colonial Hangover: Marital Rape
“We take the view that the time has now arrived when the law should declare that a rapist remains a rapist subject to the criminal law, irrespective of his relationship…