Human Rights

The author shall sincerely address as well as examine in this blog regarding the vocation conducted in the A.K Roy case by the Honorable Supreme Court of India by having access to many applicable rules and laws of court. The first section addresses the main problem present with the lawsuit, the second portion reflects on the other issues taken into account by the Court and, finally, the author's review was presented. What is Preventive Detention? Under Section 151 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), preventive imprisonment is taking steps on the basis of fear that the individual involved may do any wrong acts. The law enforcement officer can apprehend a person without a Magistrate's instructions and without a warrant if he receives enough evidence about a perso...

Introduction Walking down the memory lane it’s always illuminating to witness the evergreen mythology of this country. For instance, a part of the Ramayana talks about the incident where Lord Ram was exiled from Ayodhya, and all the men and women of the kingdom followed him into the forest. He asked the men and the women to retrieve backand they obliged, but there was a peculiar group of people who stayed behind because they were neither men nor women and hence were not obliged to follow the orders of the King. They were the Hijras and that is exactly when this community of Trans genders came in the eyes of the people. Transgender: An exception to our Community? Transgender people in the Indian subcontinent have a roaring history, from being treated as a god to being condemned. T...

1. History Mental health of a person decides the overall well being of a human being. The development of modern psychiatry has always been seen, especially in colonial and post-colonial times, through the prism of a western science.[1] The first ever legislation regarding mental illness was introduced in British era was the Lunatic Removal act 1851 which ceased to exist in 1891. But this legislation was for British patients who had migrated to India. After British officials took over Indian administration many legislation were passed by the colonial courts. Some of which were: The Lunacy (Supreme Courts) Act of 1858;The Lunacy (District Courts) Act of 1858;The Indian Lunatic Asylum Act of 1858 (with amendments passed in 1886 and 1889)[2];The Military Lunatic Act of 1877;[3]Indian L...