Introduction The minimum age for marriage in India is 21 years for boys and 18 years for girls. Moreover, the Government of India has already presented a Bill to raise the minimum legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years. This Bill, if enacted will prevail...
Introduction An OCI card has a number of benefits for the holder. There are certain requirements that a person needs to fulfil in order to be eligible for an OCI card. However, there are instances where the person is denied an OCI card despite fulfilling the criteria...
Introduction An Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) Card guarantees the holder a number of rights and privileges in India which they would otherwise not be entitled to. There is no need to give up your existing citizenship to obtain an OCI card. To know more about the...
Introduction to Overseas Citizen of India Card An Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) Card is issued by the government of India to different classes of people under the Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The card is extremely beneficial as it guarantees the holder...
What is detention? It is an act of detaining a person in police custody when a person is suspected of committing a crime, arrested or in order to prevent a crime. It can be legal or illegal. What is custodial torture? Custodial Torture refers to being subjected to...
It is well-settled law that the innocence of an accused person in a criminal trial is within the exclusive domain of a court of competent jurisdiction as this is essentially a judicial function. Governor’s powers of granting pardon under article 161 of the...