Tag: UAPA

How Can I Expect Justice When My Murderer Is Also My Judge? A Legal Analysis of Prolonged Pre-Trial Detention under the UAPA in the Cases of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam

Atif Alam and Srijan S. Kashyap Abstract This article examines the use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA),[1] focusing on the balance between State authority and individual rights in the context of public security. It analyses the expanding interpretation of “Terror Acts” and the bail framework in relation to pre-trial detention. The article traces […]

Tags Article 21, Constitution, fair trial, fundamental rights, history, law, politics, POTA, Pre trial detention, TADA, UAPA

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’21 Week 15 (11/04 – 16/04)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date April 18, 2021
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Greetings! This week, Telawgram brings to you discussions ranging from the Limitation Act to the NCLAT on the national front and updates from Hong Kong’s voting laws to indigenous land rights in Brazil on the international front and much more. Happy Reading!

Tags Adoption, Alibaba, Ant Group, Anti-monopoly, Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Australia, Australian public servants, Bail, Biodiversity Act, Brazil, Carrie Lam, China, Companies Act, Debt, Discretionary Powers, Electoral Bill, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Extortion, Freedom of Speech, Funding Terrorism, gender discrimination, Guarani Kaiowá, Guyraroká territory, Hong Kong, Indigenous people, Indigenous people rights, Injunctions, Judges, Justice BR Gavai, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice Rohinton Nariman, Juvenile Justice Act, Karnataka High Court, Kerala High COurt, Limitation Act, Live-in relationships, Mato Grosso do Sul, National Green Tribunal, NCLAT, Per Incuriam, Politician, public interest, SAMR, Section 18 of Limitation Act, Section 41, sexual harrasment, Specific Relief Act, Supreme Federal Court, Tags Supreme Court, Turkey, Turkish Coup, UAPA

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’21 Week 11 (13/03 – 18/03)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date March 22, 2021
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Greetings! This week has witnessed several developments in criminal law, public law and arbitration. We travel to Delhi, Portugal and Japan to revisit the pro-life versus pro-choice debate, death penalty jurisprudence, LGBTQ+ rights and and much more! Happy reading!

Tags abortion, Amazon, Anti Fake- News, Arbitration, Batla House encounter, Burqa ban, Capital Punishment, Civil Settlement, Constitutionality, Death Penalty, Default Bail, Delhi District Court, Delhi HC, Derek Chauvin, Emergency Arbitrator, Emergency Award, Equality of Marriage, Euthanasia, Fundamental Right, Future Retail, George Floyd, Human Rights Protection, ICCPR, Judicial Stereotyping, life imprisonment, Malaysia, Malaysia Emergency Ordinance, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, Minneapolis, Minority Rights, MP HC, Muslim Rights, Police, Police Brutality, Portugal, Presidente Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Principle of Parity, Racial Discrimination, Rajya Sabha, Reliance, reproductive autonomy, right to life, Royal Insult Law, Saket, SC, Sec. 167 CrPC, Sedition, Sexual Offences, SIAC, Sri Lanka, State, Thai Criminal Code, Thailand, UAPA