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INDIAN JOURNAL OF
LEGAL RESEARCH AND REVIEW

Volume I Issue I

( April-May 2023 )

SEDITION LAW: A THREAT TO INDIAN DEMOCRACY?

Rajesh Singh, BA.LLB, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Page: 01-11; Month: April

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.7830726

ABSTRACT: Sedition is a state-sanctioned act which is mentioned in Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code and it is an offence which is considered an offence not just against the Government but also against society. The penal provisions make sedition punishable with a minimum of seven years of incarceration which may extend to life imprisonment....................... read more

GOOD GOVERNANCE IN COVID TIMES

Sanya Kashyap, BA.LLB, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies

Page: 12-18; Month: April

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.7830797

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to human civilization an unexpected situation that drowned them in oceans of uncertainty and fear about their future and health safety. In the recent decade, the world has experienced many outbreaks, like the emergence of HIV-AIDS, avian influenza, Ebola, and now covid. Moreover, scientists have repeatedly warned that new outbreaks will continue... read more

MENSTRUAL LEAVE POLICY DEBATE: THE NEED FOR IT AND ITS LEGAL STATUS IN INDIA

Atiya Anjum, LLB, Meerut College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Page: 19-24; Month: May

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.7997045

ABSTRACT: Today in the 21st century, we may boast of gender equality and women empowerment but truth is somewhat implausible. It's odd that in order to affect positive change, we constantly bring up concerns that affect women. The question of whether or not those who are on their period should receive paid time off is important. Although India's menstrual leave legislation has long been disputed, there is no to the issue still.... read more

PRISON REFORMS IN INDIA

Bhavya Jain, BA.LLB, VIPS, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Page: 25-30; Month: May

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.7997117

ABSTRACT: Prisons are those public establishments that are fundamentally the least public in nature. What happens within the high four walls of a prison, remains within those walls itself and very little news of the lives of the prisoners makes it out in the public domain. Prisons are meant to house undertrials and convicts to protect society from offenders and their crimes but prisons are also places where convicts and undertrials live a stealthy life making them more prone to being subject to every inhumane condition. Needless to say, an institution like that needs a decent and transparent monitoring system.... read more

THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY

Renuka Tiwari, Amity School of Law, Noida

Page: 31-40; Month: May

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.7999954

ABSTRACT: The majority of the 1.5 billion people living on 1 dollar a day or less are women. In addition, the gap between women and men caught in the cycle of poverty has continued to widen in the past decade, a phenomenon commonly referred to as "the feminization of poverty". Worldwide, women earn on average slightly more than 50 per cent of what men earn..... read more

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