IntroductionWhat do Walmart, Amazon, CVS health, Berkshire Hathaway, Coca Cola, and Ford Motors, and the other 60 % Fortune 500 companies have in common? State of Incorporation – Delaware, United States of America (“Delaware or the “State”). Half of the publicly traded companies listed on the United States of America (“USA”…

Even after 70 years of independence and 25 years after it has been declared illegal, it is very depressing and unfortunate to see manual scavenging still being practised in India. The Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011 had summed up more than 1.82 Lakh families, in which at least 1 member was employed in this dehumanizing …

The Scheduled Tribes (ST) of India is an umbrella term officially designated in the Constitution to refer to the variety of tribal communities inhabiting India. The Scheduled Tribes are one of the most economically and socially marginalised communities in the country. Common characteristics of Scheduled tribe populations include “indications of primitive traits, distinctive…

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Bonded Labour is a socio-economic practice. As per the definition provided under Section 2(e) of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, bonded labour means, “any labour or service rendered under the bonded labour system.” In other words,  …

“every justice brings injustice”The idea about justice is so divergent that any attempt to design a universal remedy within the traditional way of justice would be a perfect dissonance. The intellectual thoughts on diverse perspectives and approaches, considering the dynamic needs of the society, made the emergence of Restorative Justice.Earlier, the system included the victim…

The criminal justice system is a system which affects every individual of the country, irrespective of nationality, sex and religion, whether or not we have come in contact with it. It has a higher purpose of serving the public good through due process and protecting its people from harm. When we think of the criminal…

“Torture is wound in the soul so painful that sometimes you can almost touch it, but it is also so intangible that there is no way to heal it.”- Adriana P. BartowIt was as early as 1980 when Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer put forth the question ‘who will police the police?’ This…